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["Tan rows indicate historical origins",null,"Orange rows indicate Indigenous origins"]
["Green rows indicate natural origins",null,"Blue rows indicate developer origins (city or private)"]
["Purple rows indicate royal origins",null,"Gold rows indicate physical description origins"]
["Pink rows indicate political origins",null,"Yellow rows indicate streets selected for naming but have yet to be built."]
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["Name","Category","Biography"]
["Agricultural Avenue","Historical","Named in honour of Yorkton's rich agricultural history."]
["Alderwood Place","Natural, Developer","Named after the alder, which is a genus of trees found in Europe and on the West Coast of North America.  The alder tree has long been connected with strength, protection, determination, and confidence, as well as being a symbol of safety.  A foundational plant in Ancient European beliefs, the alder tree is still sought after by gardeners due to its resilience and its ability to be the among the first plants to recolonize a space after natural disasters like floods and wildfires.  It is one of many streets in the Parkview Estates and Silver Heights area with the suffix \"wood\".  This street branches off of Allanbrooke Drive."]
["Alexandra Avenue","Royal","Named for Queen Alexandra, who was the wife of King Edward VII and daughter-in-law to Queen Victoria.  Originally part of the Danish Royal Family, Alexandra married Albert Edward, Prince of Wales in 1863, becoming Princess of Wales, a position she would hold longer than any other lady in history.  Alexandra assumed the throne of Queen when Edward became King in 1901.  Alexandra was also known around Europe as a fashion icon, with many women emulating her style of dress."]
["Allan Bay","Developer","Named due to it branching off of Allanbrooke Drive."]
["Allanbrooke Drive","Developer","Part of a series of streets in the Parkview Estates-Silver Heights area with the suffix \"brooke\".  This street is a main artery in the Parkview Estates Neighbourhood"]
["Anderson Drive","Historical","Named for Willaim Anderson, who was one of the first settlers in the York Colony.  Occupying two sections of land north of the Colony site, Anderson established roots in the area that have lasted to this day."]
["Appleton Drive","Natural","The apple tree was perhaps the earliest tree to be cultivated, and its fruits have been improved through selection over thousands of years.  The crab-apple is the only apple native to North America. The apple, with its high antioxidants and high natural vitamin and mineral content, is known to have many medicinal uses from reducing the risk of lung cancer, helping with heart disease, and controlling cholesterol levels.  "]
["Argyle Street","Royal","Argyle is a old style spelling Argyll, a county in England.  The 9th Duke of Argyll, who was the Governor General of Canada from 1878 to 1883, was in charge of that county.   Dukes are the highest rank British Nobility can reach.  Though the rank is not reserved for royal blood, many royals hold the rank of duke or duchess.  The non-Royal dukes cover thirty different regions, or dukedoms, across the British Isles.  These dukedoms are: Abercorn, Argyll, Atholl, Beaufort, Bedford, Brandon, Buccleuch, Devonshire, Fife, Gordon, Grafton, Hamilton, Leinster, Lennox, Manchester, Marlborough, Montrose, Newcastle, Norfolk, Northumberland, Portland, Queensberry, Richmond, Roxburghe, Rutland, Somerset, St. Albans, Sutherland, Wellington, and Westminster.   Argyle is a common street name in Canada due to the 9th Duke's influence in the early development of Canada."]
["Ashwood Place","Natural","Named for the red ash, which is the only one of the four species of ash growing in Canada that can be found in the southern fringes of the Boreal Forest Region in Manitoba and Saskatchewan.  It grows along the riverbanks of the prairies, and has been a holistic treatment for a variety of ailments, such as arthritis, fever, and gout.  This street is part of a series in Parkview Estates with the suffix \"wood\".  This street branches off of Allanbrooke Drive."]
["Aspen Place","Natural","The Aspen Tree is a deciduous tree abundantly found in Saskatchewan. The vast majority of trees found in Eastern Saskatchewan's Parkland Region are aspen trees or their relatives, the birch and the poplar tree.  Aspen in particular is traditionally used to treat rheumatoid arthritis, nerve paon, and sciatica.  This is one of many streets in Riverside named for trees."]
["Assiniboia Avenue","Indigenous","A name derived from the Ojibwa word Asiniibwaa, anglicized into Assiniboine, which means \"One who cooks by the use of stones\".  Assiniboia is often used in conjunction with Nakota.  No matter which name is used, the Assiboine Peoples are one of Saskatchewan's most widespread Indigenous peoples."]
["Bailey Drive","Political","Named for W.A. Bailey, who was owner of Bailey's Funeral Home and the Yorkton Memorial Gardens for 45 years starting in 1963.  His family runs several funeral services in the Yorkton area, including Melville, Ituna, and Kamsack.  The Bailey family has been a prominent part of the Yorkton community for decades.  Bailey also served as mayor of Yorkton from 1969 to 1976, seeing a period of great change in the city."]
["Ball Road","Historical","Named after Delbert R. Ball, who was a town policeman and fire-chief in the Yorkton's early years.  According to history, he was one of only two firemen in Yorkton that could start the town's first motorized fire engine, which was notoriously temperamental.  In his off-time, Ball helped found, and was the first president of, the Yorkton Hardball Association, which would go on to become the Yorkton Minor Baseball Association.  With the first season in 1933, the YHA brought enthusiasts from all over the Yorkton region to play baseball.  Ball also served on town council, a member of, and eventual president of, the Yorkton Rotary Club, a member of the Yorkton Curling Club, and was president on the Yorkton Board of Trade."]
["Balmoral Street","Landmark, Royal","Named after Balmoral Castle in Scotland, which was the favourite summer home of Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth II.  The Balmoral Hotel, a landmark in its own right, was also named after this castle."]
["Barbour Avenue","Political","Named after Robert Barbour, who was first elected to Mayor of Yorkton in 1930 and served for two separate terms.  His first term lasted until 1932, with his second term being from 1935 to 1938."]
["Beck Street","Historical, Political","Levi Beck and his brother Charles were prominent businessmen in Yorkton's early years, with Levi becoming known as Yorkton's \"Merchant Prince\".  The Becks owned a variety of businesses, ranging from stockyards to hardware stores to farm machinery dealerships.  Both of them were elected as mayor of Yorkton, with Charles taking office in 1906 for that year, and then later on in 1916, again just for that year.  Levi took office in 1911 and stayed in until 1912."]
["Betts Avenue","Historical","Named after George C. Betts, whose farm previously occupied part of the land that the street now runs through, mainly closer to its intersection with Broadway Street.  He was also a town councilman from 1900 to 1910."]
["Biggs Crescent","Developer, Historical","Named for Melvin Biggs, a well-known and well-liked commercial painter in Yorkton.  Biggs ran a painting business in Yorkton, and was quite successful with his job. The street is a part of a series in Weinmaster Park named for community leaders, heroes, and businesspeople."]
["Blackwell Crescent","Developer, Historical","Most likely named for a community leader in Yorkton, the street is a part of a series in Weinmaster Park named for community leaders, heroes, and businesspeople."]
["Booth Street","Historical","Named after William Booth, the man who founded the Salvation Army.  In 1878, Booth and his wife established the Christian Mission while still living in London, England.  This Mission became known as the Salvation Army, and has been at the forefront of community charity work the world over ever since.  This street was originally the western end of Smith Street, but when the Highway 16 Bypass was built as a means to alleviate traffic through Yorkton, the city moved Smith Street's western end to connect with that bypass.  This left the old section isolated, which led the city to name the section in honour of the Salvation Army, whose Yorkton Branch has long had an office on the street."]
["Borden Street","Political","Named after Sir Robert Laird Borden, who was the eighth Prime Minister of Canada.  Borden served during World War One, and is known as one of the most influential PMs of all time.  His government introduced income tax, made Canada a notable player in world conflicts with the War Act and the efforts for the Treaty of Versailles, as well as organizing together what would become Canadian National Railways."]
["Bradbrooke Drive","Historical","Named after Howard Bradbrooke, who was a notable businessman in Yorkton, partnering up with other businessmen to create Yorkton's largest general store, known as the Yorkton Supply Company.  Part of a series of streets in the Parkview Estates-Silver Heights area with the suffix \"brooke\".  This street is considered the primary artery street for the neighbourhood, and instead of small streets branching off, Bradbrooke Drive has other main arteries branching off."]
["Broadway Street","Physical Description","Broadway was named due to it being Yorkton's widest street, able to accommodate up to five horse-drawn wagons in each direction at a time.  Even before the town became a city, Yorkton was a bustling boomtown, with most of its commercial space lining the Canadian Pacific Railway lines along the two Front Streets.  However, as railway traffic increased, businesses decided to move away from the soot and noise of the tracks and moved their practices to the newly-cleared Broadway, turning the ninety-nine foot wide street into Yorkton's main artery.  It was literally a \"broad way\" through the town."]
["Bull Crescent","Historical","Named after the Bull family, whose land the street lies on.  The patriarch of the family, L.J.C. Bull, was manager of the Vermillion, Assiniboia & Saskatchewan Land Co., with headquarters in Yorkton. The land held by the company was north of Yorkton, in the Canora area, and in the winter of 1905, they had disposed of 9,000 acres. Almost all of that land went to homesteads, which were taken largely by Americans, many of whom were ex-Canadians."]
["Burke Street","Historical","Named for D. Burke, who was the first principal of the first Victoria School from 1902 to 1915.  His school was Yorkton's first truly permanent schoolhouse, with all classrooms under one roof.  The building was a magnificent structure, a and Burke made sure it remained in good shape.  After the first Victoria School was moved, Burke went on to act as principal for the new Simpson School.  Burke School, which was located on the greenspace on the street's south side, was named in his honour as well."]
["Calder Place","Political, Developer","Named after James Alexander Calder, who was a cabinet minister in the Saskatchewan government of Premier William A. Martin from 1916 to 1917.  Calder held a number of portfolios through his time, with his most prominent accomplishment being that he was responsible for picking the site of the present Legislative Building.  This street branches off of Clarebrooke Crescent in the Parkview Estates neighbourhood."]
["Caldwell Drive","Historical","Named after Joseph L. Caldwell, a prominent member of the Yorkton Agricultural Exhibition Association.  He spent two years as president of the Association, and helped it grow during its early years.  During the North-West Resistance, Caldwell was a member of the Yorkton Home Guard.  Caldwell also went on to serve as a town councillor."]
["Calwood Crescent","Developer","Part of a series of streets in the Parkview Estates-Silver Heights area with the suffix \"wood\".  This street branches off of Circlebrooke Drive."]
["Cameron Street","Historical, Political","Named after Malcolm C. Cameron, who was appointed the Lieutenant Governor of the North West Territories in 1898.  This was after an active federal politics career that spanned over thirty years.  He sadly died just four months after taking this office.  Cameron remains one of the shortest-reigning Lieutenant Governors in Canadian history."]
["Canwood Crescent","Developer","Part of a series of streets in the Parkview Estates-Silver Heights area with the suffix \"wood\".  This street branches off of Circlebrooke Drive."]
["Cardinal Bay","Natural","Named for the bright red bird common in the southern United States.  The cardinal is known to come to Saskatchewan, but it is not native to the province.  Cardinals are a popular bird in North America due to their iconic red plumage and distinctive song.  They were even once popular as a pet, but this has since been banned to preserve the numbers of the bird in the wild."]
["Catherine Street","Historical","Though not completely verified, Catherine Street runs right along St. Mary's Ukrainian Catholic Church, one of Yorkton's most dominant skyline features.  Catherine is one of the most common female saint names, with ten officially canonized.  The most prominent is Saint Catherine of the Wheel, also known as Catherine of Alexandria, who is celebrated by Eastern churches as a Great Martyr for her staunch beliefs in Christianity.  She made her beliefs clear despite living in Alexandria, Egypt, one of the Roman Empire's most dominant cities.  This was during the time when the Roman pantheon of gods was thought to be the only belief system, and the Christians, along with the Hebrews and Muslims, in Alexandria, were persecuted for their beliefs.  In defiance of this, Catherine studied the early Bible and became an out-spoken critic of the cruelty of the Roman Empire instead of working as a normal Roman house lady.  Though her efforts and words got her martyred, she became one of the foundational saints for all of Christianity, which led to other women being named after her."]
["Cedarwood Crescent","Natural, Developer","Cedar trees are tall evergreen trees that are know to produce naturally strong, aromatic, and rot-resistant wood.  The trees have a great history with Indigenous Peoples and early settlers, as they were used to make seamless canoes, strong shelters, and for cooking.  Their needles are used in teas as an anti-inflammatory medicine, a cough suppressant, a treatment for flu, and can help with respiratory ailments.  Cedar also been a traditional part of many First Nations Sweat Lodge ceremonies, having been burnt in the Sacred Fire.  It is also known to be a great air freshener.  Part of a series of streets in Parkview Estates with the suffix \"wood\", and named due to it branching off of Circlebrooke Drive."]
["Cemetery Drive","Physical Description, Landmark","Named due to it being the main road through Yorkton Cemetery.  Many streets in Yorkton like this are named in a no-nonsense fashion, simply using names and terms that describe their function."]
["Centennial Drive","Historical","Named in honour of Canada's Centennial in 1967.  Several events and organizations were formed to help celebrate Canada's 100th anniversary, called the Centennial Projects.  These included the preservation several historical buildings, the creation of several cultural groups like the Yorkton Marching 100, and the formation of the Canada Games, which would lead to the formation of provincial games across the country."]
["Charleswood Crescent","Developer","King Charles III, previously known as Charles, Prince of Wales, is the current head of the British Royal Family, and therefore the Canadian Head of State.  Part of a series of streets in Parkview Estates with the suffix \"wood\".  This street branches off of Circlebrooke Drive."]
["Circlebrooke Drive","Developer","Part of a series of streets with the suffix \"brooke\" in the Parkview Estates and Silver Heights neighbourhoods.  This street is one of the main arteries of the Parkview Estates Neighbourhood."]
["C.J. Houston Place","Historical, Landmark","Named in honour of C.J. Houston Junior High School, the former school yard of which is where the street now lies.  C.J. Houston School, formerly known as St. Joseph's School, was originally St. Joseph's College, a boy's Christian academy that was a part of the Ukrainian Catholic Parish in Yorkton (Sacred Heart School was the girl's school).  When the school became part of the Christ the Teacher Catholic School Division instead of being a private church school, the name was changed to honour of local surgeon C.J. Houston, who was a massive contributor to the education across Yorkton.  The iconic school, with its \"onion-dome\" and spire, was sadly torn down in the mid-2000s when the building became to expensive to maintain."]
["Clarewood Crescent","Developer","Part of a series of streets in Parkview Estates with the suffix \"wood\".  This street branches off of Circlebrooke Drive."]
["Clarke Avenue","Historical","Named after George S. Clarke, who was a homesteader in the original York Colony.  Originally from Salem, Ontario, Clarke arrived with the rush of Ontario settlers to the York Colony and set up a successful farm."]
["Collacott Drive, Collacott Street","Historical","Named after Thomas Collacott, one of Yorkton's early business leaders and third mayor. Collacott built the buildings at 45 and 47 Broadway Street East, and used the space as Yorkton's top hardware store.  Collacott was elected to office in 1903 before resigning in 1905."]
["Collingwood Crescent","Developer","Part of a series of streets in Parkview Estates with the suffix \"wood\".  This street branches off of Circlebrooke Drive."]
["Cook Drive","Historical, Developer","Named in honour of John Jeremiah Cook.  Cook was the shareholder and official of the York Farmers Colonization Company when the Colony was established.  He helped manage the numbers of the Colony, allowing the Colony to thrive."]
["Crestwood Crescent","Natural, Developer","Named for the crests, or small hills, that are abundant in the Parkland Region.  Part of a series of streets in Parkview Estates with the suffix \"wood\".  This street branches off of Circlebrooke Drive."]
["Dalebrooke Drive","Natural, Developer","A dale is another name for a broad valley, and this street references the many glacial valleys that are carved across Saskatchewan.  Part of a series of streets with the suffix \"brooke\" in the Parkview Estates and Silver Heights neighbourhoods.  This street is one of the main arteries in Parkview Estates."]
["Dalewood Crescent","Natural, Developer","A dale is another name for a broad valley, and this street references the many glacial valleys that are carved across Saskatchewan.  Part of a series of streets with the suffix \"wood\" in the Parkview Estates and Silver Heights neighbourhoods.  This street branches off of Dalebrooke Drive."]
["Darlington Street","Historical","Named in honour of the wife of Dr. John Smith, whose maiden name was Darlington.  This derives from the English town of Darlington, which was at one end of the very first permanent passenger-carrying, steam locomotive-powered railway in the world, the Stockton and Darlington Railway."]
["Daunt Drive","Historical, Landmark","Named in honour of Dr. Ivan E. Daunt, who operated a medical practice right on Broadway for over 45 years.  A lifelong physician and surgeon, Daunt became the longest-ever practicing doctor in Saskatchewan history.  "]
["Deerwood Crescent","Natural, Developer","Deer are a family of hoofed animals that include elk, caribou, moose, and red, fallow, roe, and white-tailed deer.  They are a fundamental part of the Saskatchewan ecosystem, maintaining the grasslands of the prairies and providing a food source for several predators.  Indigenous Peoples have hunted them for millennia, and continue to be a favourite target for hunters today.  Deer meat, or venison, is rich in eseential vitamins and minerals as well high in amino acids.  The deer family are known to eat several parts off of trees and shrubs, including the leaves, twigs, seeds and nuts, and even the bark.  This street is a part of a series in the Parkview Estates and Silver Heights area with the suffix \"wood\".  This street branches off of Dalebrooke Drive."]
["Delaere Drive","Historical","Named for Father Achille Delaere, the founder of the Ukrainian Catholic Church in Yorkton.  Born in Belgium in 1896, Father Delaere came to Yorkton in 1903.  After discovering the lack of Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholicism in the area, Delaere founded the Redemptionist Monastery in Yorkton, which then expanded with the building of St. Mary's Ukrainian Catholic Church and St. Joseph's College.  Father Delaere died in 1939 in Yorkton, after serving the Canadian Prairies for forty years."]
["Digby Lane","Historical","Named after one of the first settler families in Yorkton, who also served in the Yorkton Home Guard at Fort Watson (see Watson Trail for more information on the Home Guard and Fort Watson)."]
["Dogwood Crescent","Natural","Named after the common flowering tree found throughout Saskatchewan, which is a common space filling plant for gardeners.  Dogwood's bark is traditionally used as a medicine to trear headaches, fatigue, fever, improve strength, and to increase appetite.  This one of many streets in the Parkview Estates and Silver Heights area with the suffix \"wood\".  This street branches off of Dalebrooke Drive."]
["Dominion Avenue","Historical","Named after the Dominion of Canada, the country's official name.  When Canada ceased being a full British territory, four provinces, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Lower Canada (Quebec), and Upper Canada (Ontario) came together, they could not decide on the full title of Canada.  But, according to legend, New Brunswick's representative, Sir Leonard Tilley, took inspiration from Psalms 72:8, which says \"He shall have dominion also from sea to sea.\"  This reflected the government's dream of eventually connecting with the Pacific Ocean, and seemed perfect for the country.  Thus, the name stuck, and was soon applied to all of Britain's former colonies, such as Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa.  Australia and South Africa have since taken on the different titles of Commonwealth and Union respectively."]
["Dracup Avenue","Historical","Named in honour of George Franklin Dracup, one of Yorkton's first real estate agents.  He not only sold homes but also built them with the most notable being the building that was, at first, the Argyle Apartment Building on Argyle Street.  Dracup also built the Dunlopwas also one of over fifty Yorkton-area men who served in World War I.  Dracup served in the Canadian Expeditionary Force, which was a precursor to the Canadian Army, particularly the calvary militia that was recruited through Yorkton.  Dracup eventually moved on up to the rank of Lieutenant, acting as an oberserver in planes of the newly-formed Royal Flying Corps.  Sadly, Dracup did not survive trhe War's horrors, as he was shot down on July 28, 1917 over the Flanders Offensive.  Today, he remains one of many Canadians buried in Flanders Fields, the area that inspired the creation of the international symbol of remembrance: the poppy.  Dracup's legacy was not forgotten, though.  The street he lived on, once called Ninth Avenue, was renamed Dracup Avenue in his honour, and the buildings he helped build and sell today are foundations of Yorkton's architecture."]
["Drake Bay","Historical","Possibly named after Sir Francis Drake, an English explorer known to be the first Englishman to circumnavigate the world in one trip.  Drake discovered a safe way around the southern tip of South America, becoming the closest any human had gotten to Antarctica at the time.  Drake also mapped the various islands that dot the tip.  After returning from his exploration, the Royal Society agreed to name the strait he had mapped the Drake Passage.  Though the Panama Canal has since replaced the passage as the main way from the Atlantic to the Pacific in the Americas, the Passage still remains a hotspot for the adventurous tourist, with many spectacular sights and unique wildlife along its route."]
["Driftwood Crescent","Natural, Developer","In nature, driftwood is a piece of wood that has fallen into a body of water, mainly an ocean or a lake, and has been carried a great distance from its origins.  By the time it washes back onto shore, the rough edges of the wood have been rubbed smooth, and the bark of the piece has been removed, leaving only the inner wood left.  Driftwood is popular in household decoration, arts and crafts, and for making hardwood floors.  Part of a series of streets in the Parkview Estates and Silver Heights area with the suffix \"wood\".  This street branches off of Dalebrooke Drive."]
["Dulmage Drive","Historical","Named for the Dulmage family, who were among the first homesteaders in the Yorkton area.  Their homestead was located on the southwest corner of what is now the Ravine Ecological Preserve, and were among the prominent groups of people that helped found the city."]
["Duncan Street","Historical","Named for cousins Joseph and W.J. Duncan, who were prominent business partners selling farm machinery.  Joseph was also a Dominion Land Agent as well as an agent for the Cockshutt Plow Company.  Their businesses supplied the local farmers with the tractors, plows, harvesters, and threshers that they needed to work the land surrounding Yorkton."]
["Dundas Road","Historical, Landmark","Named for Dundas Street, one of Toronto's main artery streets.  That street was named in honour of Henry Dundas, the 1st Viscount Melville.  Dundas was a powerful British politician and had a great impact on the British Empire, especially trade in the Empire and the British Military."]
["Dunlop Street","Historical","Named for William Dunlop, one of Yorkton's primary business owners in the 1910s.  Dunlop built his titular Block on the corner of Broadway and Second Avenue in 1903, and owned or leased many businesses out of this building.  Dunlop eventually partnered up with Bradbrooke to create the Yorkton Supply Company.  Dunlop was also elected as Yorkton's fourth mayor in 1905 following the resignation of Thomas Collacott."]
["Dunning Bay","Historical","Named after Charles A. Dunning, who was Premier of Saskatchewan from 1922 to 1926 before going into federal p[politics under William Lyon Mackenzie King's government.  Dunning is known to have strengthened ties between Western provinces and Ottawa.  Dunning is also one of the only Premiers of Saskatchewan to have come from a Yorkton riding."]
["Elizabeth Avenue","Royal, Historical","Named for Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-ruling monarch in British history.  Queen Elizabeth took the throne in 1952, and reigned for seventy years, when she died of an illness in 2022.  Known as the \"people's queen\", Queen Elizabeth was famous for not putting herself too much above her citizens, even going as far as serving in a World War II army ambulance before she ascended the throne.  Throughout her reign, she always took time to meet people, sign autographs, and talk with those who asked her a question.  Though interest and confidence in the British Royal Family waned with the twentieth century, Queen Elizabeth II kept it current, constantly keeping up with the latest technology and trends.  One of her last big events was during the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where she made a guest appearance in a video showcasing James Bond.  This video ended with Queen Elizabeth II appearing to parachute into Olympic Stadium.  When she arrived for real, she became the first sitting monarch in history to attend two Olympic Games in their reigning nation.  Queen Elizabeth II visited Yorkton in 1978 while on a province-wide tour of Saskatchewan."]
["Elmwood Place","Natural, Developer","Named for the elm tree, one of the most common urban trees in Saskatchewan.  Hundreds of thousands of elm trees have been planted in older areas of cities across the province, providing shelter and shade to roads.  Certain types of elm trees have been made into Indigenous healing salves for skin problems like boils, burns, inflammation, and for treating wounds and ulcers.  This is just one of the many streets in the Parkview Estates and Silver Heights area of Yorkton that uses the suffix \"wood\"."]
["Erichsen Place","Historical","Named for Carl T. Erichsen, who first built the Yorkton Brick Yard.  This company used locally-sourced raw materials to create bricks that were used to construct several of Yorkton's original buildings.  After being absorbed by the Doukhobor Brick Plant, the Yorkton Brick Yard became one of Saskatchewan's most successful brick companies.  In addition to their lumber yard and other construction services, the Doukhobors proved to be one of Yorkton's most important groups."]
["Exhibition Street","Historical, Physical Description","Named for the Yorkton Exhibition, which is an annual event and remains one of the oldest continuously-run exhibitions in Canada.  The street lies on the Exhibition Grounds, which also gives it its name."]
["Fenson Crescent","Historical","Named after Herbert Fenson, who was Yorkton's police chief from 1934 to 1941.  Coming into the chief's office after the Prohibition Era, Fenson had been an officer during this turbulent time, and used his experience to great effect as businesses began to change.  After retiring from the R.C.M.P., Fenson became an insurance salesman, providing assistance for motorists as the car became a prevalent thing in daily life.  In 1952, Fenson took this another step up when he became manager of the Saskatchewan Motor Club, a precursor to the modern-day CAA."]
["Fergus Bay","Historical","Named after the Fergus family, who were another one of the pioneering homesteaders around the York Colony."]
["Fietz Street","Political","Named after Otto Fietz, who came to Yorkton as a superintendent of the Federal Grain Company.  Fietz was noted to also volunteer with Travellers' 2000 Club, becoming their Secretary Manager.  He also served as a Yorkton councilman from 195 to 1973.  During his time on City Council, he saw the construction of the building that would later become Yorkton's City Hall, as well as witnessing Yorkton becoming less of an agricultural town and more of a business town, with new slots in the economy being filled."]
["Fitchner Road","Political","Named after Yorkton Mayor William E. Fichtner, who was in office from 1957 to 1968.  Fichtner is known as the mayor who was the first to receive the Chain of Office, a gold-laced silk neckband that all mayors since have worn as part of their official attire.  First introduced in 1963, a new one was fabricated to help update the old one and to celebrate Yorkton's passing into the new millennium in 2000.  Fitchner Road, like many city properties bearing Mayor Fichtner's name, is spelled incorrectly."]
["Foster Street","Historical","Named in honour of Samuel N. Foster, who was one of Yorkton's most notable settlers.  After travelling by horse-drawn buggy from Woodstock, New Brunswick to the Saltcoats area, the foster family became busy farmers.  In 1900, Foster took up the job as caretaker of the Yorkton Immigration Hall, the building that welcomed the hundreds of immigrants that arrived in Yorkton.  By 1905, he had reached the rank of Dominion Land Agent, handing out parcels of land to people that came to farm Yorkton's fertile lands.  He was also a staunch Liberal and hated the Conservative government that reigned during his life, to the point of frequently removing the name boards for Tupper Avenue and replacing them with his own!"]
["Franklin Avenue, Franklin Drive","Historical","This street has two possible origins.  The first is Benjamin Franklin Patrick, one of Yorkton's first City Clerks.  Patrick Park, one of Yorkton's most popular parks, is also named for him.\nThe second origin is Sir John Franklin, the head of one of Canada's most notorious expeditions.  The Franklin Expedition was commissioned by Queen Victoria and the man in charge of the British Admiralty, John Barrow.  Both of them wanted to find what had been deemed the \"Northwest Passage\", a direct passageway that could link the North Atlantic, Arctic, and North Pacific Oceans.  This would mean that shipping traffic heading to the American Pacific Coast and East Asia, known as the \"Orient\" back then, would not have to head all the way south through the Drake Passage and back up to reach their destinations.  Though sections from either end had been navigated and charted, the innermost link between those sections had not been fully navigated by anybody except the Inuit.  Sailing on two specially-outfitted British warships, HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, Franklin's team made it partway through the last section when a series of erros and unfortunate events led to both ships being bound in ice.  With the Arctic winter setting in, Franklin's team tried to endure the cold and make it back to Western Civilization.  Sadly, none of them made it, with evidence showing that they died in various places enroute.  To this day, the Franklin Expedition has seen various spotlights over the years.  While it was seen at first as a complete disaster, when it was later discovered that the expedition had nearly linked the passage, the expedition was given a better limelight."]
["Franko Drive","Historical","Believed to be named after Ivan Yakovych Franko, a notable Ukrainian.  Franko was a poet, writer, poet, writer, social and literary critic, journalist, interpreter, economist, political activist, doctor of philosophy, ethnographer, and the author of the first detective novels and modern poetry in the Ukrainian language.  In addition, he was considered a political radical, founding the socialist movement in Western Ukraine.  As he wrote his own works, Franko also translated several renowned writers in Ukrainian, including Shakespeare, Lord Byron, Victor Hugo, Dante, and Friedrich Schiller.  He has had a momentous impact on Ukrainian literature and politics in the modern world."]
["Garry Place","Historical","Believed to be named for Nicholas Garry, who came to Canada in 1821 to negotiate the amalgamation of the Hudson's Bay and North West Companies.  He was deputy-governor of the Hudson's Bay Company from 1822 to 1835.  Winnipeg's Hudson Bay Company fort, known as Fort Garry, was also named after him.  This fort was later torn down as the Hudson Bay Company moved on to more permanent buildings instead of forts.  The Hotel Fort Garry, built by the Grand Trunk Railway, resides on the site."]
["Gibson Bay","Historical","Named for James Brown Gibson, one of Yorkton’s most affluent businessmen.  He was mayor of the town from 1920 to 1924, becoming one of the last mayors before Yorkton became a city."]
["Gladstone Avenue","Historical","Named after British Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone, who was in power as the York Colony was being founded and was still Chancellor of the Exchequer (British equivalent of the Canadian Minister of Finance) when Yorkton moved to its current location.  Gladstone holds the record for the longest non-consecutive term as British Prime Minister at twelve years."]
["Glenbrooke Drive","Natural, Developer","A glen is another term for a long, narrow, shallow valley with gently-sloped sides.  Part of a series of streets with the suffix \"brooke\" in the Parkview Estates and Silver Heights neighbourhoods.  This is one of the only two streets in the \"Brooke\" series that is not a main artery with streets branching off of it."]
["Good Spirit Crescent","Natural, Developer","Named after Good Spirit Lake, a large body of water north of the City of Yorkton that is home to many recreational sites. Good Spirit Lake is a direct translation of the Cree/Saulteaux word 'manitow', which is what they originally called the lake.  But when the Hudson's Bay Company arrived in the area, their explorers did not believe that any spirit could be considered 'good', so they named the lake 'Devil's Lake' or 'Witch's Lake'.  This carried on until 1954, when the local post office closed.  The original name of Good Spirit was resurrected, pleasing many of the remaining First Nations Peoples.  Today, the Rural Municipality that the lake is a part of also bears the name of Good Spirit, as does the region's school division.  This is one of many streets in Riverside named for lakes."]
["Gordon Avenue","Developer","Named for Gordon Harris, the son of the builder of the Harris Sub-Division."]
["Green Street","Natural","Possibly named in reference to the beautiful green lands that surround Yorkton.  The Parkland Region is known throughout Saskatchewan as having some of the most beautiful scenery in the province."]
["Hamilton Road","Historical","Named in honour of James R. Hamilton, who was a very powerful businessman in Yorkton.  Originally from Ballywalter, Ireland, Hamilton moved to Winnipeg in 1909 and took up a position in Ashdown Hardware before moving on up to North Star Oil Ltd., where he was auditor and salesman.  In 1919, North Star made him company representative for Yorkton, bringing in gasoline, and the booming potential of the car, to the bustling city-to-be.  Hamilton also served on town council, seeing the transition to Yorkton becoming a city, as well as being a member of a number of clubs and groups.  Those organizations included the United Commercial Travellers, the Masons, and the congregation of the First Baptist Church."]
["Harris Street","Developer","Named for James H. Harris, the builder of the Harris Sub-Division."]
["Haultain Street","Political","Named for Sir Frederick William Gordon Haultain, who was first elected to the Territorial Government of the North West Territories in 1887.  He served as Premier of the North West Territories from 1887 to 1905.  He greatly aided the development of responsible government and his efforts were a major factor in the creation of the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan.  He later served as the Chief Justice for Saskatchewan, during which he celebrated four wonderful anniversaries in the same year of 1937.  They were his 80th birthday, the 50th anniversary of his election to the North West Territories Council, his 30th year as a member of the senate of the University of Saskatchewan and the 25th anniversary of his elevation to the Bench as Chief Justice of Saskatchewan.  Widely celebrated as one of Saskatchewan's most influential politicians, several streets and memorials honour his legacy."]
["Heath Court","Historical","Named in honour of Elizabeth Heath, who was one of the first women in Canada to homestead by herself, without a husband or male family members to help her.  This is part of a series of names in the new York Landing sub-division that will celebrate some of the York Colonization Company's original members and homesteaders."]
["Henderson Drive, Henderson Street","Historical","Though not fully verified, the most likely source of this name is James Henderson, an artist the came to Canada from Glasgow in 1909.  He worked as a commercial artist, but painted portraits as well.  The beauty of the Qu'Appelle Valley was so appealing to him that in 1916, he and his wife moved to a little cottage in the valley, making trips to various areas around the Parkland Region.   His various paintings of the prairie landscape and his portraits of prairie Indigenous Peoples are a lasting memorial to him."]
["Hershey Road","Developer","Named as one of Yorkton's newest roads, Hershey Road was chosen simply as something the customers of the developers could remember.  The road was originally called Service Street due to it being an access road to services and business for the southern part of Saskatchewan Highway 9, but with two other roads in Yorkton already having this name, the developer of this commercial area decided to name the street differently."]
["High Street","Landmark","High Street is a traditional name used in British towns and cities that designate the main shopping street of the community.  Though this street is mainly used as a linkage between Roslyn and Tupper Avenues, Yorkton's High Street keeps up the tradition of a British-born town having a \"High\" street."]
["Hillbrooke Drive","Natural, Developer","Named in reference to the plentiful hills that surround Yorkton and dot the landscape across the Parkland Region.  These hills were formed during the melting of last Ice Age through a multitude of processes.  These include the frequent freeze-thaw cycles at the edges of ice sheets causing groundwater to freeze and push up soil, ice sheets pushing  up 'wrinkles' of soil as they expand and contract, and the depositing of soil and rocks by the ice sheets..  Today, these hills make the Parkland Region far more rolling and uneven than the flatter grasslands areas of the southern parts of Saskatchewan.  Part of a series of streets with the suffix \"brooke\" in the Parkview Estates and Silver Heights neighbourhoods.  Hillbrooke is an oddity in the Parkview Estates plan, by not having its name start with a 'c' for Circlebrooke."]
["Imperial Street","Historical","Named for Canada's relationship to the British Empire.  The British Empire was the largest empire in recorded history, covering a peak area of thirty-five-and-a-half million square kilometers and having a population over half a billion people in 1920.  After that peak, World War I ended the Age of Colonization, meaning that great European Empires were no longer tolerated or believed strong.  With the fall of the Russian Empire, which was the third largest in history, countries began becoming indepenant from their Imperial powers.  When India was peacefully made an independant nation, the British Royal Family decided to end the title of British Empire, and reorganized the remaining countries that had the British monarch as their head of state as the British Commonwealth.  Even today, there are countries that are seperating themselves from what is still considered Imperial Rule."]
["Independent Street","Historical","Named in reference to Canada's partial independence from Great Britain.  When Canada was first colonized by Europeans, the two main empires were the British and French.  The Europeans soon spread themselves across the immense land, using their fur-trading companies, the British Hudson Bay Company and the Frend North West Company, to interact with the Indigenous People.  But after Britain began losing their iron grip over their Imperial Territories, particularly the United States, Canada began to promote its independance.  On July 1st, 1867, the Fathers of Conderation signed the British North America Act, which signed all direct control of the land that would later become Canada over to what had been up until that point the Colonial Government.  A Parliament was set up in Ottawa, and Canada finally could make decisions for themselves.  The only caveat was that, unlike the United States, Canada would still have the British Monarch as its head-of state.  This became known as the Commonwealth Agreement, where former British colonies such as Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, and South Africa act indepently but have Britain as their head of state.  While meaning Canada is not entirely independant, it means that the government ruling Canada is in the nation, not across the Atlantic."]
["Industrial Avenue","Physical Description","Named in regards to the street's location in the Gladstone Industrial Park.  This park came into being with the arrival of the Canadian Northern Railway in 1915, when the railway established a small interchange yard where it connected with the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway.  At this yard, the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool set up a grain elevator, followed by two more by the 1930s.  Soon, other industries were using the almost boundless northern edge of the city to their advantage."]
["Irwin Avenue","Historical","Named for Henry Irwin, one of the original homesteaders for the York Colony.  Having moved from Colchester County, Nova Scotia, the area that surrounds Truro, Irwin arrived to farm an area that even today is prime grain country.  Little is known about what Irwin did beyond farming, but what is known is that he was on the registry compile in 1883, the year after the Colony was founded."]
["James Avenue","Historical","There are two possible origins for this name.  This first is James Armstrong, Esq., who was the managing director of the York Farmers Colonization Company.  Known as the \"Father of Yorkton\", Armstrong was in charge of tracking the settlers coming into the Colony, filing out land claims for them, and for maintaining the books of the company.  Armstrong did not initially move to York Colony when it was founded, but he did play a fundamental role in its foundation.\nThe second is the British Royal Name James, which dates back to the 1600s.  While a British King has not had the name James since the 1700s, it is still common for members of the family to be given the name, due to the limited number of acceptable royal names."]
["Johnston Bay","Political","Named in honour of two brothers, T.H. Johnston, and William J. Johnston, who served on Yorkton City Council from 1941 to 1946 and 1948 to 1953 respectively."]
["Jubilee Crescent","Historical","Named in honour of Saskatchewan's Jubilee in 1955.  Saskatchewan was fully formed when it and Alberta were finally carved out of the North-West Territories in 1905, becoming the eighth and ninth provinces respectively.  Originally, the two provinces were planned to be one, simply labelled as \"Buffalo\", but it was thought it would be too difficult to administer such a large, sparsely populated area, so the provinces were divided.  In 1955, the provinces held massive celebrations to honour all that had happened to their homes and how far they had come."]
["Kelsey Bay","Historical","Henry Kelsey, believed to be the first white man ever to view the Saskatchewan plains, was sent into the interior of Canada in 1690 by the Hudson's Bay Company. Kelsey was deputy governor of company posts on Hudson Bay from 1717 to 1718, and governor from 1718 to 1722, when he was recalled to London after 40 years of service with the Company.  This is part of a series of streets named for famous Western Canadian explorers. "]
["Kelwood Place","Developer","Named for a friend or relative of James H. Harris, the builder of the Harris Sub-Division.  The section of this street that connects it to Gordon Avenue is called Kelvin Street on city records, but no addresses exist on this street nor do any street signs exist to confirm this designation."]
["Kilborn Bay","Political","Named for Yorkton's second overseer and very first mayor, W.L.D. Kilborn.  Kilborn ensured that the operations of the village went smoothly.  Born in Canada before moving to North Dakota, Kilborn ventured north to the promise of the York Colony.  "]
["King Street","Royal","This street is simply named after the title of King, who is the head of state in Canada.  Prior to King Charles III, who officially took the crown in 2023, the last King to rule the British Monarchy, including Canada, was King George VI, who ruled from 1936 until 1952.  Various kings before him ruled during Yorkton's existence, helping influence the life and times in the small city."]
["Laird Bay","Historical","There are two possible sources for this name.  The first is Senator Harry W. Laird, who played a significant role in Saskatchewan history.  He was a well known newspaper owner and editor before the 1900 gold rush led him to sell his papers and move west to Barkerville, British Columbia.  The boom proved a fiasco and he came to Regina in 1901 where he went into business and farmed land which is now part of the city.  One of the Lairds' proudest moments was celebrating the inauguration of the province of Saskatchewan. When World War I broke out, Laird was 46 but he promptly resumed the military activities he had dropped in 1900.  With the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, he organized and went to France in command of the 3rd Divisional Train, Canadian Expeditionary Force, remaining at the front until 1917.  His eldest son, a brilliant aviator, was killed in action in 1917. Soon after Mr. Laird returned to Regina, Sir Robert Borden appointed him to the Senate in Ottawa. \nThe second source is David Laird, who was Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba and the North West Territories from 1876 to 1881.  Laird was in charge of acquring the land for the York Farmer's Colonization Company, working alongside James Armstrong and N. Clark Wallace to chose and attain the perfect lands for the colony."]
["Lakeview Road","Developer","Named as a part of a series of \"View\" streets in the Parkview Estates neighbourhood.  This is one of only two main artery streets in Parkview Estates that does not have any streets branching off of it, meaning that there are no streets other than this one beginning with 'l'; the other street is Glenbrooke Drive."]
["Landfill Road","Physical Description","Named due to it being the access road to Yorkton's Landfill.  Yorkton's landfill actually sits on the original site of the York Colony.  The York Farmers Colonization Company purchased the land and sent settlers to establish a permanent residence on the site.  After seven years of difficult, but successful farming, the village moved to its current location due to the arrival of the Manitoba and Northwestern Railway.  The old site was forgotten about, only thought on by those interested in history.  Eventually, the site was used as the landfill, burying any archeological evidence of the site under mountains of waste. "]
["Langrill Drive","Political","Named after Clarence G. Langrill, who was Yorkton's mayor from 1948 to 1954.  Langrill was a prominent businessman before becoming mayor, having arrived in the town in 1912 as an officer manager for the Canadian Pacific Railway's land department.  He quickly joined the Hudson Bay Company on its land department when a spot opened there.  After marrying, Langrill chose to open his own business, setting up a real estate and insurance business.  Langrill was also involved with Yorkton Collegiate Board, the Yorkton Board of Trade, as well as the Saskatchewan Motor Club.  When he was elected mayor, he earned the highest majority of any mayor in Yorkton history, with an astounding 82.5% of the votes!"]
["Larmour Bay","Historical","Names after O.S. Larmour, one of Yorkton's early businessmen.  With his partner Norman Peer, Larmour built the Larmour Block on Third Avenue.  Initially housing Larmour's music and flower shop and Peer's electric goods store on the ground floor, and offices on the second floor, the Larmour Block has since traded hands several times.  Today, the Block houses CORE Real Estate Inc."]
["Laurier Avenue","Political","Sir Wilfrid Laurier (1841-1919) was the leader of the federal Liberal Party from 1887-1919, represented the federal riding of Prince Albert from 1896-1900 and governed Canada as Prime Minister from 1896-1911.  He was the country’s first French-Canadian Prime Minister and was the dominant political figure of his era.  A skillful and pragmatic politician with a charming personality, he was an expert in the “softness of compromise and the hard use of power”.  He was a strong promoter of Canadian autonomy within the British Empire and oversaw the expansion of the Canadian West and the rapid industrialization of the country as a whole.  Laurier visited Yorkton in 1910 on what was the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway's first train into the city. "]
["Lawrence Avenue","Developer","Named for a friend or relative of James H. Harris, the builder of the Harris Sub-Division."]
["Lily Avenue","Natural","Named in honour of the Western Red Lily, known colloquially as the Tiger Lily.  This flower is Saskatchewan's provincial flower, and can be seen on its provincial flag.  The lily is found throughout much of Canada and several areas of the United States, and with its status as the provincial flower, it cannot be uprooted, picked, or intentionally damaged in any manner within the provincial borders.  Before it inherited its title, the lily's bulb was a medicine for cold symptoms, as well as a treatment of heart disease, as well as a means to strengthen facial muscles when used in a paste."]
["Lincoln Avenue","Historical","The origin of this name is not fully recorded.  However the neighbourhood that the street resides in has a general theme of being named after original farmers in the York Colony and the area surrounding the Village of Yorkton.  While a Lincoln does not appear in any surviving ledger, the name was common among American immigrants that were spreading across Western Canada at the time."]
["Little Child Way","Political, Indigenous, Historical","Named in honour of J. Wilton \"Willie\" Littlechild, who was a residential school survivor, an Alberta Member of Parliament, and was on the 1977 Indigenous delegation to the United Nations that began work on the United Nations International Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, which was ratified in 2007.  When Canada did not initially sign the Declaration, Littlechild worked alongside the Assembly of First Nations to change that, and his and the Assemby's efforts bore fruit in 2021, when Canada became the first nation that initially voted down the Declaration to adopt it into their laws."]
["Livingstone Street","Political","Named in honour of Charles D. Livingstone, a prominent lawyer and politician in Yorkton, becoming the town's tenth mayor in 1913.  He valued his town greatly, and joined service for Canada's military during World War I.  Sadly, he was killed in action at the Battle of the Somme in October of 1916.  In honour of his sacrifice and his service to the town, the town renamed North Front Street in his honour (see South Front Street for description).  This street once was Yorkton's main street, running along the railways and housing several main businesses to cater to those coming off of the trains."]
["Logan Crescent","Historical","Named after James P. Logan, who was a prominent carpenter in early Yorkton.  After arriving in Yorkton in 1903, Logan partnered up with William Black to form Logan & Black Contracting.  This company would balloon into one of Western Canada's most noted builders, with many major projects across Eastern Saskatchewan bearing their name.  The Logan Green, which is Yorkton's largest greenspace, was named after Logan Crescent due to its proximity."]
["Mabel Avenue","Historic","The name of this street is not fully explained, but it is part of a series of names in the new York Landing sub-division that will celebrate some of the York Farmers Colonization Company's original members and homesteaders, so it is safe to assume that Mabel was the first name of one of the settlers."]
["MacFarline Avenue","Political","Named after Cosmo J. MacFarline, Yorkton's very first overseer, a precursor to a mayor in the village.  Getting elected when Yorkton became a village in 1884, MacFarline oversaw the community's first year of operation.  He also ran an auctioneering business for local farmers and helped form the Yorkton Agricultural and Industrial Exhibition Association, now known simply as the Yorkton Exhibition Association.  "]
["Mackenzie Drive","Historical","Named for the Scottish explorer Alexander Mackenzie, who was the first European recorded to have traversed the entire width of Canada.  His explorations into Canada's north include the Yukon, where the Mackenzie River is named for him."]
["Madge Way","Natural, Developer","Named after Madge Lake, a large body of water northeast of the City of Yorkton that is home to many recreational sites. One of many streets in Riverside named for bodies of water."]
["Magrath Street","Historical","Named for the Magrath family.  Reverend Myler Magrath was a noted early priest in the Catholic churches in Yorkton.  His son, James Magrath, successfully ran a general store in Yorkton, using his store as a trading post for Indigenous Peoples to sell their furs and pelts."]
["Manitoba Avenue","Landmark, Indigenous","Named after the province of Manitoba.  Manitoba is in close proximity to Yorkton, and has a massive influence on the city in terms of trade.  The name Manitoba actually comes from multiple Indigenous languages, particularly the Cree word manitou-wapow, and the Ojibwe word manidoobaa, both of which mean \"straits of Manitou, the Great Spirit\"; it also could come from the Assiniboine/Nakota word minnetoba, which means \"Lake of the Prairies\", referring to Lake Winnipeg."]
["Maple Avenue","Natural","Named after the family of maple trees, one of Canada's most iconic symbols.  The two most popular varieties of the tree in the Yorkton area are the Manitoba Maple, used in landscaping, and the Sugar Maple, used in creating maple syrup.  The pure syrup contains numerous antioxidants, is used as an alternative for refined sugar, and has important vitamins and minerals it.  The bark of the maple tree is used as a traditional eye-cleanser, a treatment for cataracts, and a remedy for hives and muscular aches."]
["Marquis Crescent","Developer","Named by the developer of Silver Heights to reflect the upscale feel for the neighbourhood they were trying to accomplish.  In their eye, \"Marquis\" was literally the \"marquis\" place to live."]
["Matheson Crescent","Historical","Named after the revered couple Dr. Elizabeth Matheson and Reverend John R. Matheson.  Dr. Matheson was one of Canada's first women doctors, who with her husband spent much of her life ministering to the Indians of northern Saskatchewan. As a young woman, Matheson studied medicine for a year at Queen's University, then taught in India under the auspices of the Presbyterian Church.  On her return to Canada in 1891, she married John Matheson and they soon took up their work among the Cree Indians of the Onion Lake Anglican Mission, north of the present city of Lloydminster.  Here they built a residential school, but with no doctor closer than Battleford, Matheson was persuaded to continue her interrupted medical training.  She graduated in 1898 and for 20 years she practised medicine among the Indians and white settlers, riding horseback long distances over difficult trails.  In 1918, Dr. Matheson moved to Winnipeg where she became assistant medical director for the Public School Board, an office she held until 1941. "]
["Mayfair Avenue","Developer","Named for a friend or relative of James H. Harris, the builder of the Harris Sub-Division."]
["Mayhew Avenue","Historical","Named in honour of Kenneth M. Mayhew, who served as the editor of the Yorkton Enterprise.  His stories included the elections of some of Saskatchewan's most famous Premiers and Canada's most famous Prime Ministers.  He also was one of the last editors of the paper while it was owned by people in Yorkton, as it was bought up by Toronto-based Thomson Newspaper Company in the 1980s."]
["McBurney Drive","Political","Named after A.L. McBurney, an alderman and city councillor for Yorkton during the 1950s and 1960s.  He served on the council that saw the construction of the building that would later become Yorkton's City Hall.  During his tenure, he also saw Yorkton become less of an agricultural town and more of a business town, with new slots in the economy being filled.  It was during this time that many new neighbourhoods were being built in Yorkton, and new streets were being named."]
["McLeod Drive","Historical","Named in honour of John McLeod, a Scottish-born explorer and fur trader with the North West and Hudson Bay Companies.  As part of his work, McLeod helped map out parts of Canada and helped establish posts and forts along the frontiers of European-occupied territory."]
["McNeil Crescent","Historical","Named after brothers Charles and Andrew McNeil, two farmers who were neighbouring colonizers in the York Colony.  Both of them went on to play prominent roles in the city, with one or  of them rising to the position of city Alderman.  They did not receive their land under the rules of the Dominion Lands Act, but outright purchased their land from the York Farmers Colonization Company, an option given only to a select number of settlers due to the high price of land in the Colony."]
["Melrose Avenue","Landmark","Probably named after Melrose, a town in Scotland.  Melrose is an Old Welsh term that means 'bare peninsula', referring to a jut of land east of the town.  Melrose is known best as the home of the ruins of Melrose Abbey, one of the Scotland's most prominent religious buildings.  Built between 1136 and 1609, the Cistercian monastery is the final resting place for several Scottish kings, who ruled before Great Britain was a United Kingdom.  As the abbey was among the most important religious locations in all of Scotland, and as it was close to the border between Scotland and England, it was a primary target for raids and assault by the English during the Eight Years War.  By the time Scotland was secured as a part of the United Kingdom, the abbey had fallen into ruin, with only sections still standing.  Those sections today have been declared a Scottish Historic Site, and are a favourite archeology site due to its massive burial site."]
["Milne Bay","Historical, Developer","There are two possible origins for this name.  The first is Reverend Don Milne, who led the congregation of Yorkton's Westview United Church.  Serving in the Yorkton church for fifty-two years, Milne also put his assistance out in the larger community, serving as the chairman of the School Board, the Yorkton Rotary Club, and helped found the Society for the Involvement of Good Neighbours, or SIGN.  He also voulnteered with Yorkton's United Way, as well as serving as Civil Chaplain and Yorkton Legion Padre for Canadian Forces Station Whitespruce, located just northwest of the city.\nThe second origin is World War 2 RAF pilot John Milne.  Milne was fighting for his country when his aircraft was shot down south of London during the Blitz.  He was saved and brought to Dorkin Hospital, where he was treated by his future wife, Non Jones.  After falling in love during Milne's healing, he married her before returning to action.  Though he couldn't avoid getting shot down again, this time in North Africa, Milne and his wife returned to Yorkton after the war among the many servicemen and women that had enlisted."]
["Moritz Bay","Historical, Political","Named after Fred J. Moritz, who arrived in Yorkton in 1904 as a representative for the Bawlf Grain Elevator Company and the James Richardson and Sons Company.  He quickly became prominent in Yorkton, getting appointed to Alderman just four years after arriving, a position he held non-consecutively for six years.  "]
["Morris Bay","Historical","Two possible sources come for this street name.  The first is Alexander Morris, who was Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba from 1872 to 1877 and also served as Lieutenant Governor of the North West Territories from 1872 to 1876.  The second is George Morris, who owned a large farm implement business that he set up in 1949.  That business, named Morris Rod Weeder Company, earned Morris the Order of Canada for his contributions to farming and to Yorkton.  Though built in Parkview Estates, Morris Bay is one of the few streets that do not follow the original naming system."]
["Morrison Drive","Historical","Named after William H. Morrison, who was an active lawyer in the city.  From 1952 to 1953, Morrison also served as Yorkton's Alderman, as well as on the Yorkton Collegiate Board.  In 1959, he was appointed to the Queen's Counsel, becoming just the second lawyer in Yorkton to earn that title."]
["Mossfield Crescent","Natural, Developer","Named after mosses, which are a series of small, soft plants that are typically 1–10 cm (0.4-4 in) tall, though some species are much larger.  They commonly grow close together in clumps or mats in damp or shady locations.  They do not have flowers or seeds, and their simple leaves cover the thin wiry stems.  At certain times mosses produce spore capsules which may appear as beak-like capsules borne aloft on thin stalks.  Traditionally, mosses have been used in cough medicines and in first aid as a wound dressing, as well as a part of natural navigation.  This street is named as a part of a series of \"Field\" streets in the Parkview Estates neighbourhood.  This street branches off of Mountview Road."]
["Mountview Road","Developer","Just like with Hillbrooke Drive, Mountview Road references the plentiful hills, or \"mounts\", that surround Yorkton and dot the landscape across the Parkland Region.  These hills were formed during the melting of last Ice Age through a multitude of processes.  These include the frequent freeze-thaw cycles at the edges of ice sheets causing groundwater to freeze and push up soil, ice sheets pushing  up 'wrinkles' of soil as they expand and contract, and the depositing of soil and rocks by the ice sheets.  Today, these hills make the Parkland Region far more rolling and uneven than the flatter grasslands areas of the southern parts of Saskatchewan. Named as a part of a series of \"View\" streets in the Parkview Estates neighbourhood.  This street is one of the main arteries in Parkview Estates."]
["Myrtle Avenue","Natural","Named after the myrtus plant, known more commonly as myrtle.  Myrtle is a series of flowering plants commonly used as an ornamental plant in gardening, bases for liqueurs, spices and oils for cooking, as well as traditional medicines.  Those medicines are used to fight agianst acne, canker sores, persistant heartburn, warts among other ailments, as well as working as an antibacterial and antifungal treatment.  Myrtle eventually came to be used as an asexual first name, common amongst both men and women."]
["National Street","Political","Named in recognition of Canada being a nation.  National is a common word that is used interchangeably with federal when referring to things and concepts that span all of Canada, and is also commonly associated with the unity of the country."]
["Newfield Place","Developer","Named as a part of a series of \"Field\" streets in the Parkview Estates neighbourhood.  This street branches off of Northview Road."]
["North Airport Road","Physical Description","Named due to it being the northern access road to the Yorkton Municipal Airport."]
["North Street","Physical Description","Named for its northern proximity of the neighbourhood it is in."]
["Northfield Bay","Developer","Named due to it being on the north side of its artery street.  It is a part of a series of \"Field\" streets in the Parkview Estates neighbourhood, and branches off of Northview Road."]
["Northview Road","Developer","Named as a part of a series of \"View\" streets in the Parkview Estates neighbourhood.  This street is one of the main arteries in Parkview Estates."]
["Novak Road","Political","Named after Dr. M.C. Novak, Yorkton's mayor from 1955 to 1956.  His father being a break off from the famous Doukhobors that once occupied Yorkton, his original surname was Novakshonoff; he shortened it after graduating with his Bachelor's degree from the University of Saskatchewan.  In 1935, he arrived in Yorkton and opened up a doctor's clinic.  During his time in the city, he was not only mayor, but also alderman, as well as serving on, and acting as president of, the Yorkton Board of Trade.  He also was a member and president of the Yorkton Rotary Club and was president of the Yorkton Terriers.  In the later years of his practice, he was instrumental in the planning and building of the Yorkton Union Hospital, the modern day Yorkton Regional Health Centre."]
["Ontario Avenue","Landmark, Indigenous","Named after the Canadian province of Ontario.  Ontario is one of the four original provinces to join together to form Canada, back when it was called Upper Canada.  Many of Canada's first major cities were built in Ontario, including Kingston, Ottawa, and York, the latter of which would become Toronto.  The original York Colony was founded by a group of men in York, Ontario, and as a result, a massive amount of the immigrants to the area came from Ontario.  The name Ontario actually comes from multiple Indigenous languages, particularly the Huron word ontari:io, which means \"great lake\";  it also could come from the Iroquois word skanadario, which means \"beautiful waters\" or \"sparkling waters\", both referring to Ontario's connection to the Great Lakes."]
["Pacific Way","Historical, Landmark, Natural","There are two possible origins for this street name.  The first is the Canadian Pacific Railway, a company that had an incredible impact on the development of Yorkton.  The village of Yorkton was originally further north than its current location, but when the railway came to the area, there was a clash in the land deals, which meant that the railway had to build south of the town site.  Yorkton therefore moved to its current location so it could be served by the lines.   Even today, some of the city's biggest employers still rely on the railway for business. \nThe second source is the Pacific Ocean, which was the ultimate destination for explorers and the Canadian government in the early years of the nation.  They wanted a way to connect the deeply settled Atlantic region with the hugely promising Pacific region.  This is why two of Western Canada's original big railways, Grand Trunk Pacific and Canadian Pacific, were named as such."]
["Palliser Way","Historical","Captain John Palliser, an adventurous Irishman, participated in a buffalo hunt on the American prairies from 1847 to 1848 and wrote about his experiences.  In 1887, the British government invited him to head an expedition to the Canadian prairies and the Rockies.  His principal objective was to report on the feasibility of building a trans-Canada railway.  Published in 1863, Palliser's report was considered one of the most significant documents printed concerning the prairie west.  His evaluation of the southern part of what is now the province of Saskatchewan was very pessimistic.  \"Whenever we struck out on the broad prairie,\" he wrote, \"we generally found the soil worthless, except here and there.\"  The area he described in such negative terms became known as the Palliser triangle, which today is ironically one of the most productive areas in Canada.  In 1857, Captain Palliser was awarded the Victoria Gold Medal of the Royal Geographic Society, and in 1877 he was made a Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George."]
["Park Road, Park Street","Physical Description, Historical","There are two possible origins for this names.  The first is for their location near or within Yorkton's city parks.  The second is being named after Park's Jewellery, one of Yorkton's oldest continuously-run businesses.  Park's Jewellery was first established in 1928 as businesses began setting up shop along Broadway Street and opening up the new downtown area.  Moving through several locations, it currently stands on 2nd Avenue North."]
["Parklane Drive","Developer","Named by the developer after the Parkview Estates neighbourhood.  Parklane Drive encircles what was initially supposed to be the schoolyard for a public school, across Parkview Road from St. Paul's Catholic Elementary School.  When the school was never built, the city approved an addition to the sub-division.  This street branches off of Parkview Road."]
["Parkview Road","Developer","Named by the developer after the Parkview Estates neighbourhood.  Parkview Estates was built during the 1950s as Yorkton's population swelled in the post-war boom.  As hundreds of European immigrants came to the area to escape the destruction of the major economies on their home continent, they generally moved into areas that fit their homers.  With Yorkton's long-standing history with Ukrainian and Scandinavian cultures, several more immigrants arrived, allowing Yorkton to expand its size."]
["Parkwood Road","Developer","References the Silver Heights Park that forms one end of the street as well as the Parkview Estates Neighbourhood, which is one the other end of the street.  This street was named by the developer as part of a series of \"Wood\" streets in the Parkview Estates-Silver Heights area."]
["Partridge Court","Natural, Historical","There are two possible origins for this street.  First is the common European game bird introduced to Saskatchewan.  One of the most common in Saskatchewan is the Hungarian Partridge, or \"Hun\".  These birds are notoriously difficult to hunt, due to their unusual flapping pattern and blistering speed in the air.  Due to their speed, the birds do not stay too long in the air, making them hard to shoot down.  It is a traditional prize to catch a partridge, and their meat is highly valued.\nThe second origin is Edmund A. Partridge, who was a Sintaluta farmer who conceived the idea for the organization of the United Grain Growers, later to become the nucleus of the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool.  He wrote a book entitled War on Poverty, which anticipated many of the theories later adopted by the CCF party."]
["Peaker Avenue","Political","Named after James E. Peaker, one of Yorkton's early homesteaders.  Peaker continued to expand his business, eventually becoming a grain merchant for the area and even being elected as Yorkton's Mayor in 1917.  During his tenure as Mayor, Peaker was gifted with the ornate Yorkton Mayor Chair, a throne-like wooden chair that was used by Peaker during the majority of his time as mayor.  His son, Charles A. Peaker, also served as Yorkton Mayor through all of World War II, maintaining city strength and community spirit during the dark times."]
["Peter Pond Road","Historical","Named after Peter Pond, who was one of the founding members of the French North West Company, which was the Hudson Bay Company's biggest rival.  His explorations of Western Canada led to some of the earliest accurate drawings and maps of the area between Hudson Bay and the Rocky Mountains, as well as the first forays into what is now the Yukon and Northwest Territories.  This is part of a series of streets named for famous Western Canadian explorers. "]
["Pheasant Cove","Natural","Named after the Ring-Necked Pheasant, a common game bird of the prairies.  A species initially introduced to North America, it flourishes in captivity and has spread widely throughout Saskatchewan.  Part of a series of streets in Riverside named for birds."]
["Pinkerton Bay","Historical","Named for Edwin Pinkerton, the manager of Yorkton’s first Co-op.  Pinkerton was also on Yorkton’s Town Council from 1919-1921.  He was elected mayor from 1925-1926 and 1933-1934."]
["Poplar Bay, Poplar Gate","Natural","Named for the poplar (Populus genus) tree, which are a type of trees native to Saskatchewan stream and riverbeds.  Included in this genus are cottonwoods and Balsam poplars.  Poplar bark, leaves, and dried leaf buds are ground up to be used in medicines for coughs and for treating wounds.  Part of a series of streets in Riverside named for trees."]
["Potoski Street","Historical","Named in honour of Dr. Stephanie Potoski, who was one of Yorkton's most prominent physicians.  She served the community for over thirty years, and also dedicated herself to serving the Ukrainian Catholic community that was prominent in Yorkton.  Potoski was also a director of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation between 1964 and 1968."]
["Power Street","Physical Description","Named for the fact that it once was the access road to Saskatchewan Power's Yorkton power station.  The station was located behind the Broadway Centre strip mall, and once house the generators that powered Yorkton's early electrical grid.  When SaskPower took over production, things became more centralized, meaning that the power station was decommissioned and Spy Hill Station taking over for most of Yorkton's power grid."]
["Prystai Way","Historical","Named for famed Yorkton-born Ukrainian NHL hockey player Dmytro \"Metro\" Prystai, who was a two-time Stanley Cup winner while playing for both the Chicago Blackhawks and the Detroit Redwings."]
["Queen Street","Royal","Named after the Title of the British Monarch, who is Canada's Head of State.  For the majority of Yorkton's existence, the head of state in Canada has been a queen.  The first was Queen Victoria, who was one of Britain's longest serving and most prominent rulers (see Victoria Avenue for more information of Victoria), and the second was Queen Elizabeth II, who reigned from 1952 to 2022 (see Elizabeth Avenue for more information)"]
["Rae Avenue","Historical","Dr. Joe Rae, an eminent Scottish explorer, sailed to Moose Factory, Ontario as a surgeon in the employ of the Hudson's Bay Company in 1833.  A man of exceptional endurance, he made the 1,200-mile journey from Red River to Sault Ste. Marie in two months during the winter of 1844/1845.  Developing a successful technique for living off the land, he became the foremost Arctic explorer of his day.  Dr. Rae made four important voyages to the Arctic, charting hundreds of miles of previously unmapped coastline.  On his fourth expedition, he found the first incontrovertible evidence of the tragic fate of Sir John Franklin who had disappeared in the Arctic while searching for the North West Passage.  In addition to several Canadian street names, a fort, an isthmus, a strait, and a river were named in Dr. Rae's honour."]
["Railway Drive","Landmark","Named after the railways that helped found Yorkton.  Just like nearly all communities in Saskatchewan, the railway has played a significant part in the history of Yorkton.  All three of the major railways in Western Canada, Canadian Pacific, Canadian Northern, and Grand Trunk Western, built lines through the city to access the tremendous agricultural industry in the area.  As a result, Yorkton went from village to city faster than any other community in Saskatchewan.  Today, though the amount of traffic has lessened since the railways' peak in the 1940s, they still play a prominent role in the city's trade network."]
["Reaman Avenue","Historical, Political","Named in honour of Joel Reaman, whose general store and hotel was among the first businesses in the York Colony.  Joel Reaman was one of the founders of the Colony, and his store was the first post office for the community.  Reaman would go on to be the community's first postmaster when the official post office opened in 1884, and was Dominion Land Agent for the York Farmers Colonization Company.  Reaman then was elected to the government of the North West Territories, becoming the first representative of Yorkton in the Legislature."]
["Redfield Bay","Developer","Named as a part of a series of \"Field\" streets in the Parkview Estates neighbourhood.  This street branches off of Riverview Road."]
["Redwood Drive","Natural, Developer","Named after the massive redwood trees found in the coastal areas of North America.  Redwoods are among the largest and oldest living plants on earth.  There have been some found in British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest that exceed 2,000 years of age, and have trunks that are over five meters in diameter.  Their needles are used in teas as a cure for congestion and wet coughs, while their bark was used as a blood cleaner.  This is one of many streets in the Parkview Estates and Silver Heights area with the suffix \"wood\".  This street branches off of Riverview Road."]
["Regent Bay","Landmark","Named for a famous street in London, England.  This street branches off of Riverview Road."]
["Reid Place","Historical","Named for John F. Reid, who was an early settler on the York Colony, and was on the first board of the Orkney Presbyterian Church.  Reid was also elected to the Canadian Parliament in 1917, representing Yorkton under Laurier's government."]
["Riverside Drive, Riverside Terrace, Riverside Bay","Physical Description","Named due to its proximity to Yorkton Creek, the waterbody that once attracted the founders of the York Colony to this area.  Its neighbourhood is also named Riverside due to this reason."]
["Riverview Bay, Riverview Road","Developer","Named as a part of a series of \"View\" streets in the Parkview Estates neighbourhood.  This street is one of the main arteries in Parkview Estates."]
["Rosefield Drive","Developer","Named as a part of a series of \"Field\" streets in the Parkview Estates neighbourhood.  This street branches off of Riverview Road."]
["Roslyn Avenue","Historical","The origin of the name of this street is not fully established.  When it was surveyed out in 1910, it was apparently supposed to be named \"Rowland\" Avenue, possibly as a reference to the row houses that were popular to build for working class people at the time.  However, in 1912, when a renewed survey was released, the name had been changed to Roslyn, with no explanation or context to the change.  There are no records of a person with the first or last name \"Roslyn\" having lived in the York Colony or the early village lists."]
["Ross Drive","Historical","Named after Brigadier-General Alexander Ross, who was an able and learned district court Judge at Yorkton from his appointment in 1921 until his retirement in 1956.  His military career was equally distinguished.  During World War I he rose from major to Brigadier-General and commanded the 28th Battalion at Vimy Ridge.  On his return to Canada he was placed in command of Military District No. 12.  A founder of the Royal Canadian Legion, he again offered his services when World War II broke out.  Throughout the war he served as president of the Canadian Legion of War Services.  In 1934, he was elected president of the Royal Canadian Legion.  A strong Anglican churchman, Ross was active in planning and building Holy Trinity Anglican Church, and was rector's warden for over 40 years.  In 1949, he was appointed chancellor of the Diocese of Qu'Appelle and after ten years in this capacity he was awarded the degree of Doctor of Canon Law, an honour never before bestowed on a layman.  General Ross died in Yorkton in 1973 at the age of 92."]
["Russell Drive","Historic, Developer","Probably named for R.B. Russell, one of the leaders for labour unions in Winnipeg, and in part, the Yorkton area.  Russell was instrumental in the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike, one of the largest labour strikes in North American history.  During the strike, over 30,000 workers walked off the job and demanded improved pay, better living standards, and better labour agreements.  When the strike turned deadly, Russell was amongst those arrested and imprisoned for their part in the riot.  Russell, after his prison term, ran in both provincial and federal politics, but fell short every time.  Though he did not become a successful politician, his labour activism laid the groundwork for what would eventually become the Canadian Ministry of Labour.  The street is a part of a series in Weinmaster Park named for community leaders, heroes, and businesspeople."]
["Second Street","Historical, Political","This street was named as a cheeky tease to the loser of election.  In 1911, Levi Beck, Yorkton's most prominent early businessman, was elected as Mayor of Yorkton, beating out Harry Bronfman, another prominent businessman and rival to Beck.  When Bronfman lost due to his lack of popularity, Beck promised that he'd name a street after Bronfman, and thus, Second Street was created.  Even though no businesses or addresses reside on the street, Second Street is still unique for a few reasons.  For one, it is the only road with the title \"Street\" in the city that runs a generally north-south path, a pattern usually taken by avenues in Yorkton.  Another reason is that the street's southern terminus is also the northern end of Beck Avenue, named, in part, for the man who gave Second Street it's name.  A third reason is the fact that the street has no physical street signs despite being in the city's records and on most maps of the city.  It's believed that the reason for this was to avoid confusion with Second Avenue, which is located further west."]
["Service Street","Physical Description","Two streets in Yorkton share this name, both of which act as service roads for one each of Yorkton's many highways.  The two in particular are Saskatchewan Highway 9, also known as the Saskota Flyway, and the Trans Canada Highway 16, also known as the Yellowhead Highway."]
["Simpson Street","Historical","Named after the Simpson family, which was one of the most pioneering clans in Yorkton history.  William Simpson, one of the first members of Yorkton's Town Council.  William Simpson was an original homesteader with the York Colony, arriving in 1883 with his wife Margaret.  William became a wealthy farmer in the Yorkton area, and was also on the town's School Board.  He also worked as the Registration Clerk for the Yorkton Court House, then Clerk of the Surrogate Court, a position he held until his death in 1913.  William's son, Dr. Thomas V. Simpson, decided to homestead himself outside of Orcadia in 1889, and became just as successful as his father.  Thomas then headed back to Ontario to study veterinary medicine.  When he returned to Yorkton, he opened up a practice that served the local ranches and farms.  After practicing for nearly sixty years, Simpson retired.  Thomas then became owner of the Deer Park Golf Course and vigorously promoted the game across the city.  In addition to the street, Simpson School, which once sat on the southeast corner of the street's intersection with Gladstone Avenue, was named after this notable family."]
["Smith Street","Historical","There are two possible sources for this name.  The first is Donald A. Smith, who joined the Hudson's Bay Company as an apprentice clerk and in 1889 became governor of the company. While not formally a member of the syndicate formed in 1882 to build the CPR, Smith risked his personal fortune to keep the venture afloat and was accorded the honour of driving the last spike to complete the railway on November 7, 1885. In 1897, he was raised to the peerage as Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal.  During the South African War, Smith equipped and maintained Lord Strathcona's Horse, a unit of mounted rifles.\nThe second source is Dr. John Smith, who was one of the original settlers of the area and one of Yorkton's first medical doctors.  His son J.J. Smith became a businessman, opening a general store and a brickyard in Yorkton to cater the construction boom going on in the city at the time.  J.J.'s brickyard would eventually get bought by the Doukhobor residents in Yorkton, leading them to expand the business and use their bricks to build many of Yorkton's most notabloe buildings."]
["South Front Street","Landmark","Named after the main street in Toronto, Ontario, which was named York at the time.  Just like Yorkton's, Toronto's Front Street was also right along the Canadian Pacific Railway and operated as a first-off road for passengers and freight coming off and getting on the trains.  On the other side of the CPR yard is Livingstone Street, which was once called North Front Street for the same reason."]
["Spice Drive","Historical","There are two possible name origins for this street.  The first is Angus Spice, who served as superintendent of Yorkton's schools throughout the 1940s and 1950s.  His influence was so prominent, what became the Good Spirit School Division named a school after him.  Today, this school serves as a community centre for the Society for the Involvement of Good Neighbours, or SIGN.\nThe second origin is Bob Spice, a noted businessman in Yorkton during the city's early years."]
["Steele Bay","Historical","Named after Sir Samuel Benfield Steele, who was a mounted policeman, soldier, and author.  Born in Orillia, Ontario in 1849, he joined the militia during the Fenian troubles in 1866, was a member of the Red River Expedition, joined the Permanent Force Artillery in 1871, became a Sergeant Major in the NWMP in 1873, and, attaining a commission in 1878, received his first command at Ft. Qu'Appelle in 1879.  He was promoted to Superintendent in 1885 and, in 1898, helped establish Canadian authority during the Klondike gold rush.  Col. Steele was given command of the Lord Strathcona's Horse in the South African War, and in 1915 he commanded the second Canadian contingent to be sent overseas in World War I.  He wrote and published Forty Years in Canada in 1915, and died in England in 1919."]
["Stewart Crescent","Political","Named for Alan Carl Stewart, who was one of Yorkton's most prolific politicians.  He started off as a lawyer before serving in the military during World War I.  After returning home with battle scars, Stewart began a great run of firsts.  He served as Yorkton's first city mayor, first city solicitor, served on the Yorkton Board of Trade, and was president of the Royal Canadian Legion's Yorkton branch.  He then ran in both provincial and federal elections, hoping to expand his influence, finally reaching the Saskatchewan Legislature in 1929.  During his time in office, he was named Minister of Highways, and launched Saskatchewan's numbered highway system, a concept that was still very new at the time.  However, the project created jobs during the early years of the Great Depression, making Saskatchewan more connected than ever."]
["Stillwater Bay","Natural","Named after the term given to slowly flowing rivers and lakes.  Stillwaters have been known to be prime fishing spots, so fishers tend to try and seek out these areas to give themselves a better chance of a catch.  Part of a series of streets in the Riverside neighbourhood related to bodies of water."]
["Sully Avenue","Historical, Indigenous","Named in honour of Daniel Sully, one of Yorkton's most recent celebrities, and is one of the few living people in Yorkton to have a street named after them.  Sully is president and CEO of FNJO Holdings Inc., a company that promotes jobs for First Nations Peoples across Saskatchewan.  Born and raised in Yorkton, Sully also performs as a country and folk singer in his spare time."]
["Sunset Drive, Sunset Gate","Natural, Developer","These streets are on the southern fringe of Yorkton, and offer beautiful vistas of the prairie sunset at any time of the year.  The developer named them to highlight this and to prop up their new subdivision to the upscale clientele they were selling to."]
["Switzer Bay","Historical, Developer","Named for notable Yorkton historian and activist Noel Switzer. The street is a part of a series in Weinmaster Park named for community leaders, heroes, and businesspeople."]
["Tamarack Cove","Natural","Named after the tamarack, which is a deciduous conifer that sheds its leaves in autumn.  It is native to northern Saskatchewan in poorly drained areas, bogs, or swamps.  Tamaraqck boughs, bark, and bare branches are used to make teas that can relieve colds, upset stomachs, and even help with the symptoms of PTSD.  Tamarack is also a good source of vitamin C, leading to better resistance against infections and better overall health.  This is a part of a series of streets in Riverside named after trees."]
["Thompson Avenue","Historical","Named for David Thompson, an English explorer, geographer and fur trader that helped map out Western Canada.  He was the first non-Indigenous man to map the Columbia River from source to mouth.  He became known to Indigenous Peoples as Koo-Koo-Sint, which means \"The Stargazer\".  By the time he had retired, he had mapped nearly five million square kilometers of North America, earning him the description of \"the greatest practical land geographer the world has ever produced\"."]
["Tupper Avenue","Historical","Named after Sir Charles Tupper, the sixth Prime Minister of Canada and the first to be a certified medical doctor.  Tupper only served for seven days after the death of the previous Prime Minister and the subsequent political upheaval left Parliament in disarray.  Though Tupper served as Conservative leader, and therefore PM, during an election in 1896, he lost his office when the Conservatives lost in a landslide.  He remains one of only three Prime Ministers never to sit in Parliament as Prime Minister, and is the shortest-reigning and oldest Prime Minister in Canadian history."]
["Victor Place","Historical","Possibly named in honour of the many victories the Canadian Military has won over the history of Yorkton."]
["Victoria Avenue","Royal","Named after Queen Victoria, the reigning monarch in Canada when Yorkton was founded.  Queen Victoria is known to have been one of the most iconic, longest-reigning, and influential British monarchs of all time.  Her time on the throne, which was punctuated by great change in the British Empire, is known as the Victorian Era and is one of the most important eras in architecture, engineering, technology, and politics the world over.  Just as Victoria took the throne in 1837, the Industrial Revolution was exploding across Britain.  Before the Revolution, Britain itself was a simple agricultural country, relying on its extensive empire to fuel its economy.  When the Revolution began, the immense volumes of coal and the massive amounts of people led to the rural areas of Britain exploding in economic value.  With the development of strong iron, the rapid rise of the steam-powered railway, and the opening of borders across Europe, Britain became the most dominant figure in the Revolution.  With the collapse of the deep need of the Empire, Victoria oversaw the gradual independency of the dominions, including Canada.  By the time Victoria passed away in 1901, Britain had gone from a dominant colonial power to a dominant industrial power."]
["Wallace Avenue","Historical","Named in honour of N. Clark Wallace, an Ontario Member of Parliament that was named president of the York Farmers Colonization Company.  Wallace led the company in creating the York Colony in Saskatchewan, with a charter that allowed the company to control the distribution of land, the operation of transportation networks, and the construction of roads and buildings in the land they own.  When Canada's Dominion Government passed the Dominion Lands Act, the company also acted as the distributor of free homesteads for families and farmers.  Wallace was the first man to keep charge of all of this, and helped the York Colony grow into the city it is today."]
["Waterloo Road","Landmark, Historical","Named after Waterloo, Belgium, the location of the famous Battle of Waterloo, where the British defeated Napoléon for the last time in 1815, ending the Napoleonic Wars.  The city of Waterloo in Ontario is also named for this historic event."]
["Watson Trail","Historical","Named after Major Thomas Charles Watson, who was in charge of the Yorkton Home Guard.  As the North-West Resistance gained traction across the Prairies, Watson was sent by the Canadian Dominion Government to protect Yorkton.  Watson recruited 58 locals to a make-shift militia, known as the Yorkton Home Guard, to protect their homes if the Resistance ever came to their doors.  Watson also oversaw the building of a stockade to act as a place of protection and gathering place for the militia; the stockade was named Fort Watson in his honour."]
["Weinmaster Street","Historical","Named in honour of Howard Weinmaster, a long-time pharmacist and farmer in Yorkton.  For thirty years, working in Fletcher's Drug Store, Weinmaster worked to keep the people of Yorkton whole and hearty, all the while working hard as an area farmer with his wife.  Weinmaster was a staple in the Yorkton community, so much so that not only has this service road been named in his honour, but one of Yorkton's most popular parks also bears his name."]
["Wellington Avenue, Wellington Park Road","Historical","Named for Arthur Wellesley, the first Duke of Wellington and victor of the 1815 Battle of Waterloo.  His title comes from the town of Wellington in the English county of Somerset.  His name was also given to the capital of New Zealand when the city was founded in 1839."]
["Whitesand Drive","Natural, Developer","Named after the Little Whitesand River, which was the original name for Yorkton Creek.  The Little Whitesand River, or \"Bull's Creek\" as it was known in the early years of Yorkton, is a rapid-flowing, narrow river that acts as the main drainage for Leech Lake, and flows north along the east side of town.  It eventually meets up with the Whitesand River west of the town of Ebenzer, which then flows to the Assiniboine River.  The Little Whitesand was seen as an attractive feature for the York Colony.  Farmers could use the water to sate their livestock, families used the river as a swimming hole, a skating rink, and a fishing spot.  A mill that was powered by the flowing water was also built along the riverbank.  When the railways arrived, they used the river as a source of water for their steam locomotives.  Sadly, after all of these industries moved on from using the water, the river was only seen as a source of trouble.  Floods persistantly happened on the river, costing the city a lot of money.  As a result, water-control measures were added at Leech Lake to control the flow of the river, leading to its shrinking in size and output.  Today, Yorkton Creek is about a quarter of what the original river once was. The street is a part of a series  in the Riverside neighbourhood related to bodies of water."]
["Whitewater Place","Natural, Developer","Named after the term given to swiftly flowing parts of rivers.  These parts are generally found where rivers flow rapidily downward over shallow sections and rocky outcrops, creating barriers for wildlife to get through.  whitewater areas are favoured by predators to catch fish and river amphibians, as they leave the watery wildlife more exposed.  The sections are also favoured by adrenaline-junkies that go rafting and kayaking through the fast-flowing water.  This street is part of a series in the Riverside neighbourhood related to bodies of water."]
["Willow Crescent","Natural, Developer","Named for the willow tree that's native to Saskatchewan.  It's most commonly seen growing in thickets around prairie sloughs and potholes.  Willow bark isn ancient medicine, used the world over as a pain reliever, especially for those who suffer from lower-back pain and osteoarthritis, as well as headaches and inflammatory conditions like tendinitis.  This is one of many streets in the Riverside neighbourhood named for trees."]
["Wilson Crescent","Historical","The are two possible origins for this name.  The first is A.E. Wilson, who was the Commissioner and chief agent of the Canadian Department of Agriculture Seed Branch at Indian Head, SK.  The second is F.C. Wilson, who awarded the title of King's Counsel for the Yorkton Court of King's Bench.  F.C. Wilson practiced law in Yorkton fro several years, earning a sterling reputation amongst the province's lawyers and judges."]
["Winchester Street","Landmark","Named for the historic city of Winchester, England, which was the capital used by Saxon and Norman kings before the capital became London.  The Winchester Cathedral is one of the largest in Europe."]
["Windfield Place","Natural","Named as a reference to the prairie winds that often blow across the many fields in Saskatchewan.  Named as a part of a series of \"Field\" streets in the Parkview Estates and Silver Heights neighbourhood."]
["Wynn Place","Historical","Named after Samuel N. Wynn, one of the Yorkton Enterprise's first editors.  His efforts in expanding the reach of the Enterprise led the newspaper to become one of Canada's most widely read newspaper ever.  In fact, to keep readership up during the challenging 1930s, Wynn decided to change subscription fees: instead of paying fifty cents per year, Wynn accepted a bushel of wheat instead, which at the time was worth thirty cents each.  This meant that Wynn became one of the richest wheat owners in Yorkton due to him owning eight thousand bushels of wheat by the time this deal was done!  In addition to the newspaper, Wynn also served as alderman for the city, was president of the Yorkton General Hospital Board, president of the Yorkton Board of Trade, was a school board trustee, and was director of the Yorkton Agricultural Society."]
["York Road","Historical, Landmark","Named for the original York Colony, which in turn was named after the city in Northern England.  Shares a name with the original city that Toronto, Ontario was framed around."]

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["Notes"]
["*When the City of Yorkton built the Parkview Estates neighbourhood, they generally followed a plan that was common for urban developers at the time.  In this plan, there would be a group of main artery streets, such as Circlebrooke Drive, Parkview Road, and Allanbrooke Drive, and, save a few exceptions, each street would have branch streets.  Those streets would share the first letter of their artery's name.  In this system, some names have been chosen randomly to fit, while others take names from natural things, such as Cedarwood Crescent, which branches off of Circlebrooke.  While these will be listed as either developer or in combination with other categories, the primary reason they were named is simply due to this pattern.  The biography of the street will be listed as which series the name is a part of and what street it branches off of or if it is one of the arteries; if the street actually meets with a real-life thing, this will also be listed.  This neighbourhood's borders are defined on this list by Broadway Street West to the north, Saskatchewan Highway 10A to the west, Queen Street to the south, and Bradbrooke and Allanbrooke Drives to the east.\n\n*Every plant that is used in the names for streets will have their traditional medicinal uses included in the Biography.  These uses can be Indigenous- or holistic-based, and will show some detail for the plant.\n\n*Every Indigenous name will have its original word(s) and their translations explained to add context as to why they were used.\n\n*The Harris Subdivision was built by James Henry Harris while the land was still outside of Yorkton city limits.  The streets are all named after members of the Harris family or friends of the family.  It has since been absorbed into the City as new developments expanded the city east.\n\n*This list does not include the numbered avenues.  The reason for this is that they do not technically have names, but are simply numbered due to their position.  These avenues form the core of Old Yorkton and are among the oldest streets in the city.  First Avenue was built along what was originally the western edge of the city, with the rest falling into line as the city expanded eastward.  Fifth, Seventh, and Eighth Avenues are the only three that do not run continuously up from Broadway Streets to York Road, each of them for different reasons.  Fifth Avenue was divided to make room for St. Alphonsus School, Seventh was cut off due to the Canadian Northern Railway's yard and maintenance facilities, and the route Eighth would have taken was occupied by several businesses, including the Doukhobor Brick Yard."]

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