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Prairie Places - Bienfait, Saskatchewan Traditional Cache

Hidden : 5/16/2014
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

A short little series highlighting some of the towns, big and small, of Saskatchewan. Most of the information below is taken from wikepedia. I hope you enjoy a quick geography lesson of our lovely province.

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The town of Bienfait was incorporated as the Village of Bienfait on April 16, 1912 becoming a town on March 1, 1957. The town was named by the Canadian Pacific Railway after Antoine Charles Bienfait, who was a banker with Adolphe Boissevain & Company of Amsterdam due to the firms involved in the sale of CP shares in Europe.[3]

In 1931 striking coal miners marched from Bienfait to nearby Estevan, resulting in the Estevan Riot.

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