Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Cupar, Saskatchewan is a town of 625 people, 75 kilometres northeast of Regina. It is most famous for the Cupar Gopher Drop, a unique lottery held every summer. Stuffed toy gophers (Richardson's Ground Squirrels) labelled with numbers are dropped from a hot-air balloon along with numbered gopher holes. The "owner" of the gopher that lands nearest Hole 1 wins first prize, and so on. Cupar is named after Cupar in Scotland. External link: Town of Cupar Web site This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.