Gravel, Louis-Pierre National Historic Person
Gravelbourg, Saskatchewan
Louis-Pierre Gravel
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Address :
Gravelbourg, Saskatchewan
Recognition Statute:
Historic Sites and Monuments Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. H-4)
Designation Date:
1956-05-29
Life Date:
1868 to 1926
Other Name(s):
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Gravel, Louis-Pierre
(Designation Name)
Importance:
Promoter of agriculture in the Prairies, settlers to Saskatchewan (1906-26)
Plaque(s)
Existing plaque: Gravelbourg, Saskatchewan
Between 1906 and 1926 more than ten thousand Canadian citizens, many of whom had already migrated to the United States, answered the call of Rev. Louis-Pierre Gravel to make their homes on the broad plains of south-central Saskatchewan where they built towns and cities and established cultural institutions.