Edenbridge was a Jewish farming settlement northeast of
Melfort, Saskatchewan
Melfort (Canada 2016 Census, 2016 population 5,992) is a city in Saskatchewan, Canada, located approximately southeast of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Prince Albert, northeast of Saskatoon and north of Regina, Saskatchewan, Regina.
Melfort be ...
. Its first residents came from Lithuania via South Africa. The name is an Anglicization of Yid'n Bridge (Jews' Bridge), for a nearby bridge over the
Carrot River.
At its peak the Edenbridge Hebrew Colony had about 170 inhabitants, a post office, a school, and a synagogue;
Beth Israel Synagogue. The settlement is now abandoned.
See also
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Block settlement§Jewish
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History of the Jews in Canada
Canadian citizens who follow Judaism as their religion and/or are Jewish ethnic divisions, ethnically Jewish are a part of the greater Jewish diaspora and form the third largest Jewish community in the world, exceeded only by those Israeli Jew ...
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Jewish Colonies in Canada
References
External links
* Frank Moore
Saskatchewan Ghost Towns* Abraham Arnold
The Contribution of the Jews to the Opening and Development of the West
Jews and Judaism in Saskatchewan
Ghost towns in Saskatchewan
Historic Jewish communities in Canada
Willow Creek No. 458, Saskatchewan
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