Waldheim, Saskatchewan

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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_type1 = Provinces and territories of Canada
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subdivision_name = Canada
subdivision_name1 = Saskatchewan
subdivision_name2 = Laird No. 404
leader_title = Mayor
leader_name = Block, Kelly (2007)
leader_title1 =Federal Electoral District Rosthern M.P.
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established_title =Hamlet and Post office Founded in the NWT
established_date = 1900-06-01
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established_date2 = 1908
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established_date3 = 1967
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Waldheim is a town of 868 residents in the rural municipality of Laird No. 404, in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Waldheim is located on Highway 312 in central Saskatchewan, the "Heart of the Old Northwest". Fort Carlton, Batoche, Battle of Fish Creek, and Seager Wheeler's Maple Grove Farm are all near Waldheim.

Demographics

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History

Mennonites from Manitoba and South Dakota arrived here to settle and farm in 1893. The Canadian National Railway (C.N.R.) arrived in 1908. [cite web
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Mennonites arrive in Canada

Particularly in the 1870’s, Mennonites of Dutch-German origins residing in colonies in the Black Sea region of present day Ukraine became alarmed at the rising nationalism in the Russian Empire. Along with land shortages in these growing colonies, pressure toward Russification of minorities was threatening Mennonite values in education. Similarly, the promise made by Catherine the Great to exempt them from military service was quite clearly being challenged and rewritten by the then current Russian government. Canada was seeking farming immigrants, and about 7,000 Mennonites chose to immigrate to Manitoba where the government of Canada set aside two reserves for their resettlement. In the early 1890’s, some of these families decided to move on to Saskatchewan, thereby establishing a trend that would see considerable Mennonite immigration to the Saskatchewan Valley area before the turn of the century. Many came from Manitoba, but others arrived directly from colonies in Russia, from the Danzig region of Prussia and from Kansas, Nebraska and Minnesota where they had settled in the 1870’s.

Thriving Mennonite farming communities were quickly established in the Saskatchewan Valley area in the vicinities of Aberdeen, Laird, Waldheim, Langham, Dalmeny, and Rosthern particularly. Churches were established, land was broken and cropped and roads were built.

ports Teams

Fort Carlton Hockey League serves a large area in the vicinity of Waldheim, such as Rosthern, Warman, Dalmeny, Shellbrook, Bruno, Martensville, Aberdeen, Blaine Lake, and Cudworth. [cite web
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Recreational Facilities

Waldheim features a new green space in its down town area: Sam Wendland Heritage Park. The Waldheim Pineridge Golf and Country Club is a neighbor to the receational facility. Westview Jubilee Seniors Centre offers events and services to Waldheim's senior population.

Area statistics

*Latitude 52°39′ N
*Longitude 106°37′ W
*Dominion Land Survey Section16, Township 42, Range 5 West of the 3rd Meridian
*Time zone (CST) UTC−6

Geography

*Valley Regional Park offers a 9 hole sand green golf course as well as camping facilities.
*Valley - Waldheim regional park [cite web
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*Valley - Rosthern regional parkcite web
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*Martins Lake regional parkcite web
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Provincial parks in the area of Waldheim are:
*Fort Carlton
*Batoche
*Battle of Fish Creek
*Seager Wheeler's Maple Grove Farm

Camps and retreats near Waldheim are:
*Shekinah Retreat Centre
*Redberry Bible Camp
*Camp Kadesh

Location

Canadian City Geographic Location
North=Laird-Fort Carlton Provincial Park
West=Hepburn
Center=Waldheim
East=Rosthern-Seager Wheeler's Maple Grove Farm
South=Hepburn

ee also

*Highway 312
*List of communities in Saskatchewan
*Eigenheim Mennonite Church
*Hepburn, Saskatchewan
*Warman, Saskatchewan
*Martensville, Saskatchewan
*Rosthern Junior College
*Census Division No. 15, Saskatchewan

References

External links

* [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~skmhss/danzig.html Danzig Cemetery]
* [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~skmhss/salem.html Salem Mennonite Cemetery]
* [http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/Z638.html Zoar Mennonite Church (Waldheim, Saskatchewan, Canada)]
* [http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/B767ME.html Brotherfield Mennonite Brethren (Waldheim, Saskatchewan, Canada)]
* [http://www.rootsweb.com/~canmaps/1925Waghorn/AB-ON/ Canadian Maps: January 1925 Waghorn's Guide. Post Offices in Man. Sask. Alta. and West Ontario.]
* [http://www.becquet.com/director/maps/index.htm Saskatchewan City & Town Maps]
* [http://www.rootsweb.com/~cansk/school/ Saskatchewan Gen Web - One Room School Project ]
* [http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/post-offices/001001-100.01-e.php Post Offices and Postmasters - ArchiviaNet - Library and Archives Canada]
* [http://www.rootsweb.com/~cansk Saskatchewan Gen Web Region]
* [http://www.rootsweb.com/~canmaps/RandMcNally1924/index.html Saskatchewan, Canada, Rand McNally 1924 Indexed Pocket Map Tourists' and Shippers' Guide]
* [http://geonames.nrcan.gc.ca/search/search_e.php GeoNames Query ]
* [http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/data/profiles/community/Index.cfm?Lang=E 2006 Community Profiles]