Mortlach Grain Elevators LbNA #21984
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Add Location| Owner: | Adoptable |
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| Plant date: | Aug 6, 2006 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Moose Jaw/Swift Current |
| County: | Saskatchewan, CAN |
| State: | Saskatchewan, Canada |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Planted by: | Playmakers  |
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| Found by: | Not yet found! |
| Last found: | N/A |
| Status: | a |
| Last edited: | Aug 6, 2006 |
NOTE: Mortlach Grain Elevators Letterbox reported alive & well April 11/09.
General Information
Mortlach is located on the Trans Canada Highway on SW Saskatchewan between Moose Jaw and Swift Current and was named after an English Village.
There are several possible derivations for the name Mortlach:
Gaelic variation - low hills
French for dead lake or Lac du Mort
Scottish people claim it was named for a church in Banffshire, Scotland. This church dates back to the seventeenth century and is called the Church of Mortlach.
In 1904, the Canadian Pacific Railway's new line became operational and the Village of Mortlach came to life on land originally homesteaded in 1902 by Mr. Khamis Michael, previously of Iraq.
By the spring of 1905, many people who had homesteaded the summer before along with new homesteaders began building. The first store, post office and lumber and coal supply would be owned by Mr. E. B. Tedford. Scribner and Wheeler built the first hotel in 1905 and the first school was built that fall.
At only 1 year old in 1905, Mortlach already had a board of trade with a strong business section. Two businesses three General stores, lumber and coal suppliers, post office, livery, hotel, meat market and an implement and harness dealer.
In the fall of 1905 there was a section house but no station until 1906, built along with an elevator.
The first Royal North West Mounted Police were stationed here in 1905 and it was also during the month of May in 1905 that the Province of Saskatchewan was created. These were exciting times.
The first weekly Mortlach newspaper was printed in Caron and the Methodist Church was also organized that year.
The first doctor came to town that year and Mortlach fast became a popular place to stop and visit.
1907 saw many additional businesses grow - more hardware and implements, dry goods, general stores, harness shops and butchers, tinsmith, livery, real estate and insurance and a hotel with a restaurant.
Good times and fond memories made the best of a tough time for many people. Hard work and long hours filled 6 days of the week and people looked forward to fun events like the strawberry and raspberry socials, Chautauqua, fairs, parades, barn dances, tea parties and card parties.
Today, two old fashioned, typical prairie grain elevators on the main CPR railway line tower over the south end of the village.
The ‘Mortlach Grain Elevators Letterbox’ rests in the shadow of the Pool and Paterson elevators on the north side of the tracks.
Clues
As you travel the Trans Canada Highway between Moose Jaw and Swift Current, Saskatchewan, watch for the exit signs for Mortlach.
Proceed into town where you will be on Rose Street.
At the end of Rose Street, turn right (west) onto ‘The French Trail’.
In about 200 yards you will see a small abandoned structure on your left (south). The two grain elevators are across the tracks behind the building.
Near the center of the grassed area NE of the building, there is a lilac shrub.
The ‘Mortlach Grain Elevators Letterbox’ is located at the trunk of this shrub wrapped in window screen.
Once you have found the ‘Mortlach Grain Elevators Letterbox’ and signed in, thank you for replacing the Letterbox to ensure the integrity of its hiding place.
Please ensure that the Letterbox is wrapped securely in the screening material so that it is well protected from the view of passersby. Thank you.
We hope you enjoy the search and the small Village of Mortlach.
Please contact us by email at peter@brill.ca to let us know you found this box and the condition it is in, plus any other comments you may have. We look forward to hearing from you.
Happy Letterboxing!
General Information
Mortlach is located on the Trans Canada Highway on SW Saskatchewan between Moose Jaw and Swift Current and was named after an English Village.
There are several possible derivations for the name Mortlach:
Gaelic variation - low hills
French for dead lake or Lac du Mort
Scottish people claim it was named for a church in Banffshire, Scotland. This church dates back to the seventeenth century and is called the Church of Mortlach.
In 1904, the Canadian Pacific Railway's new line became operational and the Village of Mortlach came to life on land originally homesteaded in 1902 by Mr. Khamis Michael, previously of Iraq.
By the spring of 1905, many people who had homesteaded the summer before along with new homesteaders began building. The first store, post office and lumber and coal supply would be owned by Mr. E. B. Tedford. Scribner and Wheeler built the first hotel in 1905 and the first school was built that fall.
At only 1 year old in 1905, Mortlach already had a board of trade with a strong business section. Two businesses three General stores, lumber and coal suppliers, post office, livery, hotel, meat market and an implement and harness dealer.
In the fall of 1905 there was a section house but no station until 1906, built along with an elevator.
The first Royal North West Mounted Police were stationed here in 1905 and it was also during the month of May in 1905 that the Province of Saskatchewan was created. These were exciting times.
The first weekly Mortlach newspaper was printed in Caron and the Methodist Church was also organized that year.
The first doctor came to town that year and Mortlach fast became a popular place to stop and visit.
1907 saw many additional businesses grow - more hardware and implements, dry goods, general stores, harness shops and butchers, tinsmith, livery, real estate and insurance and a hotel with a restaurant.
Good times and fond memories made the best of a tough time for many people. Hard work and long hours filled 6 days of the week and people looked forward to fun events like the strawberry and raspberry socials, Chautauqua, fairs, parades, barn dances, tea parties and card parties.
Today, two old fashioned, typical prairie grain elevators on the main CPR railway line tower over the south end of the village.
The ‘Mortlach Grain Elevators Letterbox’ rests in the shadow of the Pool and Paterson elevators on the north side of the tracks.
Clues
As you travel the Trans Canada Highway between Moose Jaw and Swift Current, Saskatchewan, watch for the exit signs for Mortlach.
Proceed into town where you will be on Rose Street.
At the end of Rose Street, turn right (west) onto ‘The French Trail’.
In about 200 yards you will see a small abandoned structure on your left (south). The two grain elevators are across the tracks behind the building.
Near the center of the grassed area NE of the building, there is a lilac shrub.
The ‘Mortlach Grain Elevators Letterbox’ is located at the trunk of this shrub wrapped in window screen.
Once you have found the ‘Mortlach Grain Elevators Letterbox’ and signed in, thank you for replacing the Letterbox to ensure the integrity of its hiding place.
Please ensure that the Letterbox is wrapped securely in the screening material so that it is well protected from the view of passersby. Thank you.
We hope you enjoy the search and the small Village of Mortlach.
Please contact us by email at peter@brill.ca to let us know you found this box and the condition it is in, plus any other comments you may have. We look forward to hearing from you.
Happy Letterboxing!