Sutherland, Saskatchewan
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Sutherland was a Canadian town in Saskatchewan. Founded as a Canadian Pacific Railway station northeast of Saskatoon in 1908. Sutherland achieved village status on Aug 30, 1909 with 100 residents and leaping to 1,000 residents which maded it eligible for town size on June 1, 1912.[3] It was annexed by Saskatoon in 1956, becoming a community of the fast-growing city, although it remained separated from the rest of Saskatoon by the University of Saskatchewan, and extensive development of the lands around Sutherland did not begin to occur until the early 1970s.
The annexation required a number of streets in the town to be renamed due to the fact that the names duplicated already existing street names in Saskatoon. Its Railway Street became Gray Avenue, for example, because Saskatoon, at the time, already had a Railway Street (although Saskatoon's street would later be removed to make way for the Idylwyld Freeway). All numbered streets in Sutherland were increased by 100 (thus, its 8th Street became 108th Street) in order to avoid confusion with the numbered streets in the rest of Saskatoon. All numbered avenues were given names and 1st Avenue became Central Avenue.
In the 1980s, the City of Saskatoon changed the community boundary of Sutherland, making that portion of Sutherland east of Central Avenue, north of the rail line, and south of 115th Street part of the Forest Grove community.
The town/community was named for William Charles Sutherland, an area rancher who later become a representative of the Saskatchewan Legislature. Jno Henry, Charles Willoughby, Wm Richardson, Wm Chas Sutherland, Frederick Engen, and Albert Herman Hanson owned the land at Section 29 Township 36 Ramge 5 West of the Third Meridian.[4]
Sutherland was the third town to be annexed by Saskatoon, and the first since the amalgamation of the towns of Saskatoon, Nutana and Riversdale formed the city of Saskatoon in 1906.
- For more information see also Saskatoon
- For more information see also Rural Municipality of Corman Park No. 344
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[edit] Geography
The Sutherland community is presently defined by the northern boundary of Attridge Drive, Lanyon Avenue is to the West, College Drive to the south and Central Avenue to the East. Up until the 1980s, it also included a residential area east of Central, north of Gray Avenue, and south of 115th Street, but this area was subsequently rolled into the neighboring Forest Grove community. The official boundaries of the community also include a small residential area on Central Place, a cul-de-sac east of Central Avenue, which is surrounded on three sides by Sutherland Industrial. The section of Sutherland north of 115th Street and south of Attridge Drive is informally known as the Dutch Growers subdivision, after a prominent commercial development in the area, but it is officially part of Sutherland.
The area north of Circle Drive is a rapidly expanding area, besides Forest Grove and Sutherland, there are other fast growing developments occurring annexing onto the City of Saskatoon in the University Heights Suburban Development Area.
| City of Saskatoon Neighborhoods | |
|---|---|
| Sutherland | |
| University Heights Suburban Development Area | |
| Population: | 4,605 |
| Average Family Income: | $47,841 |
| Average Household Size: | 2.2 |
| Homeownership: | 46.6% |
| Average Home Selling Price: | $108,613 |
| Municipal Ward: | 10 |
| Web Link | Sutherland Subdivision Map |
| Statistics c2005 [5] | |
[edit] Education
[edit] Separate Elementary
[edit] Public Elementary
- Sutherland School[6]
[edit] School history
The first one room school was constructed in 1908 and lasted until 1912 when the building was moved. A brick castle school was built larger to replace this structure and served until 1967 when the foundation was comprised and it was demolished. In 1960, the Sutherland School (castle style) was supplemented by another newer building of 6 rooms which is still in use today with an addition as of 1963.
[edit] Area Parks
- Anna McIntosh Park - 2.19 acres
- C.F Patterson Park - 1.39 acres
- C.F. Patterson Park North - 2.24 acres
- Herbert Stewart Park - 4.81 acres
- Sutherland Park - 9.08 acres
- Father Basil Markle Park - 3.91 acres
- Hilliard Gardner Park - 1.03 acres
[edit] Recreation
The Sutherland-Forest Grove Community Association[7] provides a variety of programs to the neighborhood.
[edit] References
- Bill Barry, Geographic Names of Saskatchewan (Regina: People Places Publishing, 2005)
- John Duerkop, Saskatoon's History in Street Names (Saskatoon: Purich Publishing, 2000)
- ^ The Wonder City Sutherland URL accessed February 2,2007
- ^ Archivia Net Western Land Grants 1870-1930URL accessed February 2, 2007
- ^ Saskatooon 100URL accessed January 29, 2007]
- ^ Western Land Grants (1870-1930) Archivia Net[ URL accessed February 6, 2007
- ^ Neighborhood Profiles URL accessed January 27, 2007
- ^ Our History Sutherland SchoolURL accessed January 29, 2007]
- ^ The Sutherland-Forest Grove Community AssociationURL accessed January 29, 2007
[edit] Location
| North: U of S North Land Management Area | ||
| West: Preston Crossing U of S Lands Management Area |
Sutherland | East: Forest Grove Sutherland Industrial |
| South:U of S Lands Management Area | College Park West |
