Weyburn
Sign in to saveWeyburn is the tenth-largest city in Saskatchewan, Canada. The city has a population of 11,019. It is on the Souris River southeast of the provincial capital, Regina, and is north from the North Dakota border in the United States. The name "Weyburn" is reputedly a corruption of the Scottish "wee burn", referring to a small creek. The city is surrounded by the Rural Municipality of Weyburn No. 67.
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Weyburn
- Settlement.official_name
- City of Weyburn
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Weyburn Show and Shine.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Show and Shine Car show on 3rd Street (Main Street)
- Settlement.image_flag
- Weyburn, SK flag.png
- Settlement.nickname
- The Opportunity City
- Settlement.motto
- "Vision, Achievement, Progress"
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Saskatchewan#Canada
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Canada
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
Key dates
- Inception
- 1894
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- Instance of
- administrative territorial entity
- Country
- Canada
- Located in
- Saskatchewan
- Population
- +11019
- Area
- +15.78
- Elevation
- +561
- Body of water
- Souris River
- Official website
- www.weyburn.ca
- Image
- Weyburn POOL (126040461).jpg
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Weyburn is the tenth-largest city in Saskatchewan, Canada. The city has a population of 11,019. It is on the Souris River southeast of the provincial capital, Regina, and is north from the North Dakota border in the United States. The name "Weyburn" is reputedly a corruption of the Scottish "wee burn", referring to a small creek. The city is surrounded by the Rural Municipality of Weyburn No. 67.
== History == The Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) reached the future site of Weyburn from Brandon, Manitoba in 1892 and the Soo Line from North Portal on the US border in 1893. A post office opened in 1895 and a land office in 1899 in anticipation of the land rush which soon ensued. In 1899, Knox Presbyterian Church was founded with its building constructed in 1906 in the high-pitched gable roof and arches, standing as a testimony to the faith and optimism in the Weyburn area. Weyburn was legally constituted a village in 1900, a town in 1903 and finally as a city in 1913. From 1910 until 1931 the Weyburn Security Bank was headquartered in the city.