Wynyard is a town in eastern Saskatchewan, Canada, 132 km west of Yorkton and 190 km east of Saskatoon.[4] Wynyard is surrounded by the rural municipality of Big Quill No. 308. It is located on the Yellowhead Highway just south of Big Quill Lake.
Wynyard | |
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Town | |
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| Coordinates: 51°46′00″N 104°11′00″W / 51.766667°N 104.183333°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Saskatchewan |
| Rural Municipality | Big Quill No. 308 |
| Settled | 1905 |
| Village | 1908 |
| Town | 1911 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Albert Boylak |
| • Administrator | Jason Chorneyko |
| • Governing body | Wynyard Town Council |
| • MLA Kelvington-Wadena | Hugh Nerlien |
| • MP Regina-Qu'Appelle | Andrew Scheer |
| Area | |
| • Total | 5.29 km2 (2.04 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 551 m (1,808 ft) |
| Population (2016) | |
| • Total | 1,732 |
| • Density | 334.1/km2 (865/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−06:00 (CST) |
| Postal code | S0A 4T0 |
| Area code | 306 |
| Website | www |
| [1][2][3] | |
History edit
Many of the early settlers to the area around Big Quill Lake were of Icelandic origin, and the ethnic block settlement area was called the Vatnabyggd settlement. Sleipnir, a store and post office, was located at NE 30-22-15 W2 and was the centre of community life of the Vatnabyggd settlement until it was moved into Wynyard in 1908.[5]
The first wave of Icelandic settlers in the Wynyard area was soon followed by numerous Ukrainian settlers and then British, Polish, and German settlers.[6]
Demographics edit
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Wynyard had a population of 1,724 living in 808 of its 911 total private dwellings, a change of -4.1% from its 2016 population of 1,798. With a land area of 5.32 km2 (2.05 sq mi), it had a population density of 324.1/km2 (839.3/sq mi) in 2021.[7]
Climate edit
| Climate data for Wynyard, 1981–2010 normals, extremes 1939–present | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 7.4 (45.3) |
8.0 (46.4) |
19.5 (67.1) |
31.0 (87.8) |
36.1 (97.0) |
38.5 (101.3) |
36.7 (98.1) |
36.7 (98.1) |
36.1 (97.0) |
29.5 (85.1) |
22.0 (71.6) |
12.8 (55.0) |
38.5 (101.3) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −10.9 (12.4) |
−7.6 (18.3) |
−1.4 (29.5) |
9.3 (48.7) |
17.0 (62.6) |
21.4 (70.5) |
23.9 (75.0) |
23.9 (75.0) |
17.1 (62.8) |
9.1 (48.4) |
−1.8 (28.8) |
−8.5 (16.7) |
7.6 (45.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −15.9 (3.4) |
−12.5 (9.5) |
−6.2 (20.8) |
3.6 (38.5) |
10.6 (51.1) |
15.5 (59.9) |
17.9 (64.2) |
17.4 (63.3) |
11.1 (52.0) |
3.7 (38.7) |
−6.1 (21.0) |
−13.3 (8.1) |
2.2 (36.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −21.0 (−5.8) |
−17.3 (0.9) |
−11.0 (12.2) |
−2.2 (28.0) |
4.1 (39.4) |
9.6 (49.3) |
11.8 (53.2) |
10.9 (51.6) |
5.1 (41.2) |
−1.6 (29.1) |
−10.3 (13.5) |
−17.9 (−0.2) |
−3.3 (26.1) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −46.7 (−52.1) |
−42.5 (−44.5) |
−37.0 (−34.6) |
−29.3 (−20.7) |
−12.5 (9.5) |
−2.8 (27.0) |
0.6 (33.1) |
−2.8 (27.0) |
−8.9 (16.0) |
−21.7 (−7.1) |
−35.0 (−31.0) |
−43.0 (−45.4) |
−46.7 (−52.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 15.5 (0.61) |
10.7 (0.42) |
20.2 (0.80) |
20.4 (0.80) |
46.2 (1.82) |
71.9 (2.83) |
70.4 (2.77) |
57.5 (2.26) |
40.7 (1.60) |
26.9 (1.06) |
14.4 (0.57) |
18.5 (0.73) |
413.3 (16.27) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 0.2 (0.01) |
0.5 (0.02) |
3.3 (0.13) |
12.2 (0.48) |
41.9 (1.65) |
71.9 (2.83) |
70.4 (2.77) |
57.5 (2.26) |
38.3 (1.51) |
15.6 (0.61) |
1.4 (0.06) |
0.7 (0.03) |
313.8 (12.35) |
| Average snowfall cm (inches) | 18.1 (7.1) |
11.7 (4.6) |
18.9 (7.4) |
9.5 (3.7) |
4.9 (1.9) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
2.5 (1.0) |
10.6 (4.2) |
15.1 (5.9) |
21.1 (8.3) |
112.2 (44.2) |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 98.4 | 124.8 | 176.9 | 226.1 | 268.4 | 270.5 | 310.6 | 284.6 | 196.4 | 151.5 | 93.7 | 82.7 | 2,284.7 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 37.9 | 44.5 | 48.2 | 54.4 | 55.4 | 54.3 | 62.0 | 62.8 | 51.6 | 45.7 | 35.1 | 33.8 | 48.8 |
| Source: Environment Canada[11][12] | |||||||||||||
Attractions edit
The Frank Cameron Museum is closed, but there is a very interesting museum, downtown, on Avenue B. It has a good selection of local historical artefacts and pictures, and occasionally has special exhibits, such as "wedding dresses through the decades".[13]
- Wynyard Regional Park is the local camping site located a few kilometres from town.
- Wynyard is located just to the south-east of Big Quill Lake which is the largest saline lake in Canada, and south-west of Little Quill Lake.[13]
- Mud Lake Wildlife Refuge is 19 km (12 miles) from town.[4]
- Wynyard Golf Club (a 9-hole golf course) offers the Wynyard Hole in One Tournament, Wynyard Ladies Night Golf, and Wynyard Men's Night Golf.
- The Wynyard Swimming Pool and the Wynyard Stingrays Synchronized Swimming Team.
Heritage sites edit
Three of designated heritage sites are located in Wynyard:
Activities and sports edit
The Town of Wynyard has several sports teams: the Wynyard Blues Mens Fastball Team, the Wynyard Monarchs hockey team of the Long Lake Hockey League (LLHL), and the Wynyard Monarchs of the senior men's Highway Hockey League.[17]
Wynyard plays host to many activities and groups such as Wynyard Air Cadets, Wynyard Minor Baseball, Wynyard Minor Hockey, Wynyard Fireman's Association, Wynyard Kinettes, Wynyard Kinsmen, Wynyard Legion, Wynyard School of Dance, Wynyard Senior Appreciation Days, Wynyard Senior Centre, and Wynyard Shriners.[18]
Media edit
Transportation edit
Wynyard is located on Saskatchewan Highway 16. Wynyard was made a divisional point on the Canadian Pacific Railway when it came through. No longer providing passenger service the Wynyard railway station is a designated historical railway station.[20]
Wynyard/W. B. Needham Field Aerodrome also facilitate transportation in and out of Wynyard and area.[13]
Education edit
The town is home to the Wynyard Elementary School and Wynyard Composite High School[21] in the Horizon School Division #205.[22][13] The high school team, the Wynyard Golden Bears, play basketball, football, volleyball, and soccer. The high school also participates in cross country, track, and badminton.
The one-room school houses of the early 1900s were called Wynyard School District #2499 and Nordra School #1947.[23] The latter offered a course in Icelandic when it was first constructed in 1907 as the early school administration allowed an hour each day from 3 pm to 4 pm for foreign language instruction.[5] Currently there are several venues for education in Wynyard.
Further reading edit
- Reflections by the Quills by Quill Historical Society of Wynyard, Saskatchewan[24]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ National Archives, Archivia Net. "Post Offices and Postmasters". Archived from the original on October 6, 2006. Retrieved 2013-11-10.
- ^ Government of Saskatchewan, MRD Home. "Municipal Directory System". Archived from the original on January 15, 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2009.
- ^ Commissioner of Canada Elections, Chief Electoral Officer of Canada (2005). "Elections Canada On-line". Archived from the original on April 21, 2007. Retrieved 2013-11-10.
- ^ a b Government of Canada (2007-08-15), GeoNames Query, retrieved 2007-08-17[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b Olafson, Eric (2007), Vatnabyggd An Icelandic Settlement in Saskatchewan, archived from the original on 2007-09-27, retrieved 2007-08-15
- ^ "NHS Profile, Wynyard, T, Saskatchewan, 2011 (The sum of the ancestries in this table is greater than the total population estimate because a person may report more than one ancestry (ethnic origin) in the National Household Survey.)". 2011. Retrieved 2014-08-03.
- ^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Saskatchewan". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved April 1, 2022.
- ^ "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. March 21, 2019. Retrieved 2013-11-10.
- ^ "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. August 20, 2019.
- ^ "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. July 18, 2021.
- ^ Environment Canada - Canadian Climate Normals 1981-2010—Canadian Climate Normals 1981–2010, accessed 1 September 2016
- ^ Environment Canada - Canadian Climate Data—Wynyard (Aut), accessed 1 September 2016
- ^ a b c d e f Town of Wynyard, archived from the original on 2007-08-09, retrieved 2007-08-17
- ^ "Wynyard Court House". Retrieved 2013-11-10.
- ^ "Canadian Pacific Railway Station". Retrieved 2013-11-10.
- ^ "Wynyard Federated Church". Retrieved 2013-11-10.
- ^ "Blogs | Highway Hockey League". www.highwayhockey.ca.
- ^ Credit Union, CU Flyer-Page1&4 (PDF), archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-29, retrieved 2007-08-15
- ^ Wynyard Advance Gazette, retrieved 2007-08-15
- ^ "Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada - The Directory of Designated Heritage Railway Stations in Saskatchewan". Parks Canada. Archived from the original on 2012-10-08. Retrieved 2011-02-07.
- ^ "Wynyard Composite High School - Wynyard Composite High School". www.horizonsd.ca.
- ^ Horizon School Division #205
- ^ Adamson (15 Mar 2006), Saskatchewan Gen Web One room School District Project, retrieved 2007-08-15
- ^ Quill Historical Society (1981). Reflections by the Quills, Quill Historical Society of Wynyard, Canada. ISBN 0-88925-149-5.