Tag: Weyburn

Weyburn (Assiniboine: ošų́kyuze ) is the seventh-largest city in southeastern Saskatchewan, Canada. It is located on the Souris River 110 kilometres (68 mi) southeast of the provincial capital of Regina and is 70 km (43 mi) north of the border with the United States. The name is reputedly a corruption of the Scottish “wee burn,” referring to a small creek. The city is surrounded by the Rural Municipality of Weyburn No. 67.
The Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) reached the future site of Weyburn from Brandon, Manitoba in 1892 and the Soo Line from North Portal on the US border in 1893. A post office opened in 1895 and a land office in 1899 in anticipation of the land rush which soon ensued. Weyburn was legally constituted a village in 1900, a town in 1903 and as a city in 1913. From 1910 until 1931 the Weyburn Security Bank was headquartered in the city..
Weyburn had since become an important railroad town in Saskatchewan – the Pasqua branch or the Souris, Arcola, Weyburn, Regina CPR…