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Dysart and District

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Hopkins Store 1910 & Dysart Hotel built 1909
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St. George Romanian Orthodox Church
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Dysart CPR Station
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Dysart School #1449
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Dysart Elevators

Home Town or Home Community:
Dysart

Our Story:
The Village of Dysart is located in the R.M. of Lipton #217 and situated on the E 1/2 9-13-15 W 2nd. During the years 1881-82, the surveyors described the area as "generally level to rolling land." There was an abundance of poplars and willows for fuel, and the water was good but contained alkali in some places. The survey for the village was done in 1904, and the incorporation was on April 6, 1909, with a population of 79. It was named after Dysart, Fifeshire, Scotland, when the Canadian Pacific Railway went through.

Overseers and mayors of the village have been  ...more Story

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Contact:
Gladys Petrar
Box 327
Dysart SK S0G 1H0
Canada
gpetrar@sasktel.net