Bures is a
locality in
Key West Rural Municipality No. 70 in the
province of
Saskatchewan, Canada. Located 3 east of
highway 623 on Range Road 221, approximately 15 km north of the town of
Ogema.
History
Bures is located at SW-36-8-22 W2M was founded predominantly by
Scandinavian settlers in 1933. The community was named by Mr. C.P. Ennals who originally came from
Bures,
Suffolk
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,
England.
Bures, Saskatchewan
- Historical marker - Ghost Towns Canada
A grain elevator
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was built in 1925 next to the railway, by 1933 the community had a post office, general store operated by Mr. L.B. Quinn. In 1940 Bures Co-op was incorporated, later moving to Ogema in 1954.
Bures School was located 1.5 km south of the community at 26-8-22 W2M opening in 1911, E.A. Kilpatrick was the first teacher. The school was closed in 1957 and the store and post office in 1967.
Notable residents
* Earl McCready
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, Canadian freestyle
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Brands
* Reebok Freestyle, a women's athletic shoe
* Ford Freestyle, an SUV automobile
* Coca-Cola Freestyle, a vending machine
* ICD Freestyle, a paintball marker
* Abbott FreeStyle, a blood glucose monitor by Abbott La ...
sport wrestler
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who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics
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, residing in Bures for a short time.
See also
* List of communities in Saskatchewan
References
Unincorporated communities in Saskatchewan
Key West No. 70, Saskatchewan
Ghost towns in Saskatchewan
Division No. 2, Saskatchewan
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