Jedburgh, Saskatchewan Explained

Jedburgh, Saskatchewan
Settlement Type:Hamlet
Pushpin Map:Saskatchewan#Canada
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Canada
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Saskatchewan
Subdivision Type2:Region
Subdivision Name2:Southeast
Subdivision Type3:Census division
Subdivision Name3:9
Subdivision Type4:Rural Municipality
Subdivision Name4:Garry
Leader Title:Governing body
Leader Name:Garry No. 245
Leader Title1:Reeve
Leader Name1:Garry Dubiel
Leader Title2:Administrator
Leader Name2:Tanis Ferguson
Leader Title3:MP
Leader Title4:MLA
Established Title:Established
Established Date:1900s
Population As Of:2006
Timezone:CST
Coordinates:51.1755°N -102.5949°W
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:S0A 1R0
Area Code:306
Blank Name:Highways
Blank Info:Highway 52
Blank1 Name:Railways
Blank1 Info:Canadian National Railway Defunct
Footnotes:[1] [2] [3] [4]

Jedburgh is a hamlet in Garry No. 245, Saskatchewan, Canada and is the seat of the rural municipality of Garry. The hamlet is located at the junction of Range road 80 and Township road 270 approximately 20 km (12 mi) northwest of the City of Yorkton.

History

Jedburgh is located on a former branch line of the Canadian National Railway that used to run northwest of Yorkton and ended at Parkerview. With the rapid influx of settlers in the early 1900s and the building of a school, the demand for mail service grew. In 1910, Mr. Peter Hoy was hired to drive the mail in twice a week from Theodore about 15 km north of Jedburgh. With a democrat (a light four-wheeled cart with several seats, one behind the other) and team of horses, Peter serviced Gladwin, Jedburgh, and Beaver Dale.

Faced with the necessity of finding a name for the new district, Mr. Joe Clark, the postmaster at Yorkton, and Mr. William Barber went into conference. From these two men came the suggestion that the district be named after the birthplace of the first mailman, Mr. Peter Hoy of Jedburgh, Scotland. Jedburgh was an important grain delivery point and in 1970 still supported four grain elevators, all of which have since been demolished with the loss of the railway.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Archives . Archivia Net . Post Offices and Postmasters . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20061006045957/http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/post-offices/001001-100.01-e.php . 2006-10-06 .
  2. Web site: Government of Saskatchewan . MRD Home . Municipal Directory System . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20081121083646/http://www.municipal.gov.sk.ca/index.html . November 21, 2008 .
  3. Web site: Canadian Textiles Institute. . CTI Determine your provincial constituency . 2005 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070911025012/http://www.textiles.ca/eng/nonAuthProg/redirect.cfm?path=IssPolContacts&sectionID=7601.cfm . 2007-09-11 .
  4. Web site: Commissioner of Canada Elections . Chief Electoral Officer of Canada . Elections Canada On-line . 2005 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070421084430/http://www.elections.ca/home.asp . 2007-04-21 .