Yorath Island

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Yorath Island did not exist when the land was first surveyed in 1903, but formed later when a channel cut through the west riverbank. The island is the northern extreme of where you will find a standing cottonwood forest. Currently the site is not accessible but can be seen from Maple Grove.

The island is named for a former city commissioner, Christopher J. Yorath. In 1913, he released the visionary “Yorath Plan”, which called for a pair of inner and outer "encircling boulevards" (or bypasses) to be built around the city, including bridges across the river to the north and south of Saskatoon. With a bridge for Circle Drive South planned for completion by 2013, his plan will have finally come to fruition almost a century later.