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Cupar, Saskatchewan
Cupar is a town 75 kilometres northeast of Regina. Cupar is settled on the flat plains 45 kilometres north of the scenic Qu'Appelle Valley. it is significant for its remarkable hockey history. It is often called the Home of Eddie Shore, as the legendary NHL defenceman was raised here. The town has also produced several other NHL players and promising prospects, such as Brayden Frank and Devan Harrison.
==History==
Cupar became a village in 1905. It was named by a Canadian Pacific Railway official after the town of Cupar in Fife, Scotland. The town celebrated its centennial in 2005.
Cupar is the home of artist (Jacqueline Berting ). The ''Berting Glass'' studio is located north of town. One of her best known works is the "The Glass Wheatfield", encompassing 1,400 waist high glass wheat stalks, each piece individually hand cut and lamp worked. Berting calls her work "A Salute to the Canadian farmer".〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url =http://www.sknac.ca/index.php?page=ArtistDetail&id=209 )〕
The town is known for the Cupar Gopher Drop, a unique lottery held every summer. Stuffed toy gophers (Richardson's Ground Squirrels) labelled with numbers are dropped from a hot-air balloon along with numbered gopher holes. The "owner" of the gopher that lands nearest Hole 1 wins first prize, and so on.
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