RM of Blucher’s story
The Rural Municipality of Blucher No. 343 was incorporated as a rural municipality on December 13, 1909. It lies in north-central Saskatchewan on the South Saskatchewan River, and its municipal office is in Bradwell.
In 1958 the Patience Lake Mine was built in the RM, the first potash mine in Canada. The RM surrounds the town of Allan and the villages of Bradwell and Clavet. Elstow, which was dissolved as a village on December 31, 2014, is now a special service area, and the hamlets of Blucher and Cheviot are also found here.
When the Gardiner Dam was completed and Lake Diefenbaker formed in 1967, wetland habitat in the area was lost. In response, Ducks Unlimited Canada and the Canadian Wildlife Service worked on a project to bring water to the marshes so levels would stay stable year-round. Bradwell National Wildlife Area, a 123-hectare protected area, was established in 1968, and it draws water by aqueduct from Lake Diefenbaker. Christ Church at West Patience Lake is a municipal heritage property.
Written from Wikipedia’s article “Rural Municipality of Blucher No. 343” (CC BY-SA 4.0), and shared under the same licence.
