Battleford Trail Wheel Rut Area
Swift Current, Saskatchewan, S9H, Canada
Reconnu formellement en:
1982/10/18
Autre nom(s)
Battleford Trail Wheel Rut Area
Swift Current to Battleford Trail
Liens et documents
s/o
Date(s) de construction
Inscrit au répertoire canadien:
2006/03/17
Énoncé d'importance
Description du lieu patrimonial
The Battleford Trail Wheel Rut Area is a Municipal Heritage Property consisting of one city lot in the City of Swift Current. The designation applies to a fenced enclosure containing cart and wagon ruts that are remnants of the historic Swift Current-Battleford Trail.
Valeur patrimoniale
The heritage value of the Battleford Trail Wheel Rut Area lies in its status as a relic of an important late-nineteenth century transportation link between settlements at Swift Current and Battleford. The general route of the trail was likely used by First Nations in precontact times and, later, for local traffic between Swift Current and nearby settlements. The main trail was established and achieved its greatest prominence after the Canadian Pacific Railway arrived in Swift Current in 1883, when it became the Battleford District’s principal connection with the wider world. During the Resistance of 1885, the trail was strategically important as the route taken by Colonel William D. Otter and his troops as they marched from the rail depot at Swift Current to Battleford.
For a number of years, the trail carried a heavy traffic that included people, freight and the mail. After 1890, when the building of a rail line through Saskatoon made that city a closer connecting point for Battleford, the trail’s importance as main transportation artery declined. However, the trail was still being used for local travel as late as 1925.
Source:
City of Swift Current Bylaw No. 31-1982.
Éléments caractéristiques
The heritage value of the Battleford Trail Wheel Rut Area resides in the following character-defining elements:
-the remnant wheel ruts in a small tract of native prairie grass.
Reconnaissance
Juridiction
Saskatchewan
Autorité de reconnaissance
Administrations locales (Sask.)
Loi habilitante
Heritage Property Act, alinéa 11(1)(a)
Type de reconnaissance
Bien patrimonial municipal
Date de reconnaissance
1982/10/18
Données sur l'histoire
Date(s) importantes
1883/01/01 à 1890/12/31
1885/01/01 à 1885/12/31
Thème - catégorie et type
- Économies en développement
- Communications et transport
Catégorie de fonction / Type de fonction
Actuelle
- Communauté
- Monument commémoratif
Historique
- Transport terrestre
- Route ou voie publique
Architecte / Concepteur
s/o
Constructeur
s/o
Informations supplémentaires
Emplacement de la documentation
Department of Culture, Youth and Recreation
Heritage Resources Branch
1919 Saskatchewan Drive Regina, SK
MHP 519
Réfère à une collection
Identificateur féd./prov./terr.
MHP 519
Statut
Édité
Inscriptions associées
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