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Moose Jaw (Assiniboine: ''tácehubana'') is a city in south-central Saskatchewan, Canada, on the Moose Jaw River. It is situated on the Trans-Canada Highway, west of Regina. Residents of Moose Jaw are known as Moose Javians. The city is surrounded by the Rural Municipality of Moose Jaw No. 161. Moose Jaw is an industrial centre and important railway junction for the area's agricultural produce. It is known for its giant historical murals on the exterior walls of buildings in its business district . CFB Moose Jaw is a NATO flight training school, and is home to the Snowbirds, Canada's military aerobatic air show flight demonstration team. Moose Jaw also has a casino and geothermal spa. ==History== Cree and Assiniboine people used the Moose Jaw area as a winter encampment. The Missouri Coteau sheltered the valley and gave it warm breezes. The narrow river crossing and abundance of water and game made it a good location for settlement. Traditional native fur traders and Métis buffalo hunters created the first permanent settlement at a place called "the turn", at present-day Kingways Park. The intersection of the Moose Jaw River and Thunder Creek was chosen and registered in 1881 as a site for a division point for the Canadian Pacific Railway, whose construction was significant in Confederation of Canada. The water supply there was significant for steam locomotives. Settlement began there in 1882 and the city was incorporated in 1903.〔(【引用サイトリンク】Early History )〕 The railways played an important role in the early development of Moose Jaw, with the city having both a Canadian Pacific Railway Station and a Canadian National Railway Station. A dam was built on the river in 1883 to create a year-round water supply. Marked on a map as Moose Jaw Bone Creek in an 1857 survey by surveyor John Palliser,〔 〕 two theories exist as to how the city got its name. The first is it comes from the Plains Cree name ''moscâstani-sîpiy'' meaning "a warm place by the river", indicative of the protection from the weather the Coteau range provides to the river valley containing the city〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url =http://www.moosejaw.ca/about/history.shtml ) Moose Jaw City Gov't website〕 and also the Plains Cree word ''moose gaw'', meaning warm breezes. The other is on the map of the city, the Moose Jaw River is shaped like a moose's jaw. 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「Moose Jaw」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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