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Touchwood Hills and Touchwood Trail shaping Saskatchewan settlement
Before railways connected the Northwest to Eastern Canada few settlements existed in present Saskatchewan. The 1882 Canadian Pacific Railway spurred migration from Ontario and Europe, with the Touchwood Hills becoming a central trading stop along the Carlton Trail. Early settlers arrived 1880–83, Round Plain joined by Wishart, schools and a union church formed, while Fort Qu’Appelle and Kutawa supplied goods. Today the Stone Church and Touchwood Fort remain as historical monuments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwest Territories
Canada
Saskatchewan
Canadian Pacific Railway
Ontario
Europe
Barr
York
Red River
Manitoba
Louis Riel
United States
Touchwood Hills
Carlton
Fort Garry
Fort Edmonton
Assiniboine
Fort Qu’ Appel
Gabrial Dumont
Prairies
Hudson’s Bay Company
Palliser
Fort Ellice
Saskatchewan River
Robert Wishart
Wishart
Round Plain
Prairie Desert
Troy
Qu’Appelle
Touchwood
Kutawa
Fort Qu’ Appelle
William Heubach
Heubach
Touchwood Fort