Cactus Lake is a Saskatchewan

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located about from the

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border. Nearby communities include

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, Luseland and

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. The histories of the families of Cactus Lake and surrounding communities are detailed in ''Prairie Legacy: Grosswerder and Surrounding Districts'', by the Grosswerder and Districts New Horizons Heritage Group, published in 1980.

Notable people

Notable people from Cactus Lake include: *

Donald Oborowsky Donald Oborowsky (born 1949 in Cactus Lake, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian businessman and philanthropist, based in Edmonton, Alberta.Bloomberg BusinessProfile of Donald J. Oborowsky www.Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2015-09-06. History Oborowsky was ra ...

, president and chief executive officer of

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-based Waiward Steel Fabricators, Ltd. * Fr.

Ronald Rolheiser Ronald Rolheiser (born 1947Ronald RolheiserTALES OF TWO EARTHY SAINTS''Catholic Herald'', 17 June 1988. in Cactus Lake, Saskatchewan), in August 2005 was elected president of the Oblate School of Theology in San Antonio, Texas. He received his doct ...

, president of the

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,Author profile of Fr. Ron Rolheiser
Holy Thursday and The Eucharist
www.stmichaelw.ca. Retrieved 2015-09-01.

References

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