Notes from a messy desk…One summer, desiring to see more of Canada than a T.V. I recall chatting once with a farmer from southern Saskatchewan after his first trip to Waskesiu. National Park via Scenic Route 263, especially before it was widened, you can appreciate the forest scenery lining both sides. Accustomed to flat prairie on all horizons, the northern drive made him feel claustrophobic, hemmed in by seemingly endless boreal woods. She was born and raised in Prince Albert, earned a B.A.