Archydal
There
is a sign on the roadside close to
the route of the former railroad
line from Moose Jaw to Riverhurst on
NW 35-17-28. It announces for the
world that down the short sideroad
is the hamlet of Archydal. The
road-bed, for what was originally
the Grand Trunk Railway and then the
CNR, is still visible. The elevators
are gone as is the train station but
there is still a cluster of
buildings facing west towards the
track.
Archy Dalrymple
and the Getty brothers arrived in
the district in the fall of 1882.
At that time it was called the
Summerside district. When the
railway went through, in 1914, it
crossed the land that Mr.
Dalrymple lived on. The hamlet's
name was derived by taking Mr.
Dalrymple's first name and
combining it with the first 3
letters of his last name.
At its
height the hamlet consisted of two
elevators (Pool and the National),
the two elevators' cottages, a
railroad station, section house,
store and post office, the farm home
of George Dalrymple, and the curling
rink. The school and church were
given the name of Summerside. The
general store was owned by Mr. Weber
and built in 1922.
Below Archydal in September
2000
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