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that grows in the area. However, the exact origin of the naming of the settlement is unclear. Founder John Neilson Lake apparently told multiple stories, including the most famous, where in August 1883 he was handed a handful of berries, told their name, and exclaimed, "Arise Saskatoon, Queen of the North!". It is considered most likely that the name in fact derived from one already in use: manemesaskwatan, or "the place where willows are cut", referring to the Cree practice of cutting saskatoon berry

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