Burr, Saskatchewan
Community in Saskatchewan, Canada
Unincorporated community in Saskatchewan, Canada
52°02′31″N 105°08′06″W / 52.042°N 105.135°W / 52.042; -105.135S0K 0T0
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).[1][2][3]
According to the Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan, Victoria Cross recipient Raphael Louis Zengel lived in Burr from 1906 to 1914.[4]
The "Burr Project" is a plan to extract potash from a large deposit in the area.[5]
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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