Hamlet of Gouverneur, 1913-1972
N 49° 45.521 W 107° 37.806
13U E 310577 N 5515119
Located down a gravel road, I would not risk it in wet weather.
Waymark Code: WMVMBY
Location: Saskatchewan, Canada
Date Posted: 05/03/2017
Views: 2
As the left plaques reads:
Saskatchewan History & Folklore Society
Gouverneur, a thriving community in Pioneer Days. Gradually diminished and disappeared. The station was situated about 455 meters East of the Cairn.
Named for Isaac Gouverneur Ogden Financial Vice-President of the CPR.
In 1912, James McMillan, pioneer, relinquished his pre-emption SW 1/4-Section 30-T9-R12-W3 in favour of the CPR to develop a village.
It had two blacksmith shops, cafe, pool hall, post office, United Church, a two room Classroom. (School District No. 4557). Community Hall, station livery stable, dray business. Two lumbar, tennis court, three general stores. Machinery store. Four Elevators. Section House and service station.
Erected 1989 by the Gouverneur Cairn Committee.
Right Plaque
Donors in Remembrance
William (Bill) Alcorn Family
Robert (Bob) Alcorn Family
Adèle Boisjoli
Gèrard Carrière
Henri, Denise & Jacques Chorel
Roland Cloutier
Elphège Coulombe
Helena Davis
Emery, Alma, Elmer M. D.,
Juliette & Rita Douville
Léo Dureault
Charles & Vivian Gauvin
Edith Grow
Alex, Jack, Abe, Dean & Hamid Hattum
George Keith Family
Ida Kourki
Sidonie Lacasse
Connie & Richard Lamotte
Frank, Alta, Marie, George, Larry & Cecile Legros
Ronald Martin Family
Fred McKnight Family
Ralph Ortman
Louise Ella Polypuk
Marcel, Aurel & Paul Perrault
Duane & Gerald (Bud) Salloum
Viola Shaw
Lucien & Emile St-Cyr
Léo Thibault
Lloyd & Harry Walsh
Wilkinson Foundation
Lower Plaque
Pioneers and Donors
The Ludovic, Aurore Carrière Families
The Ovide, Juliette Douville Families
The John, Sarah Heard Families
The Gèrard, Bernadette Desharnais Families
The Henri, Jeanne Legros Families
The Roy, Zella Thomas Families
The Alex, Karia Hattum Familes
The Adelard, Aurore Perrault Familes
The Sam Hattum Families
The Ham, Anne and Edith, Ruth, Roy Grow Families
The Agénor, Léa and Alcide, Hosanna Desharnais Families
The Alfred, Marie Anna and Laurent, Alma Thibault Families
The Eudore, Aurore and Léo Cécile Dereault Families
The Peter, Effie and Earl, Alice Walsh Families
The Narcisse, Antonia and Jean-Paul Cécile, Alexandre Lacasse Families.
The Achilles, Gertrude and Joseph, Helen Tinant Families
The Charles, Ada Driscoll Familes
Ovila, Margaret and Irene St. Cyr Roméo, Simone St. Cyr
"Gathering, preserving and sharing the history and folklore of Saskatchewan"
Marker type: Plaques on stone
Marker placement date: Not listed
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