Pictures of Quill Lake Sask. where Nelson A. and Jenny Jesmer lived.
Pictures of Quill Lake Sask. where Nelson A. and Jenny Jesmer lived. My great grandparents moved there to farm, engage in small business and in local politics in 1904. These are some pictures of their world.
Link to web site with the old pictures
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Brief History Of Quill City School District
This is a brief history of Quill City school district. The Quill City district was approximately three or four square miles, with the school being about five miles, slightly southwest of Wadena Saskatchewan. This was the area that the Jesmer family came to from Minnesota, in 1903 or 1904. The John Statland family, also came from Minnesota in 1905. Ole Statland came to this area, with his son Edwin, from North Dakota in 1926. Lena, his wife, came with her daughter Alice, from North Dakota, in January 1929.
This district never consisted of a town or a village, only a school, which was school, concert hall, meeting place and even the church for the area. Quill City school, first opened in the spring of 1908. It closed its doors at Easter 1952. The remaining students were bused to Wadena. The building still exists as a storage building on the farm of David and Howard Jesmer.
(Written by Nelson Edward “Ted” Jesmer, son of Harvey Jesmer)
Quill Lake is a village in east central Saskatchewan, Canada. It is located 160 km east of Saskatoon and 200 km north of Regina. The village is located just to the northwest of Big Quill Lake and Little Quill Lake. It is know by its residents as the “Goose Capital of Saskatchewan”.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quill_Lake,_Saskatchewan
..Quill Lakes Saskatchewan (50 miles north of Regina) – International Migratory Bird Reserve. RAMSAR information on Quill Lakes. And from another part of the RAMSAR site…
….Birdwatching at the Quill Lakes – This site will show you the Quill Lakes area, one of the greatest places for bird watching and hunting in Western Canada. We have geese, ducks, shorebirds, songbirds and the people to show them to you. See also Birdwatching and Ecotourism at the Quill Lakes.
….Quill Lakes International Bird Area, Saskatchewan, Canada. This new website highlights the Quill Lakes International Bird Area in Saskatchewan, Canada. This birding hotspot hosts millions of birds annually with one day counts exceeding 250,000. Large concentrations of ducks, geese, cranes, and shorebirds. The site has numerous international designations including an Important Birding Area. The area includes Canada’s largest saline lake and Canada’s largest breeding population of endangered piping plovers. Facilities include the Quill Lakes Interpretive Centre, the Wadena Wetlands Viewing Area, and the Foam Lake Heritage Marsh Viewing Area. http://www.camacdonald.com/birding/casaskatchewan.htm
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