Watrous

Watrous is a small town in Saskatchewan, Canada. It is 106.9 km east of Saskatoon and has an economy is based on agriculture and tourism because of its proximity to Manitou Beach, domestic of the Mineral Spa and Danceland dance corridor. Watrous was named after Frank Watrous Morse. The metropolis has many eating places, a sanatorium, clinical clinic, schools, community college, bowling alley, RCMP detachment, banks, grocery shops, co-operatives, tea keep and resorts.

Watrous is also super for being the location of the transmitter of CBK, CBC Radio One's number one station in Saskatchewan. The transmitter was firstly positioned at Watrous in 1939 with a view to cover most of the Prairie Provinces with a strong nighttime sign. It become also intended to serve maximum of the province's populated place, consisting of Regina and Saskatoon, from one transmitter. While Watrous is the station's town of licence, its real studios are positioned in Regina. The Watrous transmitter is still considered the station's primary signal, even though both of the bigger city regions at the moment are served with the aid of separate FM rebroadcasters.