Estevan is located in the SE corner
 of Saskatchewan,
on Highway 39.
 
Estevan started in 1892,
 as a tent town. 

Aug 18, 1892 article
shows the town plots are being laid out.


Surveyed in 1892 by George Murray.

The Territorial Government
 of the Northwest Territories,
 Incorporated Estevan as a Village,
 November 2, 1899. 

Estevan was proclaimed a Town
 on March 1, 1906.
and finally Incorporated as a City, 
March 1, 1957
Now the 8th largest City in Saskatchewan.

At the Geodetic Survey Bench Mark
in Churchill Park, overlooking the Valley
Alt= 1863 ft. +1in

From Natural Resources Canada:
Latitude= 49° 08' 21" N
Longitude= 102° 59' 10" W
 
Airport code- YEN

History of the Name
Estevan was known as the
"Sunshine Capital of Canada"
receiving 2,536 hrs of sun per year, 
an average of 7 hrs/day
Population is approx 11,000.
It is now known as
"The Energy City"

  Estevan was named
 after George Stephen's
  Registered Telegraphic Address
 "Estevan".
Estevan is Spanish for Stephen
He signed all his telegrams "Estevan"
and telegrams sent to him
were addressed to "Estevan"
as early as 1893.

If you read the First Coal Mine in the area,
Dominion Coal Company, web site,
you will see the various names suggested,
before "Estevan" was picked.

Why a Scotsman would use a
 Spanish translation
is unknown to me, and history.

Stephen was the First President 
of the CPR from 1880-1888.

George Stephen
1st Baron Mount Stephen
 Born at Forres, (Dufftown?)
Banffshire, Scotland, June 5,1829,
He was the son of a Carpenter,
William Stephen, and his wife Elspet Smith.
Came to Canada at the age of 21,
 in 1850, to Montreal.
Married twice:
-Lady Charlotte Stephen, nee Kane in 1853,
(She died in 1896)
- Lady Gian Stephen, nee Tufnell in 1897.
Daughter of Robert George Tufnell
 In 1880 he built a fishing camp
 at La Fourche, Causapscal, 
at the confluence of the Matapedia
 and the Cascapedia rivers. 
His salmon fishing lodge, 
now known as "Matamajaw"
is a museum open to the public.
 In 1886 he acquired
several properties at Grand-Metis.
His fishing camp, 
which he called Estevan Lodge, 
was completed in 1887.
Another place the Estevan name crops up.
He retired to England and
 He died at Brocket Hall, Welwyn Hatfield,
in Hertfordshire, England, 
on November 29, 1921, age 92.
There is a Mountain in the Rockies
named in 1886 after this man.

Census Trivia:
Population in 1900= 100
Population in Dec 1904= 700
Census 2006= 10,084
Land Area= 17.56 km² (6.78 sq mi)
Total Private Dwellings= 4,455

Approx Legal Land Description of the City:
Section 27, 26, west 1/2 of 25
Section 22,23, west 1/2 of 24
all in township 2
Range 8, West of the 2nd Meridian
1927 map of the area

Note- nearly all of my Estevan web pages have been revised,
There is only a small handful that haven't been added to.
Please take the time to browse the pages again,
lots of new info included, new names etc.

MY ESTEVAN TIES
My family, Phil and Helen Gent,
moved to Estevan, from Bienfait in Aug 1958.
We moved to 837 Isabelle St.
I went to school from grade 4,5,6 and 8 at Hillside school
At Hillside I had the Best Teacher Ever
- MR.  DOUG  THIRD
 (he was the Principal as well).
In my personal belief,
we were usually looked down on as lower class, 
on the north side of the tracks,
 until Pleasantdale was developed,
but Hillside was still the poor neighbour
 of the rest of Estevan.
Mr. Third gave us the confidence
to hold our head high and have a great time. 
Funny thing, times have changed,
 and now all the Malls,
new Elementary School,
 High School,
and New Big Chain stores, 
are in the Hillside area. 
 Ironic isn't it!
PLEASE CHECK OUT 
My Hillside Web Page

I went to school in Pleasantdale for grade 7, 
as Hillside was too full.
That was a long walk in the winter time. 

Then I made the big step to ECI,
Estevan Collegiate Institute

Grade 9-12 were spent there.
My favorite teacher there was
 MR. ZAKRESKY
He taught algebra, which I hated,
 but learned to like with his help.
In 2000, I learned he had passed away
 and was very sorry to hear that.
Had a great time at this school
and remember our School Reunion
 in Aug 1985 like it was yesterday.
We completed ECI Reunion 2000,
 which was an even bigger party!
It was a great gathering of over 1,000 ECI Alumni,
more than 1,700 attended, including guests and IHH
Proud to say it was a good City to say I was raised there.
 

This Page was last Updated on
03/02/2010

Moved the Estevan page to my no ad server Mar 22. 2008
 

Disclaimer-
This is my Private History Web Site
I am in no way affiliated with the City of Estevan,
or any other group or agency in the City.
This is only my version of the past history.
What is contained, has been inputted by myself,
from various sources, some personal,
some old archive pictures from the Estevan Mercury,
Old Mannix Mining magazines,
Memorabilia items my Mom and Dad saved,
others sent to me for inclusion here.
Thanks to all, even if I have missed your name.
This site is intended to preserve
 this small part of the history of Estevan.
I try and make my pages User Friendly,
lots of index controls, clear type fonts,
and most important color of the page.
Some of the other sites, makes me wonder
if the person that made them, tried looking at them,
or tried reading them for more than a few minutes.
I'm beginning to think, some are color blind!
If you ever see something on my pages,
that isn't easy to see or read, let me know.
I use the enlarging link feature on my pages,
as nothing worse than pop out menus
that you can't read.  Drives me crazy!
They look neat, but are useless for the viewers.
As I quickly moved these pages, and tried to update them,
I probably left errors and misprints, in my wake.
If you see a glaring error, please let me know.
I'm only human, and I do make mistakes,
just ask my wife!

Page Zoom Tip
A little tip if you are reading a page with small print,
and want to zoom in,
Using your keyboard,
type "Ctrl", "+" keys at the same time,
to make it smaller, "Ctrl", "-" keys.
Don't use your shift key!
Saves the eyes a wee bit.
Doug Gent
Web Editor

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