Discover Oxbow

Oxbow brings together places for culture and shared activities, along with seasonal events in town. The Ralph Allen Memorial Museum is housed in a converted CN railway station, and the Oxbow Arena offers opportunities for skating and curling. There is also a swimming pool with a water play area, a tree-lined park and a farmers’ market with produce and handmade products. You can shape your stay around whether you’d prefer to explore culture, be active or plan a visit to the market.

Culture in a Former Railway Station

The Ralph Allen Memorial Museum is housed in a converted CN railway station. The building was Ralph Allen’s childhood home. Two aspects therefore come together in one place: its former use as a residence and its current use as a museum. If you’re interested in a place’s history, you can make a visit the cultural highlight of your stay in Oxbow. The railway station building also provides a tangible setting for the museum visit, rather than describing culture solely through exhibition content.

Skating, Curling and Water

The Oxbow Arena has an 80 × 180-foot artificial ice surface for skating, as well as four curling sheets. The two offerings have different focuses: skating takes centre stage on the ice surface, while curling is played on its dedicated sheets. For families weighing up different activities to enjoy together, these are two specific ways to make a stay more active. The dimensions of the ice surface and the number of sheets also give a clearer picture of the arena’s facilities.

The Oxbow Community Pool offers another option involving water. It has a swimming pool and a wading and water play area. Swimming and water play are therefore among the different leisure activities to consider when choosing when to travel and planning your stay. The arena and swimming pool appeal to different interests: ice activities on the one hand, and water on the other.

Parks and an Annual Event

Cenotaph Park on Marion Avenue is an oasis of trees and flowers, located near the arena. If you’d also like to include a green setting in your stay, you’ll find a different kind of experience here than at the sports facilities. The Pocket Park is the site of the annual tree lighting for “Christmas in Oxbow”. It takes place on the last Thursday in November. This gives you a specific seasonal reason to discover Oxbow at that time of year, distinct from the ongoing leisure activities offered by the arena and swimming pool.

Farmers’ Market in Summer

The farmers’ market takes place on Thursdays in July and August from 5 to 7 p.m. Items on offer include fresh produce, homemade baked goods, locally raised meat, bedding and perennial plants, and other handmade products. The selection ranges from food to plants and other handcrafted goods. If a market visit is one of your holiday interests, you can plan your stay around the specified season and day of the week. The tree lighting in November and the summer market mark two distinct events in Oxbow’s annual calendar.

Consider which of these interests will shape your trip, and tailor your search for a vacation rental in Oxbow to the kind of stay you have in mind.

More Places to Discover

You can also include these places in your further travel plans: Carlyle, Arcola, Carnduff, Estevan, Kenosee Lake and Stoughton.

For the broader travel overview: Division No. 1.