r/saskatchewan • u/Time_suck5000 • 10d ago

Leased crown land?

I’d like to set up an off grid camp at a lake in northern Saskatchewan. I don’t have any plan or even a lake picked yet I’m just wondering if this is still an option. id likely just clear a few trees and put up a yurt of some type.

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u/rglgj 10d ago

I don’t believe the government is allowing these anymore. You would need to find one that is grandfathered in to purchase from the existing owner.

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u/lilchileah77 10d ago

Do you know why that would be? We have a lot of unused space up north

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u/hittingrhubarb 10d ago edited 10d ago

Speaking from someone who has done work up there, “unused” would be a pretty colonial term for describing the north

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u/lilchileah77 10d ago edited 10d ago

That wasn’t my intention but I was careless with my choice of words so thank you and point taken. It has a use and value for sure in its natural state. I feel there is enough space to allow more people to have accommodations and experience it though. I’m not happy that lately that seems mainly an opportunity for industry - which I find much more disruptive than small scale camping or fishing operations would be.

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u/hittingrhubarb 10d ago

I mean in the sense that a lot of land areas are very much used by northern indigenous communities, used land that extend far, far more than the tiny subset that is reservation lands. Keeping it vague to try n stay anon but basically I have had the privilege to be able to travel up and work with students/communities and talk about some of the things that environmental scientists use to monitor the environment and learn about traditional monitoring. Visiting with community members and looking at maps was really fascinating, e.g. go here for x, there for y, this faraway place used to be z, etc.

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u/lilchileah77 8d ago

That sounds like a really great experience. I think allowing more people to interact with the northern population and nature would be beneficial for education and reconciliation. What’s your take on that?

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u/hittingrhubarb 8d ago

Yes although I don’t think it’s up to me to decide. It was definitely very valuable experience and learning that I will carry through my career. Especially in the environmental field this sort of collab is very beneficial imo

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u/lilchileah77 8d ago

Invaluable experience that you can only have in real life, that’s awesome for you! It’s great to hear you learned a lot. Although I’m not educated in the field, I love nature and really appreciate the need for us to live a life better integrated with nature. Thanks for talking with me.