Location of Estevan

Estevan is the eighth largest city in Saskatchewan, Canada. A city is an Urban area with a large Population and a particular Administrative, Legal, or Historical status Saskatchewan (səˈskætʃəwən) is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of 588276 Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page It is located at 49.14° N 103.01° W, which is near the southeastern corner of the province. A province is a territorial unit almost always an Administrative division. The Souris River runs by the city. The Souris River ( French: rivière Souris) or Mouse River (as it is known in the U

The first settlers in what was to become Estevan arrived in 1892, along with the expansion of the Canadian Pacific Railway. A settler is a person who has migrated to an area and established permanent residence there often to colonize the area The Canadian Pacific Railway ( It was incorporated as a village in 1899, and later became a town in 1906. On March 1, 1957, Estevan acquired the status of a city, which, in Saskatchewan terms, is any community of 5000 or more. Events 86 BC - Lucius Cornelius Sulla, at the head of a Roman Republic army enters in Athens, removing the Tyrant Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar)

The name origin is attributes it to George Stephen's Registered Telegraphic Address, Estevan. George Stephen 1st Baron Mount Stephen ( June 5 1829 &ndash November 29 1921) was a Scots-Quebecker banker and railway executive ^[1] George Stephen was the first President of the Canadian Pacific Railway from 1881 to 1888. Canadian Pacific Railway Limited () is a Canadian Rail transportation company that operates the Canadian Pacific Railway.

The major industries in Estevan are coal mining, power generation and oil and gas. Coal mining is the extraction or removal of Coal from the Earth by Mining. Estevan's current population is 11,242.

Alameda Reservoir - Alameda Dam

Demographics

According to the Canada 2006 Census^[2]:

Alameda Reservoir-Alameda Dam

Civic government

• Mayor: Garry St. Onge
• City Manager: James Puffalt
• Councillor: Brian Johnson
• Councillor: Shirley Thera
• Councillor: Lorie Carr
• Councillor: Roy Ludwig
• Councillor: Dennis Moe
• Councillor: Lynn Chipley

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Miners' strike

Estevan was the site of the notorious Estevan Riot in 1931. The Estevan Riot, also known as the Black Tuesday Riot, was a confrontation between the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and striking coal miners from nearby Bienfait Although most of the strikers were from nearby Bienfait, the strike is associated with Estevan because it was in this city that the demonstrators were met by members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Bienfait (ˈbinfeɪt is a community in Saskatchewan. See also List of communities in Saskatchewan After the subsequent riot that lasted 45 minutes, three strikers lay dead. It was later proven that the three miners had been killed by the RCMP The coal miners had been organized by the pro-Communist Workers' Unity League. The Workers' Unity League ( WUL) was created in 1929 as a labour central operated by the Communist Party of Canada on the instructions of the Communist

Notable people linked to Estevan

• Dennis Cooley, poet
• Eli Mandel, poet. Dennis Cooley (born 1944 is a Canadian Poet who lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba where he teaches at the University of Manitoba. Eli Mandel ( 3 December 1922 - 3 September 1992) was a Canadian Poet and literary academic
• Kenton Hall, singer and songwriter with UK band, ist

Estevan, and the Estevan Coalfield, along the Souris River, viewed from the Space Shuttle, February 2001

References

External links

• The City of Estevan
• 1931 strike in Estevan Mercury
• Snaasen Pioneer Cemetery
• Estevan Skatepark