Many of the early settlers to the area around Big Quill Lake were of Icelandic origin, and the ethnic block settlement area was called the Vatnabyggd settlement. Sleipnir, a store and post office, was located at NE-30-22-15 and was the centre of community life of the Vatnabyggd settlement until it was moved into Wynyard in 1908. The first wave of Icelandic settlers in the Wynyard area was soon followed by numerous Ukrainian settlers and then British, Polish and German settlers.
Demographics
Lat 51° 46' 00" N
Long 104° 11' 00" W
Dominion Land Survey Section 27 - Township 32 - Range 16 West of the 2nd Meridian
Time zone UTC −06:00
Climate
Attractions
The Frank Cameron Museum is closed, but there is a very interesting museum, downtown, on Avenue B. It has a good selection of local historical artifacts and pictures, and occasionally has special exhibits, such as "wedding dresses through the decades".
Wynyard Regional Park is the local camping site located a few kilometres from town.
Wynyard is located just to the south of Big Quill Lake which is the largest saline lake in Canada.
Mud Lake Wildlife Refuge is 19 km from town.
Wynyard Golf Club offers the Wynyard Hole in One Tournament, Wynyard Ladies Night Golf and Wynyard Men's Night Golf.
The Town of Wynyard has three sport teams: the Wynyard Blues Mens Fastball Team, the hockey team of the HHL and Wynyard Composite High School team the Wynyard Golden Bears. Wynyard plays host to many activities and groups such as Wynyard Air Cadets, Wynyard Minor Baseball, Wynyard Minor Hockey, Wynyard Fireman's Association, Wynyard Kinettes, Wynyard Kinsmen, Wynyard Legion, Wynyard School of Dance, Wynyard Senior Appreciation Days, Wynyard Senior Centre and Wynyard Shriners.
Media
The local news is reported in the Wynyard Advance Gazette.
Television channel stations which reach Yorkton are CBC, CTV as well as all Yorkton channels.
Local Radio Station is 107.5 Bolt FM, located in Humboldt.
The town is home to the Wynyard Elementary School and Wynyard Composite High School in the Horizon School Division #205. The high school team the Wynyard Golden Bears play basketball, football, volleyball, and soccer. The high school also participates in cross country, track, and badminton. The one room school house of the early 1900s was called Wynyard School District #2499 and Nordra school #1947. The latter offered a course in Icelandic when it was first constructed in 1907 as the early school administration allowed an hour each day from 3 pm to 4 pm for foreign language instruction. Currently there are several venues for education in Wynyard.
