Burr, Saskatchewan

Burr
Unincorporated community
Burr in August 2014
Location of Burr in Saskatchewan
Coordinates: 52°02′31″N105°08′06″W / 52.042°N 105.135°W / 52.042; -105.135
Country	Canada
Province	Saskatchewan
Region	Saskatchewan
Census division	11
Rural Municipality	Wolverine
Elevation	557.78 m (1,830 ft)
Time zone	CST
Postal code	S0K 0T0
Area code	306
Highways	Highway 20

Burr is an unincorporated community south of Humboldt, Saskatchewan.

It has an office for the Rural Municipality of Wolverine No. 340, a post office. The town also has the Burr Recreational Hall right in town limits (across from the 2 remaining houses) and ball diamonds at the south end of the town. A short distance north is 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

• List of communities in Saskatchewan

References

1. "Municipal Directory System". Archived from the original on August 9, 2014. Retrieved August 8, 2014.
2. "Canada Post Precision Targeter".
3. "Parish Schedules | St. Scholastica - Burr".
4. "The Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan | Details". Archived from the original on March 12, 2017. Retrieved January 2, 2009.
5. Saskatoon Star-Phoenix article on the Burr Project Archived November 5, 2012, at the Wayback Machine