Beth Israel Synagogue is a historic

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located in Edenbridge in the

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of Willow Creek, near Melfort,

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, Canada. The Edenbridge Hebrew Colony was founded in 1906 by

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immigrants who came from

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via

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. Completed in 1908, the synagogue's wooden frame exterior, steep pitched roof and end

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s are typical of the plain Carpenter Gothic style buildings built by other religious groups in Saskatchewan and the rest of rural

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during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The elegant interior, however, reflects the

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an roots of the Orthodox congregation. Today Beth Israel is the "oldest surviving synagogue in Saskatchewan."Canada's Historic Places: Beth Israel Synagogue
Beth Israel Synagogue, including its adjacent cemetery, is a municipal

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as designated by the Rural Municipality of Willow Creek on September 10, 2003." The plot of land was donated in 1987 to the Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation.

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International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies - Cemetery Project: Saskatchewan: Edenbridge

Little Synagogue on the Prairie: p. 16: Saskatchewan
1908 establishments in Saskatchewan Carpenter Gothic synagogues Synagogues in Saskatchewan Carpenter Gothic buildings in Saskatchewan Cemeteries in Saskatchewan Historic buildings and structures in Saskatchewan Jewish cemeteries in Canada Lithuanian diaspora in Canada Lithuanian-Jewish diaspora Willow Creek No. 458, Saskatchewan Synagogues completed in 1908 South African diaspora in Canada South African-Jewish diaspora 20th-century synagogues in Canada Cemeteries established in the 1900s {{canada-synagogue-stub

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