Wynyard is a town in eastern Saskatchewan, Canada, 132 kilometres (82 mi) west of Yorkton and 190 kilometres (120 mi) 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
editMany 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
editIn 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
editThe 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[14]
- 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 kilometres (12 mi) from town[15]
- 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
editThree of designated heritage sites are located in Wynyard:
Activities and sports
editThe 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.[19]
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.[20]
Media
editTransportation
editWynyard is located on 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.[22]
Wynyard/W. B. Needham Field Aerodrome also facilitate transportation in and out of Wynyard and area.[13]
Education
editThe town is home to the Wynyard Elementary School and Wynyard Composite High School[23] in the Horizon School Division #205.[24][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.[25] 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[26]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ National Archives, Archivia Net. "Post Offices and Postmasters". Archived from the original on 6 October 2006. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
- ^ Government of Saskatchewan, MRD Home. "Municipal Directory System". Archived from the original on 15 January 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2009.
- ^ Commissioner of Canada Elections, Chief Electoral Officer of Canada (2005). "Elections Canada On-line". Archived from the original on 21 April 2007. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
- ^ Government of Canada (15 August 2007), GeoNames Query, retrieved 17 August 2007[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b Olafson, Eric (2007), Vatnabyggd An Icelandic Settlement in Saskatchewan, archived from the original on 27 September 2007, retrieved 15 August 2007
- ^ "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 3 August 2014.
- ^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Saskatchewan". Statistics Canada. 9 February 2022. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
- ^ "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. 21 March 2019. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
- ^ "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. 20 August 2019.
- ^ "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. 18 July 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 9 August 2007, retrieved 17 August 2007
- ^ "Wynyard Regional Park". Tourism Saskatchewan. Government of Saskatchewan. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
- ^ "Mud Lake Wildlife Refuge". Canadian Geographical Names Database. Government of Canada. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
- ^ "Wynyard Court House". Retrieved 10 November 2013.
- ^ "Canadian Pacific Railway Station". Retrieved 10 November 2013.
- ^ "Wynyard Federated Church". Retrieved 10 November 2013.
- ^ "Blogs | Highway Hockey League". www.highwayhockey.ca.
- ^ Credit Union, CU Flyer-Page1&4 (PDF), archived from the original (PDF) on 29 September 2007, retrieved 15 August 2007
- ^ Wynyard Advance Gazette, retrieved 15 August 2007
- ^ "Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada - The Directory of Designated Heritage Railway Stations in Saskatchewan". Parks Canada. Archived from the original on 8 October 2012. Retrieved 7 February 2011.
- ^ "Wynyard Composite High School - Wynyard Composite High School". www.horizonsd.ca.
- ^ Horizon School Division #205
- ^ Adamson (15 March 2006), Saskatchewan Gen Web One room School District Project, retrieved 15 August 2007
- ^ Quill Historical Society (1981). Reflections by the Quills, Quill Historical Society of Wynyard, Canada. ISBN 0-88925-149-5.