Burr, Saskatchewan




Unincorporated community in Saskatchewan, Canada















































Burr
Unincorporated community

Burr in August 2014
Burr in August 2014



Burr, Saskatchewan is located in Saskatchewan
Burr, Saskatchewan


Location of Burr in Saskatchewan

Coordinates: 52°02′31″N 105°08′06″W / 52.042°N 105.135°W / 52.042; -105.135
Country Canada
Province Saskatchewan
Region Saskatchewan
Census division 11
Rural Municipality Wolverine
Elevation
557.78 m (1,830 ft)
Time zone CST
Postal code S0K 0T0
Area code(s) 306
Highways Highway 20

Burr is an unincorporated community south of Humboldt, Saskatchewan.


It has an office for the rural municipality of Wolverine No. 340, a post office. A short distance north is a hall, and Saint Scholastica Roman Catholic Church (founded 1905).[1][2][3]


According to the Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan, Victoria Cross recipient Raphael Louis Zengel lived in Burr from 1906 to 1914.[4]


The "Burr Project" is a plan to extract potash from a large deposit in the area.[5]



See also


  • List of communities in Saskatchewan


References





  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-08-09. Retrieved 2014-08-08.CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link) .mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ http://www.canadapost.ca/cpc2/addrm/hh/current/details/tdSKrS0K-e.asp


  3. ^ http://burr.saskatooncatholic.ca/node/32


  4. ^ http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/victoria_cross_saskatchewan_recipients.html


  5. ^ Saskatoon Star-Phoenix article on the Burr Project Archived November 5, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.





Coordinates: 52°02′31″N 105°08′06″W / 52.042°N 105.135°W / 52.042; -105.135



External links



  • Photograph of Burr Saskatchewan Pool elevator

  • Video tour by Donald Malcolm Wilson




Popular posts from this blog

Xamarin.iOS Cant Deploy on Iphone

Glorious Revolution

Dulmage-Mendelsohn matrix decomposition in Python