Energy tours offered throughout the summer season are always one of the most popular Estevan鈥檚 attractions. SaskPower, the Westmoreland Coal Company and the City of Estevan put their efforts together to help citizens and people from all over Canada and the world see what makes Estevan the Energy City.
The two-hour tours start at the Estevan Leisure Centre, from where tourists are taken to the mine site, the SaskPower Shand Power Station and the SaskPower Shand Greenhouse.
Rebecca Westling, the destination marketing/communications consultant for the City of Estevan, said these tours attract a lot of attention.
鈥淭he tours are very popular, especially with the school groups in May and June. Lots of school groups are learning this information in their science. And it鈥檚 also widely in the news right now about learning what clean coal capture is,鈥� said Westling.
Tours allow participants to get hands-on experience with the widely discussed technologies and also to explore the history of Estevan through a different scope.
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Estevan energy sites are among the most popular Saskatchewan鈥檚 landmarks and are a must-do thing for those travelling through the province.
鈥淲e constantly have people from out of town. Actually people from Europe, Asia, 小蓝视频 America (and other places) that are travelling through, that鈥檚 one of the stops that they do,鈥� said Westling.
People who take the tour don鈥檛 leave disappointed.
鈥淚t鈥檚 quite something, going right down into the mine pit, it鈥檚 just phenomenal. Seeing how big that machinery really is and seeing the scale of how much earth they move. It鈥檚 really something else,鈥� said Westling.
The tours are free and are open to anyone seven and older. There are 14 spots on a bus and it鈥檚 recommended to book a tour in advance.
In May and June, tours run twice a day starting at 9 a.m. and 1 p.m., Monday through Friday. And in July and August, they run Tuesday to Saturday twice a day as well.
Westling noted that there is also a different version of these tours running this week as the mining week special.
鈥淚t鈥檚 a shortened version that Westmoreland Coal does offer specialty tour for the mining week if you don鈥檛 have two hours to do the whole tour. They do mining week celebration.鈥�
To book a tour call the Visitor Information Centre that is open seven days a week in summer and they will schedule you in.聽
