[3][4] A major intersection when waterways were important to transportation on the Canadian Prairies, first with the fur trade and then during the riverboat era, today the Saskatchewan River Forks attract tourists, canoeists, and recreational fishermen.

The park is on the west side of the river fork and is heavily wooded with steep banks.

There is a tourist picnic site, hiking trails, and historic markers.

[6] In 1692, Englishman Henry Kelsey — while working for the Hudson's Bay Company — was the first European to reach the Saskatchewan River Forks.

In 1751, a New France fur-trading post, Fort La Jonquière, was established on the Saskatchewan River (or one of its branches) possibly at, or near, the Forks by Jacques Legardeur de Saint-Pierre.