Wilkie

Wilkie is a metropolis in Saskatchewan, Canada located at Section five, Township forty, Range 19, west of the 3rd Meridian. On February 2, 1907, the primary submit office was mounted with the name Glenlogan at Section 4, Township 40, Range 19, west of the 3rd Meridian. The submit workplace changed names on October 1, 1908, to Wilkie. Wilkie was as soon as home to "The World's Largest Grasshopper", which was once located in front of the city rink and hall.

The Town of Wilkie, Saskatchewan become named after Mr. Daniel Robert Wilkie, who changed into the president of the Imperial Bank of Canada, a backer of the Canadian Pacific Railway and a member of the Canadian Art Club. Mr. Daniel Robert Wilkie and his family lived at "Seven Oaks" a background belongings at 432 Sherbourne Street, Toronto which became finished in 1875.

His son, Major Arthur Benson Wilkie graduated from the Royal Military College of Canada and served with the Royal Sussex Regiment in Lucknow, India; Thorncliffe, England; Malta; Candia, Crete; British Legation, Peking and Toronto, Ontario. His different son Major Charles Stuart Wilkie served as a lieutenant with the Royal Canadian Artillery and volunteered with the 10th Regiment in South Africa at some stage in the Boer War 1899 1900 and in the course of the Great War.