Spruce Lake, Saskatchewan
Spruce Lake is an unincorporated community in west-central Saskatchewan.
Spruce Lake
Location of Spruce Lake in Saskatchewan
History
The area around Spruce Lake was first settled in 1910. Quite a large number of the first settlers were German. There were also large amounts of Scandinavians, British, Ukrainian, Polish, and French settlers. The Canadian Northern Railway (now the Canadian National Railway came through in 1919 and the first grain elevator was built that year. Cattle was also shipped from Spruce Lake on the railway. The last remaining grain elevator burned down in 1983. Spruce Lake lost village status in 2006.[1] The rail line that ran through the community was abandoned in 2005 and torn up in 2008.
References
- "Restructured Villages". Saskatchewan Ministry of Municipal Affairs. Archived from the original on March 25, 2008. Retrieved February 10, 2008.
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