Wynyard, Saskatchewan
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Climate
Sites of interest
Frank Cameron Museum provides local historical artifacts as well as tourism information and is located in Wynyard. Wynyard Regional Park is the local camping site and is 2 km or 1 miMiles
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from Wynyard. Wynyard is located just to the south of Big Quill Lake which is the largest saline lake in the country of Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. Mud Lake Wildlife Refuge is within 19 km or 12 mi
Miles
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Recreation and sports activities
Wynyard plays host to many activities and groups such as Wynyard Air Cadets, Wynyard Blues (baseball), Wynyard Elementary School, Wynyard Fireman's Association, Wynyard Golf Club with a local 9 hole golf course, Wynyard High School, Wynyard Hole in One Tournament, Wynyard Kinettes, Wynyard Kinsmen, Wynyard Ladies Night Golf, Wynyard Legion, Wynyard Men's Night Golf, Wynyard Minor Baseball, Wynyard Minor Hockey, Wynyard School of Dance, Wynyard Stingrays Synchronized Swimming Team, Wynyard Senior Appreciation Days, Wynyard Senior Centre, Wynyard Shriners, and the Wynyard Swimming Pool.Media
The local news is reported in the Wynyard Advance Gazette. Television channel stations which reach Yorkton are CBC, CTV as well as all Yorkton channels.Transportation
Wynyard is located on Saskatchewan Highway 16Saskatchewan Highway 16
Highway 16 is a provincial paved highway in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It is the Saskatchewan section of the Yellowhead Highway, and also the Trans-Canada Highway Yellowhead section. The main purpose of this highway is to connect Saskatchewan with Canadian cities such as Edmonton and...
. Wynyard was made a divisional point
Divisional point
In Canada, a divisional point is a railway depot that includes more than just a basic siding or station.- Overview :In the coal and steam era, a divisional point would include such amenities as a substantial passenger station, freight and baggage sheds, a roundhouse, water tank, coaling and sanding...
on the Canadian Pacific Railway
Canadian Pacific Railway
The Canadian Pacific Railway , formerly also known as CP Rail between 1968 and 1996, is a historic Canadian Class I railway founded in 1881 and now operated by Canadian Pacific Railway Limited, which began operations as legal owner in a corporate restructuring in 2001...
when it came through. No longer providing passenger service the Wynyard railway station
Wynyard railway station (Saskatchewan)
The Wynyard railway station is a station that was built by the Canadian Pacific Railway...
is a designated historical railway station.
Wynyard Airport
Wynyard Airport
Wynyard Airport, , is located north of Wynyard, Saskatchewan, Canada....
and greyhound buses also facilitate transportation in and out of Wynyard and area.
Education
The one room school house of the early 1900s was called Wynyard School District # 2499 and Nordra school # 1947. The latter offered a course in Icelandic when it was first constructed in 1907 as the early school administration allowed an hour each day from 3 pm to 4 pm for foreign language instruction. Currently there are several venues for education in Wynyard. The town offers the Wynyard Elementary School and Wynyard Composite High School.Sports
The Town of Wynyard has three sport teams. The Wynyard Blues play baseball. The Wynyard Monarchs play hockey in the HHL (highway hockey league). The High school has the Wynyard Golden Bears which play basketball, football, volleyball, and soccer. The high school also participates in individual sports like cross country, track, and badminton.Area statistics
- Lat (DMS) 51° 46' 00" N
- Long (DMS) 104° 11' 00" W
- Dominion Land Survey Section 27 - Township 32 - Range 16 West of the 2nd Meridian
- Time zone (cst) UTC-6