Renderings of proposed cairn courtesy of Remco Memorials.
Renderings of proposed cairn courtesy of Remco Memorials. In the quiet stillness of a beautiful spring Sunday afternoon on the Canadian prairie, members of the Clergy, Christian Brothers, Reverend Sisters, students and former students of St. Joseph s College, Mayor Chas. A. Peaker and members of the City Council, together with citizens generally gathered on the campus of St. Joseph s College before a beautiful little park to dedicate this spot of beauty as a lasting memorial to the memory of the late Brother Stanislaus, former director of the Catholic Ukrainian College which he had served faithfully from the time of its inception in 1919 until the time of his death two years ago.
By January 1910, GTPR surveyors staked the line right-of-way, and following its approval by the Board of Railway Commissioners in February, the company issued tenders for line clearing, grading, track-laying, bridge-building, fencing and telegraph construction. In March, a contract was awarded to the Doukhobor organization, the Christian Community of Universal Brotherhood, for clearing and grading the line. The contract marked a milestone for the Doukhobor Community. From 1899 to 1909, thousands of Doukhobors were employed as ‘navvies’ or railroad construction workers each year to earn much-need income. Indeed, it was a workforce of 1,000 Doukhobors that constructed the Canadian Northern Railway line from Kamsack to Humboldt that led to the formation of Canora in 1904. However, this would mark the first time they would engage in railway building as an independent contractor.