Tag: Lafleche

Lafleche is a small community in southwest Saskatchewan, Canada. As of 2006, the population of Lafleche is 370.
In 1913 the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) came to Lafleche. In 1937 after eight consecutive crop failures, the once prosperous Lafleche district was near rock bottom. In dire need of credit, farmers and small businessmen found the bank and other financial institutions had no confidence in their ability to repay. Within a year the people of Lafleche launched the first rural community credit union in the province. Lafleche Credit Union received its charter on April 19, 1938. In 1956 sewer and water lines were installed. In 1972 with the result of 237 to 37 in favor of building a new rink, on March 9, 1972 Lafleche started construction on a new rink, with donations of $28,539.40 from citizens, $3,500.00 from the TM, a federal grant of $35,907.25, a provincial grant of $41,923.32 and the town borrowing $5,000.00 for a final building cost of approximately $165,000.00. The…