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Wilkie, Saskatchewan
Summary
Wilkie is a town in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan, located at Section 5, Township 40, Range 19, west of the 3rd Meridian (of the Dominion Land Survey). The town is at the junctions of Saskatchewan Highways 14, 29, and 784.
Wilkie is surrounded by the RM of Buffalo No. 409 to the north and the RM of Reford No. 379 to the south.
On February 2, 1907, the first post office was established with the name Glenlogan at Section 4, Township 40, Range 19, west of the 3rd Meridian. The post office changed names on October 1, 1908 to Wilkie. The town of Wilkie, Saskatchewan was named after Mr. Daniel Robert Wilkie, who was the president of the Imperial Bank of Canada (1906–1914), a backer of the Canadian Pacific Railway, and a member of the Canadian Art Club. Mr. Wilkie and his family lived at "Seven Oaks", a heritage property at 432 Sherbourne Street, Toronto, which was completed in 1875. His son, Major Arthur Benson Wilkie, graduated from the Royal Military College of Canada and served with the Royal Sussex Regiment (1901–1920) in Lucknow, India (1902); Thorncliffe, England (1903–04); Malta (1904–05); Candia, Crete (1906); British Legation, Peking (1908); and Toronto, Ontario (1910–1920). His other son Major Charles Stuart (Chas) Wilkie served as a lieutenant with the Royal Canadian Artillery (1899–1919) and volunteered with the 10th Regiment in South Africa during the Boer War (1899–1900) and during the Great War.
Wilkie was once home to "The World's Largest Grasshopper" (a roadside attraction), which used to be located in front of the town rink and hall.
Wilkie is a station on the Canadian Pacific Railway line from Portage la Prairie, via Saskatoon to Edmonton, 160 kilometres west of Saskatoon. Wilkie is also the starting point of Canadian Pacific's Reford Branch, to Kerrobert, to the south-west, and of the former Kelfield Branch, of the CPR, to Kelfield, south.
Adjacent to Wilkie is the abandoned aerodrome, Wilkie Airport.
The Wilkie Regional Park () was formed on February 24, 1970 on land owned by the town.
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