Saskatchewan Council for Archives and Archivists - AN EXHIBITION
Main Street, Saskatchewan

Marcelin

Marcelin - named for Antoine Marcelin who arrived at Muskeg Lake in 1889, homesteaded in 1902 and was postmaster 1904-05. [click images to enlarge]


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Circa 1912, a crowd waits for the train's arrival at the CNR Station, which was built one mile west of the original town site of Marcelin. [136]
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On the south side of Main Street, tractors stand ready to move the house of Doctor Langois to use it for a senior citizens' home. The Sisters of Our Lady of the Cross arrived to take charge on August 1, 1944. [137]
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The neighbourhood around St. Joseph Church, ca. 1991-1992. Photo by Sr. Maria Gareau, fdlp. [138]

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