Glaslyn in Parkdale No. 498, Saskatchewan — The Prairie Region (North America)
To Our Pioneers To Our Citizens
Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, July 15, 2022
1. To Our Pioneers To Our Citizens Marker
who worked so hard by the will of God
to clear this land and break the sod
To Our Citizens
who walked the path of those gone by
to bear their torch and carry it high
A Welsh emigrant, Mr. Edwin Dando Hoskins arrived here in 1908. He set to the task of organizing a post office, stopping house for travelers near this spot and a local improvement district. The area reminded him of Glaslyn Lake and Glaslyn Valley in Wales and prompted him to call the new district Glaslyn. The CNR extended service to the district in 1925. In 1929 it was incorporated as a village bearing that name.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Immigration • Industry & Commerce • Railroads & Streetcars • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1908.
Location. 53° 21.699′ N, 108° 21.3′ W. Marker is in Glaslyn, Saskatchewan, in Parkdale No. 498. Marker is on Railway Avenue (Provincial Highway 3/4) just north of Main Street, on the right when traveling north. Marker is located in front of the Glaslyn and District Museum. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 141-31 Saskatchewan Highway 3, Glaslyn SK S0M 0Y0, Canada. Touch for directions.
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1. Glaslyn History.
Like many small(Submitted on December 3, 2022, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)communities in the northwest, Glaslyn was promoted as a new frontier full of promise and we still believe this to be true. Homesteaders came from all over in the 1930's, when the land dried up down south, to this new unbroken land to make a life for their families whether they were coming to break land for farming, set up trap lines, or log the plentiful forests. The railroad came through the community in 1926. The original CN Water Tower and Station House are now the site of a very impressive community funded Museum.
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2. Glaslyn, Saskatchewan.
Glaslyn incorporated as a village on April 16, 1929.(Submitted on December 3, 2022, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)
Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, July 15, 2022
2. To Our Pioneers To Our Citizens Marker
Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, July 15, 2022
3. Transportation Acknowledgement Mounted Beside Marker
1991
Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, July 15, 2022
4. To Our Pioneers To Our Citizens Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on December 3, 2022. It was originally submitted on December 3, 2022, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 101 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on December 3, 2022, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
