On 1 Avenue South, on the left when traveling south.
Domes of the East crown this beautiful church of distinctive Byzantine architecture.
Dedicated to the founders and settlers of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of St. Elia - Wroxton.
They sifted into Saskatchewan in the late 1890's. . . . — — Map (db m289822) HM
On Norway Road (Provincial Highway 9) north of Provincial Highway 5, on the right when traveling north.
The first block Ukrainian settlement in Saskatchewan was established in 1897 when 180 families arrives in the Canora district from western Ukraine. Ottawa had specified that earlier Ukrainian immigrants first settle in Alberta and Manitoba. . . . — — Map (db m8492) HM
On Saskota Flyway, on the left when traveling south.
Preserve Our Heritage
On October 3, 1889, New Stockholm Church, the first Swedish Lutheran congregation in Canada, was organized in this colony.
In 1893, the first church was built of logs hauled by oxen from Qu'Appelle Valley. . . . — — Map (db m288796) HM
On Saskota Flyway, on the left when traveling south.
All Distances Noted Herein are from this Marker
In July 1, 1886, a group of immigrants from Sweden and Norway arrived at their preselected homesteads located south and east of here. This was the first permanent Swedish
Settlement in the . . . — — Map (db m288798) HM
On Yellowhead Highway, on the left when traveling south.
George Morris was a pioneer inventor and manufacturer of agricultural equipment. He was born in 1904 at Llewellyn, North West Territories and farmed with his father until 1924. After a course in motor mechanics he opened an implement dealership . . . — — Map (db m289006) HM
On Darlington Street East, on the right when traveling west.
Yorkton courthouse was the first court building designed by Saskatchewan's provincial architect, Maurice Sharon. Its balanced appearance and authoritative Beaux-Arts style give an impression of order and dignity, qualities befitting the . . . — — Map (db m289892) HM
On Main Street at Service Street, on the right when traveling south on Main Street.
You can imagine the flurry of activity that occurred upon the arrival of the Barr Colonists. The few pioneers that were here finally had lots of neighbors, green though they were to this life on the prairies. The Mission Hall (1903) was moved in . . . — — Map (db m212376) HM
On Main Street at Service Street, on the right when traveling south on Main Street.
March 31, 1903: two thousand British Immigrants departed Liverpool, England; caught up with Reverend Isaac Barr's vision of founding a British Colony in Canada's North West Territories, with a prize of 160 acres of land for $10.00 and homestead . . . — — Map (db m212375) HM
On Main Street at Service Street, on the right when traveling south on Main Street.
In 1907, the Canadian Northern Railway Station plus a coal dock and water tank were followed by implement dealerships, a butcher shop, restaurants, bakery and a drug store. The Lashburn Public School opened. A second doctor and an undertaker came . . . — — Map (db m212377) HM
