Dundurn's story begins in 1889, when the Regina Branch of the Canadian National Railway came through the area. The town grew up along that line in central Saskatchewan, about 42 km south of Saskatoon, and it remains an agricultural centre as well as a bedroom community for Saskatoon and for the nearby Canadian Forces Detachment Dundurn.
Several buildings from the town's early decades still stand as designated heritage properties. The Old Bank Building was put up in 1906 as a two-storey wood-frame bank, home in turn to the Northern Bank, the Northern Crown Bank and the Royal Bank, and it served as the post office from 1935 until 1957. The Old Brick School, built in 1916, taught students until 1980 and is now the community centre. The Dundurn Moravian Brethren Church was built as a joint church, owned as a joint-stock company by Anglican, Methodist, Presbyterian and Moravian members.
Nearby, Blackstrap Provincial Park holds Mount Blackstrap, a ski hill built in 1969 and 1970 for the 1971 Canada Winter Games, awarded to Saskatoon. It stayed open to the public until 2008. Today the Wilson Museum, partly housed in the Woodview School, preserves local history in town.
Written from Wikipedia’s article “Dundurn, Saskatchewan” (CC BY-SA 4.0), and shared under the same licence.