Bures, Saskatchewan
Bures is a locality[1] in Key West Rural Municipality No. 70 in the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. Located 3 east of highway 623 on Range Road 221, approximately 15 km north of the town of Ogema.
History
Bures is located at SW-36-8-22 W2M was founded predominantly by Scandinavian settlers in 1933. The community was named by Mr. C.P. Ennals who originally came from Bures, Suffolk, England.[2]
A grain elevator was built in 1925 next to the railway, by 1933 the community had a post office, general store operated by Mr. L.B. Quinn. In 1940 Bures Co-op was incorporated, later moving to Ogema in 1954.
Bures School was located 1.5 km south of the community at 26-8-22 W2M opening in 1911, E.A. Kilpatrick was the first teacher. The school was closed in 1957 and the store and post office in 1967.
Notable residents
- Earl McCready, Canadian freestyle sport wrestler who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics, residing in Bures for a short time.
See also
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- Amulet
- Bethesda
- Blooming
- Bromhead
- Brooking
- Bures
- Cedoux
- Colfax
- Colgate
- Dahinda
- Dummer
- Edgeworth
- Forward
- Froude
- Gladmar
- Glasnevin
- Gravelbourg Junction
- Hardy
- Harptree
- Hoffer
- Horizon
- Key West
- Khedive
- Lewvan
- Marienthal
- Moreland
- Outram
- Querrin
- Rafferty
- Rainton
- Ralph
- Ratcliffe
- Ritchie
- Roncott
- Truax
- Tyvan
- Wallace
49°41′17″N 104°54′36″W / 49.688°N 104.910°W / 49.688; -104.910
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