between Echo Lake and Pasqua Lake. The park provides an RV park, camping, swimming, boating, and fishing. "To the visitor, southern Saskatchewan Qu'Appelle Valley might, at first glance, appear to be a mirage. Bordered by seemingly-endless farmland flatness, the dramatic physical features of the valley appear somewhat out of place. The long-closed Fort Qu'Appelle station was originally built by the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, "incorporated in 1903 as a subsidiary of the Grand Trunk Railway" and "[b]y 1923, [with] the Grand Trunk Railway, and the National Transcontinental merged with the Canadian Northern Railway to form the new Canadian National Railway." "[M]any prairie branch lines closed after 1945; the passenger service was terminated in 1978." immediately to the west of Fort Qu'Appelle, approximately halfway along the south shore of the lake; a popular holiday resort and commuter community since the 1880s. The Grand Trunk Pacific Railway station nonetheless continues to stand, maintained as a site for current information on attractions and activities. After closure as a medical facility, Fort San was used as a summer musical facility until the 1990s with choir concerts in the nearby Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church in Lebret. The most notable tourist event is Treaty 4 Gathering, is a week-long event celebrating the signing of Treaty 4. The event is held in September, during the week of the 15th. Pow wows are held daily during the week. See below as to past participation in such events by the perhaps most world-famous person of local origin, 1960s folksinger and activist Buffy Sainte-Marie. Aforementioned winter downhill skiing, currently at the Mission Ridge Ski Hill, attracts skiers not only from the town but elsewhere in the region including the city of Regina. Notable people Hockey star and Hockey Hall of Fame member Eddie Shore was born in Fort Qu'Appelle. 1960s folksinger and activist Buffy Sainte-Marie was born on the Piapot Cree reserve, Piapot 75, in the Qu'Appelle Valley. James Henderson, "Saskatchewan's pre-eminent first-generation artist" spent much of his career working in Fort Qu'Appelle. Walter Dieter (Peepeekisis First Nation), the founding chief of the National Indian Brotherhood in 1968, which is today known as the Assembly of First Nations. Noel Starblanket (Starblanket First Nation), the third chief of the National Indian Brotherhood. Media The town's community newspaper the Fort Qu'Appelle Times, as of January 2014, is now released every Friday whereas it was previously released on Tuesday. The town has