Burr, Saskatchewan
Burr is an unincorporated community south of Humboldt, Saskatchewan.
It has an office for the Rural Municipality of Wolverine No. 340, a post office. A short distance north is a hall, and Saint Scholastica Roman Catholic Church (founded 1905).
According to the Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan, Victoria Cross recipient Raphael Louis Zengel lived in Burr from 1906 to 1914.
The "Burr Project" is a plan to extract potash from a large deposit in the area.
See also
References
- ^ "Municipal Directory System". Archived from the original on August 9, 2014. Retrieved August 8, 2014.
- ^ "Canada Post Precision Targeter".
- ^ "Parish Schedules | St. Scholastica - Burr".
- ^ "The Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan | Details". Archived from the original on March 12, 2017. Retrieved January 2, 2009.
- ^ Saskatoon Star-Phoenix article on the Burr Project Archived November 5, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
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