Cymric, Saskatchewan

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Cymric (Canada)
Coordinates: 51°14′00″N104°56′02″W / 51.23333°N 104.93389°W / 51.23333; -104.93389 Coordinates: 51°14′00″N104°56′02″W / 51.23333°N 104.93389°W / 51.23333; -104.93389
Country Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Province Flag of Saskatchewan.svg  Saskatchewan
Census division 11
Rural Municipality Last Mountain Valley
Post office Founded1912-08-01
Time zone CST
Postal code
S0G 0Z0
Area code 306
Highways Highway 20
Railway Canadian Pacific Railway
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Cymric is an unincorporated community in the Rural Municipality of Last Mountain Valley No. 250, Saskatchewan, Canada. It is located along Saskatchewan Highway 20 between Duval and Govan, it is also serviced by the Canadian Pacific Railway and located at mile 62.3 on the rail line running between Regina and Lanigan, Saskatchewan. [2]

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History

The D & L General Store on Highway 20 near Cymric, Saskatchewan Cymric Saskatchewan Store.jpg
The D & L General Store on Highway 20 near Cymric, Saskatchewan

Cymric is a Welsh word and named by a family of early Welsh settlers. The first group of settlers in this area where Volga Germans who settled the area in the late 19th century, followed later by British and Norwegian settlers. [3] The Neu Elsass (New Alsace) Colony was established in 1884 by D.W. Riedl, a German immigration agent from Winnipeg.  It was the first German colony established in Saskatchewan. Neu Elsass began when twenty-two families homesteaded near Strasbourg. The original area of Neu Elsass Colony was the region around the central and southern portion of Last Mountain Lake and included Strasbourg, Duval, Bulyea, Earl Grey, Gibbs, Silton, Dilke, Holdfast, Penzance, and Liberty.  The area of German settlement expanded into surrounding areas, including Cymric and in effect, doubling the area of the colony. [4]  

The Canadian Pacific Railway erected a portable train station along the rail line in 1911 which was replaced in 1924 by an imported standard number five station which was removed in 1943. At its peak, the community boasted four grain elevators. [5] The community's first post office was set up in 1912. The Cymric Presbyterian Church held its first service on December 17, 1916, with Reverend J.C. Madill presiding. It was built on land donated by Alex Reid.  The church later became a United Church in 1925 which was closed in 1968 and the building sold for $100 and moved to the Methodist Church camp at Arlington Beach on nearby Last Mountain Lake. [6]

All that remains of Cymric today is the St. Paul's Lutheran Cemetery, [7] which was attached to a church southwest of Cymric and the D & L General Store on highway 20 which still serves as a post office for the area. [8]

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References

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  2. "CP Lanigan Subdivision". Traingeek - Trains and Photography. Retrieved 2019-05-08.
  3. "The Center for Volga German Studies at Concordia University". cvgs.cu-portland.edu. Retrieved 2019-05-07.
  4. "The Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan | Details". esask.uregina.ca. Retrieved 2019-05-07.
  5. "Cymric on SaskHistoryOnline".
  6. "History – Last Mountain Valley No. 250" . Retrieved 2019-05-07.
  7. "Saskatchewan Cemeteries Project - St. Paul's Lutheran Cemetery - Cymric, Saskatchewan". sites.rootsweb.com. Retrieved 2019-05-07.
  8. "D & L General Store, Grocers-retail from Cymric, Saskatchewan". topcompanies.ca. Retrieved 2019-05-07.