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 and surrounding area was originally settled mostly by German settlers between the 1910s and 1930s with a few Polish, Ukrainian and French settlers arriving later.
The Canadian Northern Railway continued its branch line from Turtleford to St. Walburg in 1919 which caused a boom in the area. Many homesteaders arrived within months. A sad note for the community was when the Canadian National Railway abandoned its rail line from North Battleford to St. Walburg in 2005 when the remaining grain elevators on the line closed. The line was officially abandoned in 2008.
