Social Studies 9

Thanks To The Wonderful Town Of Bengough Saskatchewan

May 7th, 2007

In this lazy clip you can really see the tone of some of these small towns. Many of these towns are disappearing from the landscape. I would encourage everybody with a car, withing 500 miles of Bengough, to drive up there. Say hello to the people. Stay at the Big Muddy Inn for some amazing food. And go see the caves. Even if you can’t find the secret one we showed you, you can go to the ones that are marked. A very remote an beautiful place.

Come on folks! I would love to see some of you Americans, or Europeans drive up through Saskatchewan because of this. Upload some video into your blogs here at tomgreen.com, or elsewhere. If you can figure out how to get there.

I love this clip because of the final scene at The Memorial rink. Hockey is religion up in these parts. I would say the feelings for hockey here, would be like combining the American enthusiasm for football, baseball, and basketball all into one sport. This is hardcore hockey country like nowhere in the world. It gets very cold in the winter here, and it is a very remote part of the planet. The hockey rink, across the street from the town church, is an important place.

I hope everyone around the world can see that in this clip. This rink, reminds me of one of the old rinks I used to play in as a kid. But this rink, is more authentic. The center of this tiny farming community called Bengough.

My hometown team, and my favorite team is going to win The Stanley cup this year. The Ottawa Senators. The energy that you feel in this small town rink, as those mercury vapour lights pop on. The magic of hockey, in Canada, is unmeasurable. This is why. This is why the Senators will win the cup this year. Because they are Canadian. Go Sens Go.

From the road

Tom Green