Arcola

Arcola

Arcola, Saskatchewan, Canada

"The Heritage Town"

Arcola was incorporated as a Village in April 11, 1901 and now has Town Status

Location:

at N Section 9, Township 8, Range 4, W2 between Kisbey and Carlyle
Latitude- 49º 38' 8“ N , Longitude- 102º 29' 31” W
Elevation 1991 ft
Situated in RM #61
Located on the Canadian Pacific Railroad, CPR, in 1927, Red line in map below is part of what is now Highway 13

Film “Who has seen the Wind” filmed in Arcola

Part of my Dad's 1927 Map of this area.
Elevator, Post Office, Telegraph Office and Gas Station in 1927

Grain Elevator History

Sept 1903- Elevator in Arcola
R. A. Clever Elevator- Capacity 25,000 bushels

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W. H. Bryce farm, Arcola, ca 1907
Homestead- W . H . Bryce, Application Date: 11 Nov 1889, Place: Saskatchewan, Canada
Homestead Number: 44743, Part: SE Section: 22, Township: 8, Range: 4, W2
William Henderson “Scotty” Bryce
b- Nov 16, 1858 in Scotland
d- Sept 27, 1915 SK, Canada Buried in Arcola Cemetery

Arcola 1920-1921

Saskatchewan Provincial Police -Arcola Detachment-
A. McCutcheon, Constable
Note- Alex E. McCutcheon was Chief of Police in Estevan during the Miner's strike, same guy?

Population= 900

Had SK Govt telephones, CP Telegraph, and Dominion Express
4 Churches, Public and High Schools, and 2 Banks

Town Hall

Mayor 1920-21--

Randall L. Clarke

Councillors-

Thomas Predemore
Lowery Hanna
John R. Gillstrap
Frank Leible
Ross H. Trout (Ross H. Trout bio, see my Cowper page)
Ernest Thompson (Postmaster, see below)

Sec-Treasurer, Town Clerk

Peter B Thomson

Post Office History

Postal Code- S0C 0G0
Arcola
Federal Electoral District: Assiniboia (SK)
Office Opened - Feb 1, 1889
Section 14, Township 8, Range 4, W2

Postmaster Information:

Name of Postmaster	Military Status	Date of Birth	Date of Appointment	Date of Vacancy	Cause of Vacancy
Peter McLellan		(see below)	1889-02-01	1893-09-30	Resignation
William Alexander Hislop		(see below)	1894-06-01	1901-04-01	Closed

Existing Post Offices of Arcola and Clare were closed.
Clare was located 2 miles NE of Arcola today
Moved when the CPR came thru

Arcola
Federal Electoral District: Moose Mountain (SK)
New Office reopened- Apr 1, 1901
Section 9, Township 8, Range 4, W2
Located in the Railroad Station.

Postmaster Information:

Name of Postmaster	Military Status	Date of Birth	Date of Appointment	Date of Vacancy	Cause of Vacancy
Dougald Strachan		(see below)	1901-04-01	1903-01-19	Resignation
Thomas Carlyle Yeoward		(see below)	1903-04-16	1913-03-19	Dismissal, Political Partisanship
Ernest Thompson		Oct 27, 1888	1913-07-18	1930-01-23	Suspended
Ernest Thompson	(Re-instated)	Oct 27, 1888	1930-02-28	1943-12-25	Death
Mrs. Helen Lois Thompson			1943-12-28	Acting
Victor Clifford Mahan	OAS		1947-06-01	1976-06-25	Retirement
Conrad P. Kuntz			1976-03-04	1982-09-07	Promotion
Marion Jesse			1982-09-04	Acting
Mrs. Winona Fuchs			1983-01-11	1983-06-30	Promotion
Mrs. Marion Jesse			1983-06-28	Temporary
Mrs. E. M. Jesse			1983-11-23

Post Office Information Disclaimer: This reproduction is NOT represented as an official version of the materials reproduced,nor as having been made in affiliation with, or with the endorsement of the National Archives of Canada. The source of this material is the National Archives of Canada

Hospital

Arcola Hospital- 1914- Miss Chisholm in charge

Church

1919- St. Andrews Presbyterian Church

1919- Methodist Church
Rev A. Y. Robertson, former Pastor of this church, returned from the war after 4 years, and was heading to Antler.
Alexander Young Robertson
b- July 11, 1867 Galashields, Roxboroughshire, Scotland
d- ?
enlisted in WWI in Regina July 4, 1916
son of David Robertson
Sea Wynd, Eyemouth, Berwickshire, Scotland

Banks

1919- Merchants Bank

Mayors

J, E. Jamieson- Mayor for 3 years- Nov 25, 1919- Moved to Punnichy

Genealogy Information of Names Above

Peter McLellan

First Postmaster
b- Mar 18, 1858 in ON
d- Canada
- Wife- Margaret “Maggie” McLellan, nee Hislop (see below) married 1886 in ON, Canada
  - b- Dec 29, 1864 in ON
  - d- 1912
- son, Peter McLellan
  - b- Dec 8, 1887 on Sec 14, Twp 8, Rge 4, W2, Assa, NWT (SK)
  - d- Mar 9, 1968 at Castlegar, BC, age 80
  - He married Carol Wales
- daughter- Janet McLellan
  - b- Mar 8, 1890 in Assa, NWT (SK)
  - d- ?
- son- Thomas McLellan
  - b- June 3, 1892 in Assa, NWT (SK)
  - d-
- son- John “Jack” McLellan
  - b- Oct 7, 1895 in Assa, NWT (SK)
  - d- ?
- son- Archibald “Archie” McLellan
  - b- May 7, 1900 in Clare, Assa, NWT (SK)
  - d- ?

1871- Peter McLellan living at North Easthope, North Perth, ON, age 13
1891- in Broadview, Assa East.
1906 Census- Family shown in Arcola, Sec 31, Tsp-8, rge-4, W2
1911 Census- McLellan Family located at Sec-31, Tsp-8, Rge-4, W2

William Alexander Hislop

2nd postmaster
b- Feb 23, 1873 in Grey Township, Huron, ON
d- ?
- father- Thomas Hislop
- mother- Jennett “Janet” Sillers
- siblings of William:
  - Annie Hislop, age 19, 1881 census
  - Margaret “Maggie” Hislop, age 17, (see above)
  - John Hislop, age 14
  - Archibald Hislop, age 12
William A. Hislop married Janet Welsh Johnstone
William and Janet's children:
- son- Frank Hislop
  - b- May 7, 1904, in Areda SK
- son- James H. Hislop
  - b- Oct 1, 1887, in SK
- daughter- Margaret Lambie Hislop
  - b- July 17, 1886 in SK
- son- Thomas William Hislop
  - b- July 18, 1891, in SK

Dougald Strachan

b- Feb 29, 1858 in ON
d- Apr 9, 1933 in Vancouver, BC, age 75
- Father- Thomas Strachan, Mother- Flora Cameron
- 3 daughters:
  - Jennie Strachan
    - b- June 7, 1886 in ON
  - Flora Strachan
    - b- Apr 20, 1887 in Brussels, Huron, ON
  - Margaret Strachan
    - b- Apr 20, 1890 in ON
1901 in Clare NWT, no wife shown
he had married Annie Hislop, summer 1884 in Arcola, NWT

Thomas Carlyle Yeoward

b- Aug 1871 in Shakespeare, ON
d- July 17, 1946 in Kamloops BC, age 75
- wife- Isabel Yeoward, nee ?
  - b- Nov 1875 in ON
  - d- bef 1927
living on Carlyle St. in 1911
When he died, his wife was Mary Mildred Kelly, nee Carse
- b- 1877 in Detroit Michigan
- d- July 13, 1942 in Kamloops, BC, age 65
- Father- James Carse, Mother- Annie Longhurst.
married Nov 5, 1927 in Armstrong BC
both were widowed at the time.
Thomas's Father- William Yeoward, Mother- Grace Austin
Thomas Yeoward, was a Pioneer Photographer of the area.

R. A. Clever

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Carlyle History Book
Prairie Trails to Blacktop Carlyle and District, 1882-1982

Old Photo Collection

Wikipedia Link

Official Arcola Town Web Page

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Originally Created Sept 5, 2011