Symons Place:

Robert Symons was an author, lecturer and artist. Robert Symons created many of the dioramas for the exhibits on display at Regina’s Saskatchewan Museum of Natural History. An accomplished writer some of his books included Silton Seasons, The Broken Snare, Still the Wind Blows and Hours and the Birds.

In 1942 Robert Symons was appointed a game warden with the Government of British Columbia and settled on a Northern British Columbia homestead in 1945, returning to Regina in the winter months to paint at the museum he loved. In 1965 he was awarded the Saskatchewan Conservation Medal and in 1970 he was awarded an honourary degree from the University of Regina.

Robert David Symons died in 1973.