YORKTON, SASKATCHEWAN

'Yorkton' is a city in the south-east of Saskatchewan, Canada, near the Manitoba border. Attractions include the Yorkton Western Development Museum, the Yorkton Short Film and Video Festival, held annually since 1947, the Painted Hand Casino, the Yorkton Bulldogs lacrosse team, and the Yorkton Terriers of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League.

Contents

Statistics

History

Government

Education

Military

Notable Yorktonites

External links

Statistics

History

The story of Yorkton goes back to 1882, when a group of settlers from York County, Ontario, established a settlement. They had been recruited by the York Farmers Colonization Company, and originally founded York Colony about two miles north of the present-day city, on the banks of a small river.
The York Farmers Colonization Company, with Ontario Member of Parliament N. Clark Wallace as president, and a capital shareholders’ investment of $300,000 was incorporated May 12, 1882. Earlier in the year, a group of Toronto businessmen had met to discuss a plan to invest in the opening of lands for homesteading in Western Canada, specifically in the newly created Provisional Assiniboia, North West Territories.
During the Second World War, an airport was built north of the city for the RCAF's No. 11 Service Flying Training School, now operated as the Yorkton Municipal Airport.
Yorkton is the site of the Yorkton Western Development Museum, which houses a number of exhibits depicting pioneer life in the town and on the surrounding prairie. The museum includes an early pioneer log home and an extensive outdoor exhibit of agricultural machinery, including early tractors and steam engines.

Government

Yorkton is represented in the Canadian House of Commons by Garry Breitkreuz of the Conservative Party of Canada. From 1968 to 1993, it was represented by Lorne Nystrom of the New Democratic Party.

Education

'High Schools':

★ Yorkton Regional High School

★ Sacred Heart High School, Yorkton

★ Dream Builders
'Elementary Schools':

★ Columbia Elementary School

★ Dr. Brass Elementary School

★ M.C. Knoll Elementary School

★ St. Alphonsus School

★ St. Mary's School

★ St. Michael's School

★ St. Paul's School

★ Yorkdale Central School
'Post Secondary Institutions':

★ Parkland Regional College

★ Academy of Learning Career and Business College

Military

The 64th (Yorkton) Field Battery, Royal Canadian Artillery is garrisoned at the Yorkton Armouries.

Notable Yorktonites

★ Guy Big - Actor

★ Brian Dickson - Former Supreme Court judge

★ Brent Fedyk - Former NHL player

★ Alvin Law - Motivational speaker

★ Jarret Stoll - Current NHL player (Edmonton Oilers)

★ Dylan Johnstone - Lead Vocalist for the hardcore band The Means

★ Tom Gibney - Long running semi-retired anchor for CFTO-TV

★ Andy Wyatt - Head Coach of Yorkton United FC and founder of the trans-Saskatchewan dwarf tossing league

External links

★ Yorkton Minor Hockey

★ City of Yorkton

★ Tourism Yorkton

★ Loca Labour Market

★ Google Map

★ Google Satellite Photo

★ Yorkton Western Development Museum

★ Yorkton Terriers

★ Yorkton Harvest