Development officer Janine Fletcher noted this area is zoned for the Riverfront Market, with permitted uses including art gallery, clinic, confectionary store, fast food outlet, museum, restaurant, retail store or studio, with discretionary uses including such uses as an auditorium, bakery shop, licensed restaurant, business office or a personal service establishment. The intent is to complement the parkway theme as the area is next to the Souris River and the boardwalk, designed to attract travelers on Highway 39 to come into the city and visit. The Official Community Plan states that, as part of the Tatagwa Parkway Master Plan, this area “along the Souris River between the Soo Line Historical Museum and Government Road is the ‘heart of urban Weyburn’. It has a prominent profile from the highway and is the first impression most visitors receive of Weyburn.”
This photo gallery shows a guided tour given of the Soo Line Historical Museum by Tanya Musk, with the family of Paige and Brandon Tenbult and their little daughter Lily on Saturday. Paige is the communications coordinator for the City of Weyburn, and she did the tour on the City s Instagram account. Tours are available on Saturdays at 1, 2:30 and 4 p.m. by booking through the City s website. Currently under COVID guidelines, only immediate family bubbles can tour at any one time, with a maximum of six people. 1/20
The City of Weyburn announced the Soo Line Historical Museum will open this spring for scheduled tours. After COVID-19 guidelines closed the Weyburn museum to the public in 2020, the City is . . .