The arrival of the first train at this crossing of Pile
of Bones (Wascana) Creek in August 1882 coin-
cided with the selection of a new capital for the north-
West Territories. Regina, named in honour of Queen
Victoria, was chosen by Edgar Dewdney, Lieutenant
-Governor of the North-West Territories and W.C.
Van Horne, general manager of the Canadian Pacific
Railway. Dewdney chose this location in part because
it occupied "... the natural centre of a vast and rich
agricultural country."

This plaque was unveiled to commemorate the
centennial of the founding of the settlement of Regina
August 23, 1982.

(Information from the information plaque)