Welcome to Elk Ridge Resort

A year-round resort, residential community, Gathering Place, and Saskatchewan summer tradition in the boreal forest.

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Logo of Elk Ridge Resort featuring a stylized elk above the resort name.

Exhale - You are Here.

Elk Ridge Resort sits in the boreal forest just 8 minutes from the Waskesiu townsite. We're a year-round destination with a 27-hole championship golf course, two restaurants, a spa, and a full range of accommodations. We're also a residential village, and a place that's hosted a few generations of Saskatchewan summers.

This page is the short version of who we are, and the resort, the community, and the legacy that ties us together.

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The REsorT

The 27-hole championship course is what most guests come for, and it's what most guests come back for. The three nines are woven through the boreal forest: the Aspen, the Birch, and the Tamarack, with each one designed to work with the landscape rather than flatten it. The course hosted PGA TOUR Canada in 2023 and PGA TOUR Americas in 2024, and welcomes hundreds of guests every summer from May through October.

The course is the heart of the resort, but it's far from the whole picture. After a round, guests can wind down at Drift Spa & Wellness or grab a meal at Fredrich Inspired Kitchen + Cocktails or the Wyld. When it's time to settle in for the night, the Lodge sits at the centre of the property, with cabins, cottages, and townhouses tucked through the surrounding forest, plus the seasonal RV park for guests who'd rather pull in and park for the summer. And for those who want to stay closer to the water, Elk Ridge on the Lake offers a second option in the heart of Waskesiu.

The point of Elk Ridge has always been that you can spend a day here in any season and not run out of things to do.

In summer, the resort is in full motion. In winter, it moves to a different rhythm, with skating, cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, and sledding on the property, and snowmobile trails leading out into the forest beyond.

Aerial view of a large resort with multiple buildings, surrounded by dense forest with a lake in the distance, under a cloudy sky.
A snowy landscape with a building in the distance surrounded by trees and a cloudy sky. There are people and sleds on the snow, and ski tracks and paths are visible.

The Community

Elk Ridge is a community in more ways than one.

It's a resort village, with its own municipal government and full-time and seasonal residents who've made their homes here. Many of them are part of our Development community, with lots and homes built into the forest around the resort.

It's also a community for everyone who visits. The wedding parties who get married on the property and the guests who come back for the anniversary every year. The companies that hold their conferences in our event spaces and the families who turn a milestone birthday into a long weekend. The summer regulars who've been booking the same cabin since their kids were small, and the kids, now grown, who are bringing their own kids back.

Saskatchewan hospitality is the part of this place that doesn't show up in a brochure but shows up everywhere else. When you walk in, we want it to feel less like a check-in and more like a homecoming.

That's what we mean when we say Elk Ridge is a gathering place.

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A smiling couple sitting on a patio couch, with the woman wearing a black top and the man wearing a black shirt, holding a drink in a glass with a straw. The background shows large glass windows reflecting the sky and trees at sunset.
A group of people gathered around a table at a social gathering, holding drinks and engaging in conversation, with some toasting each other.

the Legacy

An elderly man in a checkered shirt smiling and standing outdoors in a forest, with his hand resting on a birch tree.

Very few people can walk into the boreal forest and imagine a championship golf course under their feet. Arne Petersen was such a man.

Arne bought the property east of Prince Albert National Park in 1989 and started clearing bush so the first nine holes could open in 1993. By 2003, the Aspen, the Birch, and the Tamarack were all in play. Arne was recognized by the Audubon Society for the care he took with the surrounding forest, and today, the road into the resort and the restaurant at its heart both bear his name. Arne passed away in 2022, and his loss was felt across the forest community he'd spent thirty years building.

In 2020, the resort was acquired by a group of Saskatchewan-born owners committed to keeping Elk Ridge a provincial staple.

The resort is busier than it's ever been. The PGA TOUR has come through, new families are making their first summer memories here, and older ones are making their fortieth.

Arne's standard, his work ethic, the care for the land, and the welcome extended to every guest, is what we're building on.

The boreal forest is still here. The course is still here. And the work, the way he would have wanted it done, carries on.

A parking lot under construction with golf carts, stacks of bricks, a building with wooden accents, and trees in the background.
A man operating a small yellow bulldozer on a dirt area, with a background of green trees and a flatbed trailer to the right.
Construction site featuring a wooden framework for a building, a crane on the left, and stacks of lumber, with trees in the background.
Entrance sign for Elk Ridge, a golf and ski resort, with a landscaped flower bed in front, and two flags flying, one of which is the Canadian flag. Dense trees surround the area.

Photos courtesy of Debby Klarenbach

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