Dec 29 - Despite strong historical evidence for this name, I could find no images of the creek that show any current at all. It looks like a stagnant slough. The official name of the creek comes from the Cree, who called the South Saskatchewan River kisiskâciwan, meaning "it flows swiftly." Fur traders in the 1800s called the creek "Rivière au Courant" (lit: "river of the current"). Modern nicknames for this small city are: "Speedy Creek", "Swift", or "Swifty".
The longest-running
business in Swift Current is the Imperial Hotel. Built in 1903, it was used as evidence that
Swift Current should be granted village status. The owner needed the designation to obtain a
liquor license for the hotel. The hamlet
became a village the next year, and then a town in 1907, when a census
indicated a population of 550. Swift
Current became incorporated as a city in 1914.
This swift growth seems characteristic of this area.
info:
Wikipedia
image: http://www.parc.ca/
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