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1880-1890 - Early Immigration
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La Rolanderie, a settlement established by 'French counts' at Whitewood.


In the mid 1880s a number of French aristocrats attempted to recreate life as they knew it in France. By the early 1900s the venture had failed and they returned to France, but their servants remained to contribute to the French culture in Saskatchewan.

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R-A2181
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French; Whitewood;


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Image Preview pg55 Map 01 - Population origins and characteristics: 1881 - 1901.
Image Preview S-C37 Photograph 02 - Correspondence regarding the formation of the York Farmers' Colonization Company.
Image Preview S-C36 Photograph 03 - An interim receipt for land purchased by the York Farmers' Colonization Company.
Image Preview R-A49 Photograph 04 - Captain Edward Michell Pierce, founder of the Cannington Manor settlement.
Image Preview R-B1473-Sketch Photograph 05 - Sketch of Cannington Manor village.
Image Preview R-B1473 Photograph 06 - View of the village at Cannington Manor.
Image Preview R-A1078 Photograph 07 - A group of 'settlers' at Cannington Manor.
Image Preview R-A2181 Drawing 08 - La Rolanderie, a settlement established by 'French counts' at Whitewood.
Image Preview R-A6204 Photograph 09 - The welcoming committee for Count Esterhazy.
Image Preview R-B3278 Photograph 10 - A trainload of settlers from South Dakota heading for the Canadian prairies.
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