Carlyle (2021 population 1,524) is a town in the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. Carlyle is the largest town servicing the far south-eastern corner of Saskatchewan and as a result, has become the economic and services centre of the region. Estevan and Weyburn are the closest cities and both are a little over 100 kilometres away. Regina, the provincial capital, lies 200km to the north-west.
The original Carlyle townsite was chosen by a Métis man named John G. Turriff at NW 26-07-03 W2 in 1882, which is about 8 kilometres south of present-day Carlyle, along the east bank of Swift Creek, near where it and Morrison Creek meet Moose Mountain Creek. The first post office opened at that location on 1 December 1883. When it looked like the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) was going to build its track north of the townsite, the town moved north to 07-08-02 W2 in 1900, its current location.
The CPR branch line was constructed in 1900 and in operation by 1901. This original branch line went from Souris, Manitoba through Carlyle to Arcola, Saskatchewan. The Canadian National Railway (CNR) laid steel into the townsite on 28 October 1909, and on 7 June 1910, the first passenger train went through town. This rail line was built to bring coal from the coalfields near Bienfait, Saskatchewan and Estevan, Saskatchewan to Brandon, Manitoba and it just happened to go past Carlyle's original location. In 1912, the CNR built a brick roundhouse capable of servicing up to five engines and a bunkhouse to house the engineers while they waited for the engines to be serviced. With diesel locomotives replacing steam engines, the water tower was demolished in 1969. The former CN Carlyle railway station was sold in 1976 and then moved to its current location and now houses the Rusty Relics Museum and tourist Information Centre.
Historical photographs
Downtown Carlyle, July 1980
Downtown Carlyle, July 2021 at dawn. Same view as previous picture, 41 years later.
Carlyle Station and grain elevator, July 1980
Rusty Relics Museum, Anglican Church. Built 1905, demolished 2019
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Carlyle had a population of 1,524 living in 620 of its 686 total private dwellings, a change of 1.1% from its 2016 population of 1,508. With a land area of 5.41km2 (2.09sqmi), it had a population density of 281.7/km2 (729.6/sqmi) in 2021.[5]
Downtown Carlyle, with Carlyle Civic Centre on the rightCarlyle Memorial Hall
The three most prominent industries in the Carlyle area are agriculture, the oil and gas sector, and tourism. Tourism sees its biggest impact to local businesses that cater to tourists who come to south-eastern Saskatchewan to visit nearby attractions, such as Moose Mountain Provincial Park.[12]
Being the largest town in the area, Carlyle has a wide variety of businesses that not only cater to local residents and tourists, but to people from neighbouring communities as well.[13] Businesses such as hotels, grocery stores, banks, a Credit Union, gas stations, several restaurants, including fast food chains, a department store, building supply outlets, and several mom-and-pop specialty shops provide an ample variety of services. There are also two car dealerships, an RV dealership, a pleasure craft dealership, and other businesses that deal in ATVs and snowmobiles.[14] Every September Carlyle hosts the annual Home Spun Craft Show that features over 70 venders from all over Canada. The show is held in the Carlyle Sports Arena and over 4,000 people attend.[15]
Agriculture is what initially brought settlers to Carlyle in the late 1800s and it continues to play an important role in the local economy. While Carlyle's grain elevator is long gone, a vibrant trucking industry, farm equipment sales and repair, and other agriculture related businesses continue to thrive.
Compared to the other two main industries, oil and gas is the newest. Oil was first discovered in south-eastern Saskatchewan in 1953 near Midale.[16] The oil industry was slow to develop but with advances in Bakken oil extraction techniques in the 1990s, the industry started to take off. And by the 2000s, the industry was booming.[17]Pump jacks, oil batteries, and pipeline terminals are found all around the Carlyle area. Oil companies have set up offices in Carlyle and companies that service the oil industry, such as drilling rigs, service rigs, transport, oil waste disposal and cleanup, and petro-chemicals, have come to dominate the local economy.
Transportation
Carlyle sits at the cross-roads of Saskatchewan highways 9 and 13. Of the two original railway lines that went through Carlyle, only one, the CNR line, remains and it carries freight, such as oil and grain. The last passenger train to depart from Carlyle was on 25 August 1959.[18] The other line, CPR, issued notices of discontinuance for the section going from Carlyle to Arcola on 24 March 2000 and from Redvers to Carlyle on 20 July 2004.[19]
There is no public transportation to or from town, with the exception of a shuttle that goes to the Bear Claw Casino. Locally, the town operates a Handi-Transit van for the elderly and disabled.[20]
The Carlyle Airport is owned and operated by the town. The Carlyle Flying Club sells 100LL and Jet A.[21]
Services
On main street in the Carlyle Civic Centre, there's the Carlyle Provincial Court-Circuit Point[22] that takes care of many court related needs, such as traffic tickets. The Carlyle Detachment of the RCMP is located on Railway Avenue W and, like the Provincial Court, is responsible for a large catchment around Carlyle.[23] Carlyle does not have a hospital, but does have a Primary Health Clinic and ambulance service;[24] the nearest hospital is about 17 kilometres away in Arcola.[25] The volunteer fire department, located on the west side of town, is responsible for fire management in town and the surrounding RM of Moose Mountain. Construction of the current fire hall was completed in 2020 and the official opening ceremony was on 7 December 2020.[26]
Other services include a post office,[27] the Carlyle Observer, which is a weekly print and online newspaper, the Carlyle Public Library, which is a branch of the Southeast Regional Library.[28] and five churches.[29]
Parks and recreation
Carlyle Golf ClubhouseCarlyle curling rinkThe year-round Dickens Festival display in West ParkThe Gazebo in West ParkCarlyle Cenotaph. The flags are half-mast because of the unmarked graves found at Indian Residential Schools
In town, there's a 9-hole golf course,[31] Carlyle Sports Arena (CSA), an outdoor swimming pool,[32]curling with four sheets of ice,[33] a motocross track, and a playground. Lions Park in Carlyle has a soccer pitch, six ball diamonds, the aforementioned swimming pool, camping, and walking paths. Centennial Park was established in 2005 to recognise Carlyle's 100-year anniversary. There's a gazebo, time capsule, and a children's splash park, which was added in the spring of 2021. West Park, on the west side of town along Morrison Creek, has a picnic area, gazebo, and, added in 2020, an off-leash dog park.[34] Carlyle was featured on Global Regina's 'Focus Saskatchewan' on 12 January 2014.
The Prairie Dog Drive-in Theatre, one of five left in Saskatchewan,[35] is located about three kilometres north of town along Highway 9. The drive-in theatre originally opened at that site in 1981 and has gone through several name changes since. The only other big screen in town is a one-screen theatre on the second floor of the Carlyle Memorial Hall in downtown. Unlike the Prairie Dog Theatre, it does not have regular showings and is only open for special events. The other four drive-in theatres include the Jubilee Drive-In Theatre in Manitou Beach, the Clearwater Drive-In in Kyle, the Moonlight Movies Drive-in in Pilot Butte, and the Twilite Drive-In Theater in Wolseley.[36]
Dickens Village Festival
On the first weekend of December each year since 2002, the town holds a Dickens Village Festival, which features a Christmas parade, horse carriage rides, and many of the businesses and people put on a Charles Dickens-19th century theme. It is the only annual Dickens Village Festival in Canada.[37] The Cornerstone Theatre group runs at least two shows a year. The one on the first weekend in December is in co-ordination with the Dickens Village Festival. The theatre shows are sold out every year.[38]
Carlyle Fun Dayz
Carlyle Fun Dayz is an annual summer event put on by the town.[39] The event features a Lion’s Pancake Breakfast, live shows with music and street dancing, beer gardens, food venders, a kids zone that includes a petting zoo, a parade, and a farmer's market.[40]
Organised sports
Carlyle Sports Arena (CSA), the local ice rink
Carlyle has a variety of organised sports that make use of its facilities.[41]
The Carlyle Cardinals of the men's senior Saskota Baseball League[42] call the baseball diamonds at Lions Park home. There is also a Carlyle Minor Ball for youth programme there. Another youth programme, Moose Mountain Soccer,[43] plays at the soccer pitch at Lions Park.
In the Carlyle Sports Arena, the Cougars of the Big 6 Hockey League play senior men's ice hockey.[44] The Cougars have won the championship Lincoln Trophy nine times since the league's inception in 1960; the last time was in 2001. For youth, there is a CanSkate[45] programme through Carlyle Skating Club, minor hockey, and female midget hockey. There is also a figure skating club.
Education
Carlyle has two public schools, an elementary school and a high school, and they are in the South East Cornerstone Public School Division. Carlyle Elementary School (CES) has children from pre-kindergarten to grade 6. The school's mission statement is "To enable every student to be the best that they can be."[46] The high school, Gordon F. Kells, has grades from 7 to 12. Its moto is "Respect, Responsibility, and Integrity."[47]
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