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Ituna, Town of

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Ituna Lake
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Main Street, Ituna
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Main Street Then and Now
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Shorney's Restaurant
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Steam Engine

Home Town or Home Community:
Ituna

Our Story:
Ituna History

The early years

The story of the Town of Ituna began with the first wave of European settlers who arrived in 1905. Before this time the area was inhabited by a few Indians, Metis and a very few settlers who had arrived in the 1880’s and 1890’s. The land was relatively untouched and the first settlers to arrive in 1905 saw before them wide, unbroken prairies, slightly rolling hills and bluffs of trees and a pretty little lake nestled among poplar trees.


In 1905, the promise of 160 acres of land for $10 and the dream of a new  ...more Story

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Western Development Museum

Contact:
Lawrence Skoretz
Box 580
Ituna SK S0A 1N0
Canada