Annaheim

• Doepker Industries in Annaheim was the 2006 ABEX award winner for job creation.
• Annaheim was named in honor of St. Ann on whose feast day the first mass in the area was celebrated.  The village name means “home of Ann” in German.

Bruno Area

• Bruno is the only community on the prairies of Western Canada to host an annual Cherry Festival.
• From 1919 – 1982 the Ursuline Academy operated in Bruno.  In the 1960’s there was said to be over 100 Sisters in Bruno.
• The Bruno Clayworks produced over one million bricks from its plant in Bruno.  The bricks made two roundhouses for the Canadian National Railway, one in Humboldt and one in North Battleford.

Colonsay

• The Town of Colonsay was named from a small island in the Herbrides off the west coast of Scotland.
• In 1978, Colonsay had a frost free period of 167 days which is the Canadian record.

Cudworth

• Cudworth Shrine—The wooden cross of Our Lady of Sorrows Shrine was originally erected because residents had seen a wandering light continually reappear on the hillside. Legend has it that three children saw a beautiful but sad lady carrying a chain and dragging a gold cross across the grass at the top of the hill. When they tried to approach her, she disappeared. As time went on, the cross was replaced by a wooden altar. The statue of Our Lady was placed in the chapel and Stations of the Cross were built around the site. An annual pilgrimage is held every year on the 10th Sunday after Easter. This site is the official pilgrimage location for the entire Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Saskatoon, located two miles south of the Town of Cudworth, just off Highway #2.
• "Legend has it that between 1908 and 1910 a wandering light kept appearing on this high hill. The people began to come to the hill to pray. According to some surviving pioneers of this community, it was on a Sunday in summer that three children aged six and less saw a beautiful but sad lady carrying a chain and dragging a gold cross across the grass on top of the hill. One of the young children ran up to the beautiful lady and tried to pick up the dragging cross, but she, the chain and the cross disappeared. Nobody else saw the woman except the little boy and the two girls. Within two weeks the boy caught sick and died, while the girls grew up, married and moved away."

Dafoe Area

• Village of Dafoe was the home of the No. 5 Bombing and Gunnery School.  This school was one of five such schools set up in Canada as part of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan which came into being, officially, on January 7, 1941. It was to have world-wide ramifications. Its purpose was to prepare and to train aircrew personnel. At the time of its official disbandment, January ll, 1945, 131,553 aircrew had been trained and sent to the various theatres of war.  Its motto was We aim to teach and we teach to aim.

Englefeld

• Village of Englefeld, population 250, in 1998 raised $21,000 for Telemiracle. Englefeld is easily the most generous community in Saskatchewan.
• Englefeld has the largest hog statue in Western Canada.  Englefeld has been home to the “Hog Fest” since 1972.
• Englefeld is home of Grammy nominated pianist Robert Koenig.  He is currently an Associate Professor of Piano and Chamber Music at the University of Kansas.
• Englefeld means “Angel’s Field” in German.

Fulda

• For the past 20 years, Fulda has been host to “Grass Drags”. 
• Amanda Duerr won the Equine Welfare Steward of the Future – Award of Distinction in 2007.  This honor recognizes a young person between the ages of 13 and 25 who has shown, through practices as a horse owner or interaction with others, the importance of a commitment to responsible equine care.

Humboldt Area

• Two Rhodes scholars got their start in the Humboldt area – Otto Lang Jr. and Henry Kloppenberg, Jr.
• The Humboldt Broncos won the Royal Bank Cup in 2003 and 2008.  They have also won the League eight times in their thirty seven year history.
• The City of Humboldt has one of only four historic water towers left in the province of Saskatchewan.
• The former Mayor of Calgary, Al Duerr, was originally from the Humboldt Area.
• Humboldt native, Kelly Bates, who is an offensive lineman in the Canadian Football League, has won the Canadian Bowl with the Saskatoon Hilltops, the Vanier Cup with the University of Saskatchewan Huskies and the Grey Cup with the British Columbia Lions. 
• Humboldt boasts Canada’s largest postage stamp, a replica of a John Diefenbaker $0.17 stamp circulated by Canada Post.  The stamp is a mural painted by Humboldt artist, Rob Muench.
• Humboldt born Glenn Hall was a former goalie in the National Hockey League.  Hall seldom missed a game and was a consistent performer, winning the Vezina Trophy three times. Nicknamed "Mr. Goalie", he was one of the first goaltenders to develop and make effective use of the butterfly style of goalkeeping.  A street in Humboldt has been named after Mr. Hall.
• Humboldt native, Rusty Malinoski, is one of the world’s top professional wakeboarders.  Some of his credits include top four finishes at all United States National Championships and Pan Am Championships, top five in King of the Wake World rankings.
• Speedskating Olympic Silver Medalist, Jeremy Wotherspoon, was born in Humboldt.   He is a four time world sprint champion and twelve time world cup overall champion.
• The Humboldt area is honoured to have a Victoria Cross recipient – Raphael Zengel (He lived near Plunkett, Saskatchewan and has a mountain named after him in Jaspar National Park)
• Humboldt has hosted great entertainers, such as Charlie Chaplin in 1915 and the von Trapp Family Singers in 1953.
• Big Sky Farms Inc. is the third largest hog producer in Canada.  Over one million animals are shipped each year.  Big Sky Farms is proud to be recognized for outstanding hog production on a world level.
• Saskatchewan’s premier ceramist, Mel Bolen, lives in a church that he converted into a studio and residence.
• Humboldt native, Brianne Theisen holds the provincial and national records in Heptathalon and has won gold on the national and international scene.
• Humboldt is home to Miss Saskatchewan 2007 Nina Gueguen.  Nina won the title of Miss People’s Choice Award and also Miss Canadian Scholarship Ambassador.
• Humboldt is the second community in Saskatchewan to be designated a safe community.
• Humboldt became Saskatchewan’s 13th city on November 7, 2000.
• Humboldt’s motto is Heart of the Sure Crop District.

Lake Lenore

• Lake Lenore is the home to the only preserved log house from the 1903 era in St. Peter’s Colony.  The home was that of Bernard and Agnes Gerwing and was restored in 1978 on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the colony.

Lanigan Area

• The first integrated fuel ethanol/feedlot facility in Canada is located north east of Lanigan in the RM of Prairie Rose.  Pound-maker Agventures Ltd. Ethanol plant produces thirteen million litres per year of fuel grade ethanol.  Poundmaker is also the largest cattle feedlot in Saskatchewan.
• PotashCorp’s largest potash mine is located west of Lanigan.  The mine has an annual capacity of 3.8 million tones KCl.  It produces granular, standard and suspension potash products.  Underground mining operations take place 1,000 metres (3,300 feet) below the surface.
• In the RM of Prairie Rose, a round barn built in 1916 still stands at the Termuende Farm where the Western Beef Development Centre is now located.
• Brad Wildeman of Lanigan was inducted into the Agricultural Hall of Fame in 2007.

LeRoy

• Stomp Pork Farms is the largest independently owned hog producer in Saskatchewan.  The company was an ABEX award winner in 2002 for job creation.
• The LeRoy Braves Senior Hockey team was the Long Lake Hockey league champion five years in a row from 2001-2007.  Three of the five years were provincial champions.
• In 1925 the LeRoy Milk Producers Association built a cheese factory.  In 1932 the cheese factory bought 1,162,890 pounds of milk from 141 shippers to make over 100,000 pounds of cheese.
• The hit CTV television program Corner Gas has each character named after places in Saskatchewan.  Brent, Oscar and Emma Leroy are named after the town of LeRoy.

Marysburg

• The Watching Woman lives in Marysburg.  There is a 3200 pound sculpture of Mary built into an old farmhouse.  Her head pokes out of the roof and one hand reaches outside an upstairs window holding a washcloth.  Her feet sand on the first floor, her torso is on the second.
• Marysburg is home to the Senior Baseball Team the Marysburg Royals.

Meacham

• Meacham is home to the Dancing Sky Theatre.  They only produce Canadian work.
• Meacham is home to the Hand Wave Gallery.  They represent and sell the works of 75 artisans.

Mount Carmel

• Mount Carmel is the highest spot in the district rising to a height of 1,987 feet above sea level and 95 feet higher than the hamlet of Carmel.  Every July for 75 years over a thousand people of the Catholic faith have made pilgrimages to the Mount.

Muenster

• St. Peter’s Abbey in Muenster is the oldest Benedictine monastery in Canada.
• Until 1998, it was the only Benedictine Abbey in North America to have parishes under its jurisdiction.
• St. Peter’s College has the third largest academic book repository in Saskatchewan.
• Baseball has been in existence in Muenster since the early 1900’s.  The Muenster Red Sox have been League Champions for nine years in the North Central Baseball League from 1967 to 1987.
• The Muenster Red Sox were Senior “A” Champions in 1999 and 2001.
• In the 1980’s the village of Muenster (population <400) fielded two Senior Baseball teams, the Red and White Sox!

Pilger

• The biggest pumpkin weighed at the annual Pilger Pumpkin Festival in 2006 belonged to Felix Fisher of Pilger - pumpkin weighed 417 pounds.

Quill Lakes Area

• The Village of Quill Lake is called the “Goose Capital of Saskatchewan”.  There is a giant goose statue at the end of Main Street.
• With over 300 species, one day counts of over 300,000, and over one million birds annually, the Quill Lakes region is Canada's most nationally and internationally recognized bird Areas.  Over one million shorebirds, ducks, geese, cranes, and songbirds stop here while traveling North America's Central
• Flyway, with flocks in the tens of thousands. Endangered species include the piping plover, peregrine falcon, and the whooping crane.

Spalding

• Gemini Award winning actress Kari Matchett was born in the Village of Spalding.  Her credits include television programs 5ive Days to Midnight, Blue Murder, Heartland, Invasion and Power Play.  She’s had recurring roles on 24, Earth:  Final Conflict and ER.

St. Brieux Area

• Bishop Albert LeGatt, sixth bishop of the Saskatoon diocese, grew up in the Town of St. Brieux and was ordained there in June, 1983.
• There are more workers employed in the St. Brieux area than there are residents of the town. 
• Bourgault Industries was a Saskatchewan Business Hall of Fame Inductee in 2001.
• St. Brieux has one of the largest non-profit children’s daycare in rural Saskatchewan.

St. Gregor

• The Village of St. Gregor is the home to Jaqueline Berting who created “glass wheat”.  She created a wheat field display with 14,000 stems of glass wheat.

Wadena Area

• The Town of Wadena is the birthplace of Canadian journalist, Pamela Wallin.  In 1999 she was awarded the Saskatchewan Order of Merit.  In 2007, she was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.  She has received 13 honorary degrees.
• Other female stars from Wadena include Jeanette Loff, a movie star discovered by Cecile B. DeMille, and Betty Compton, a Ziegfield girl who was featured in a popular film Beau James, a story about New York Mayor Jimmie Walker.
• Male celebrities include Larry Hoodekoff, who starred in the BBC television series Lucky Silver, and radio broadcasters Bob Washington (Wash), Borys Kozak, Earl LePage, Andy Malowanchuk, Al Frederickson, Barry Bowman, Brian Byman, , Bob Prescesky, and Art Wallman. Art Wallman, a successful musician, and singer is best known for his radio show, Art Wallman Country and Tractor Line. A display featuring all of these celebrities is located at the Wadena Museum.

Wakaw

• Wakaw housed Prime Minister John Diefenbaker’s law office from 1919 to 1925.

Watson Area

• The Town of Watson is home of the original Santa Claus Day and boasts a twenty five foot statue of Santa Claus.  The Town was the second post office in Saskatchewan to have a unique cancellation stamp.  The stamp “Home of the original Santa Claus Day” was first used on December 5, 1998.
• The Canadian Bank of Commerce in Watson was constructed in 1907 in Greek style architecture.  This building was established as a national heritage site in 1977.
• There is a petting zoo located near Watson.

Wynyard Area

• Wynyard is located south of the Big Quill Lake which is the largest saline lake in Canada.  The Town of Wynyard lies adjacent to over 230 square miles of managed waterfowl wetlands, an important migration stopover for ducks and geese.
• The Town of Wynyard is known as the chicken capital of Canada.  Lilydale Foods is one of the biggest employers in the area with a plant capacity of about 625,000 broiler chickens per week.  Wynyard Hatchery is a commercial broiler hatchery that hatches approximately 20 million broiler chickens per year, which are supplied to commercial broiler producers in Saskatchewan. 
• Every summer during the carnival days, the community hosts the “chicken chariot race” where chickens are hitched to a homemade chariots and race down lanes to the finish line.
• The Wynyard Meteorite was discovered in the spring of 1968 and identified in 1982 by the Department of Geology at the University of Saskatchewan.  A large meteorite had been observed falling and splashing violently into nearby Quill Lake on July 24, 1922.
• Wynard Technologies Inc. fishes Big Quill Lake for brine shrimp and diaptomus. Using a large pontoon boat with nets, they sell these unique lake creatures to the aquaculture industry for fish food.
• Big Quill Resources is Canada's Largest Producer of Sulfate of Potash / Potassium Sulphate.  They are situated near the largest source of potash in the world, and next to Big Quill Lake, a natural source of sodium sulfate feed stock.