Winter is an unincorporated locality in Senlac Rural Municipality No. 411, Saskatchewan, Canada. It is located on Highway 787 & 675, 50 km northwest of Unity, the nearest town. It is 15 km North of Rutland and 35 km South of Neilburg. Winter is located at Mile 77.3 on the Canadian National Railway. The community gets its name from Mr. O. Winter, …
Winter is an unincorporated locality in Senlac Rural Municipality No. 411, Saskatchewan, Canada. It is located on Highway 787 & 675, 50 km northwest of Unity, the nearest town. It is 15 km North of Rutland and 35 km South of Neilburg. Winter is located at Mile 77.3 on the Canadian National Railway. The community gets its name from Mr. O. Winter, who was a contractor for the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway. Mr. Winter named the siding after himself. This line was named alphabetically, from the east "Vera", after Winter's daughter, and to the west "Yonker", named after his mother's family. Winter had a store with post office, an elevator, a GTPR station, a lumber yard and a school that closed in 1968. Winter community well was said to have soft water.
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