Discover Gull Lake

Gull Lake in Saskatchewan offers a variety of reasons to visit: the Gull Lake Museum is dedicated to the town’s past, while the SWT Lyceum Theatre is a community-owned cinema with a history dating back to 1911. There are also programs at the Gull Lake Skating Club, a golf course east of town, and a mini-golf course. You can explore the town’s history and recreational activities as different focuses for your trip.

Getting your bearings between the highway and town life

Gull Lake is at the junction of the Trans-Canada Highway and Highway 37. From there, it is well connected to larger communities: Swift Current lies to the east and Medicine Hat to the west. Highway 37 also connects to other areas to the north and south. This location helps you get your bearings when deciding which places to include in your trip. When looking for a vacation rental or holiday home, you can first consider whether Gull Lake itself or a connection in a particular direction is important to your vacation plans.

Town history at the Gull Lake Museum

The Gull Lake Museum has three exhibition buildings: the Main Building, the School House, and the Machine Shop. The exhibits in the Main Building show what life in Gull Lake used to be like. The town’s history is therefore the main focus there. Another specific highlight is the extensive collection of hospital furniture and medical instruments at the Gull Lake Museum & Visitor Centre. The town’s history and this collection offer two distinct topics to consider if you are interested in Gull Lake’s past. The names of the three buildings also make the museum’s layout easy to understand, without assigning a separate exhibition focus to each building.

Cinema and skating programs

The SWT Lyceum Theatre is a community-owned cinema in Gull Lake. It is operated by the nonprofit Gull Lake & District Cultural Co-operative and was founded in 1911. Its founding year gives the cinema a long history in the town. Together with the museum, it offers a cultural perspective on Gull Lake that can complement its recreational activities.

If you would like to include skating in your trip plans, the Gull Lake Skating Club offers the PreCan, CanSkate, and StarSkate programs through Skate Canada. The three program names give you specific information about the club’s offerings. Skating thus adds a distinct activity to the cultural options; it is another way to include Gull Lake in your trip plans.

Golf in the area

A 9-hole golf course with sand greens is located 5 km east of Gull Lake on the Trans-Canada Highway. Its location and course format help you consider it as a separate destination in the area. If golf is part of your travel plans, you can take its eastern location into account when choosing where to stay. Gull Lake also has the Gull Lake Mini-Golf course at the northeast corner of Little Green on the Prairie. The two options differ in both format and location: a 9-hole course outside town and a mini-golf course at the aforementioned corner. This gives you a specific question to consider when searching for a vacation rental: should your plans focus mainly on Gull Lake’s cultural attractions, or would you also like to include the golf course east of town?

If you would like to explore other places: Wymark, Swift Current, Burstall, Leader, Lancer, Kyle.

For the broader travel overview: Division No. 8.