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Maple Creek (Assiniboine: ''Cąšúška wakpá, Wazíȟe wakpá, Wazíȟe wakpa'' ) is a town in Maple Creek Rural Municipality No. 111, Saskatchewan, Canada. The population was 2,176 at the 2011 Census. The town is located 103 km southeast of Medicine Hat, Alberta, and 40 km north of the Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park on Highway 21 and 8 km south of the Trans Canada Highway. The administrative headquarters of the Nekaneet Cree First Nation band government is located 37 km southeast of Maple Creek.〔http://fhqtc.com/member-first-nation/nekaneet/〕 ==History== After the North-West Mounted Police had been established at (Fort Walsh ), settlers began to explore the Cypress Hills area, living along the creeks and doing small-scale ranching. The Department of the Interior was operating a First Nations farm on the Maple Creek, a few miles south from the present town site. In 1882-1883 the First Nations (mainly Cree, Saulteaux, and Assiniboine) were moved to Qu'Appelle, and the farm was then operated by Major Shircliff, an ex-Mounted Policeman. In the winter of 1882, a Canadian Pacific Railway construction crew of 12 decided to winter where the town of Maple Creek now stands. This marked the establishment of Maple Creek. In June 2010, a flood submerged most of the town. The same flood hit much of southwest Saskatchewan and southern Alberta and even destroyed a portion of the Trans-Canada Highway. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Maple Creek, Saskatchewan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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