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Biggar is a town in central Saskatchewan, Canada. It is located on Highway 14, west of Saskatoon, the province’s most populous city. Biggar has become well known for its unusual town slogan, an Olympic athlete, and a world-record deer. The town was featured on American morning newsmagazine ''The Today Show'' in February 2010 as part of an ongoing Canadian-oriented segment during the 2010 Winter Olympics. ==History== Biggar was incorporated as a village in 1909. It was named after William Hodgins Biggar, general counsel of the Grand Trunk Pacific (GTP) railway which had come through the area in 1908. The Grand Trunk Pacific Railway (GTP) made Biggar a divisional point on its line, building a large station and roundhouse. The population grew as Biggar became a home terminal where train crews were changed.〔McLennan, David (2008), ''Our Towns: Saskatchewan communities from Abbey to Zenon Park'', Canadian Plains Research Center, p. 32-33, ISBN 978-0-88977-209-0〕 In 1911 Biggar was incorporated as a town. Settlement continued and the population increased to greater than 2,000 by the mid-1920s, peaking at 2,755 in 1966.〔 According to the 2011 census, Biggar is now home to 2,161 people.〔(Statistics Canada. 2012. Biggar, Saskatchewan (Code 4712046) and Division No. 12, Saskatchewan (Code 4712) (table). Census Profile. 2011 Census. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-316-XWE. Ottawa. Released September 19, 2012. )〕 The town is known for its slogan "New York is big, but this is Biggar." It was created in 1914 by a survey crew who painted it onto a town sign as a drunken prank. According to The Biggar Museum and Gallery, the graffiti remained unchanged until 1954 when the slogan was officially adopted.〔(Biggar Museum )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Biggar, Saskatchewan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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