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Saskatchewan

HISTORY

Volga German Baptists began arriving in Saskatchewan in 1887 and settled near Ebenezer. Immigrants from the Lutheran colonies began to arrive shortly thereafter.

PRIMARY SETTLEMENT AREAS

Arcola
Cymric
Dafoe
Duval
Ebenezer
Gorlitz
Govan
Hampton
Hodgeville
Jansen
Kerrobert
Leader
Lockwood
Luseland
Regina
Rhein
Runnymede
Springside
Stornoway
Togo

 

Resources

Heier, E. (1955). A study of the German Lutheran and Catholic immigrants in Canada, formerly residing in Tzarist and Soviet Russia. Vancouver: University of British Columbia.

Stumpp, K. (1970). Russlanddeutsche Siedlungen in Kanada. Lincoln, Neb.]: [American Historical Society of Germans from Russia].

Sources

German Settlements is Saskatchewan (The Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan)

External Links

German Settlements is Saskatchewan (The Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan)