Burr is an unincorporated community south of Humboldt, Saskatchewan.

It has an office for the rural municipality of Wolverine No. 340, a post office. A short distance north is a hall, and Saint Scholastica Roman Catholic Church (founded 1905).[1][2][3]

According to the Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan, Victoria Cross recipient Raphael Louis Zengel lived in Burr from 1906 to 1914.[4]

The "Burr Project" is a plan to extract potash from a large deposit in the area.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Municipal Directory System". Archived from the original on August 9, 2014. Retrieved August 8, 2014.
  2. ^ "Canada Post Precision Targeter".
  3. ^ "Parish Schedules | St. Scholastica - Burr".
  4. ^ "The Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan | Details". Archived from the original on March 12, 2017. Retrieved January 2, 2009.
  5. ^ Saskatoon Star-Phoenix article on the Burr Project Archived November 5, 2012, at the Wayback Machine

52°02′31″N 105°08′06″W / 52.042°N 105.135°W / 52.042; -105.135