BIENFAIT SASK. FROM THE AIR
PICTURE BELOW HAS NUMBERS ON IT AND KEY
BELOW TO DESCRIBE WHAT IS IN THE PICTURE
Key to numbers on Picture:
1. The Last Bienfait Hospital (where I was born)
(still standing in 1999, private residence now)
New Weldon School located across the street now (see below)
2. Little Red Brick Bienfait School
(between big white school and old wood school,across from anglican
church)
On the South corner was the old Wooden Big Butte School
3. Big Old Bienfait School (on Young St, east side)(see pics next
page)
(New Bienfait School (Weldon School) located where number 4 is
today)
4. Old Highway 18, Road to Estevan, Roche Percee, Portal,
and the farm where we lived, the Sherman Farm
(1MI, bottom right corner,where we lived, see #12 below)
(Now the highway goes straight thru, small rd in picture,
and joins the Highway to Portal on a 45 deg angle)
ALSO THE LOCATION OF THE NEW WELDON SCHOOL
5. Corner of Main st and Hwy 18 (Estevan to west,Hirsch to East)
6. CPR tracks and Station (stn moved, now the museum, off hwy
18)
7. Anglican Church (picture in next page)
NW corner of Young St and Carbon Ave
(All the Gents went to this Church on Sundays)
8. Frank and Dorothy (nee Gent) Olson's residence
(1999 address- 409 Alderidge)
9. Herman and Kathleen (nee Gent) Widdifield's residence
(1999 address- 322 Young St)
10. Jim and Winnie Gent's Residence (# not shown on picture)
(1999 address 318 Young St)
11. Town Well (one of 2) (# not shown on picture)
(located corner of Carbon Ave and Main St- 1999 address-245 Main)
12. The Phil Gent Farm (Sherman Farm) (#not shown on picture)
located at Sec 13- TP2- RG7- NE 1/4
Farm was located in RM#5 in Estevan
Other side of Rd from farm was RM of Coalfields in Bienfait
13. CNR station (# not shown on picture)
Located just at edge of picture from #2, sign for stn still exists
in 1999
(now this Station is the home of Lorne Wagner 1/2 mi south
of Bienfait on the road to Roche Percee)
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