Original Humboldt Site - Humboldt, Saskatchewan - Western Canadian Heritage on Waymarking.com

The Original Humboldt site is important because of its association with the development of communications and transportation in western Canada.

Completed in 1876, the construction of the original Dominion Telegraph Line was a milestone in the early history of western Canada and provided a critical communication link for the North-West Mounted Police. The telegraph line connected the Dominion government in eastern Canada with government agencies and settlements in the west. The Humboldt Telegraph Station was part of the western telegraph line that connected Selkirk with Fort Livingstone, Clark's Crossing, Battleford, Edmonton and British Columbia.

During the 1885 Resistance, General Frederick Middleton established a temporary camp in April on his march to Batoche. Major Lieutenant Colonel George T. Denison of the Governor-General's Body Guard arrived in May and fortified the site to serve as a transshipment depot, communications centre and strategic military post. There is an unidentified grave reputed to date back to the Resistance on the site.

Official Heritage Registry: [Web Link] Address: Telegraph Road south of Highway 5 Humboldt Saskatchewan Canada Heritage Registry Page Number: Not listed

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