Edenbridge was a Jewish farming settlement northeast of
Melfort, Saskatchewan
Melfort ( 2016 population 5,992) is a city in Saskatchewan, Canada, located approximately southeast of Prince Albert, northeast of Saskatoon and north of Regina.
Melfort became Saskatchewan's 12th city in 1980. Melfort was formerly called t ...
. 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 ethnically Jewish are a part of the greater Jewish diaspora and form the third largest Jewish community in the world, exceeded only by those in Israel and in the United States ...
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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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