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Estevan is located in the SE corner
of Saskatchewan,
on Highway 39.
Aerial Photo Postcard, ca early 1960's
courtesy Grant Walker, CA
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
When he surveyed the Townsite,
the
sod shack of Arthur Kelly
was the only visible building.
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.
or is this interpretation above correct?
translated to "In The Van" or "Front Rank"
Maybe this was the translation
for his telegraph address.
Fits a President of a Company like the CPR.
but why Spanish?
Why a Scotsman would use a
Spanish translation
is unknown to me, and history.
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.
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 km˛ (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
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