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Estevan Brick, 1902-1997

  • PA 5
  • Instelling
  • 1902-1997

Estevan, Saskatchewan's brickmaking industry began as an offshoot of the coal industry in 1902. The first plant started in 1906 as a private company, Eureka Coal and Brick Co. In 1912 the plant was sold and renamed Estevan Brick and Coal Company. In 1918 it was sold again and renamed International Clay Products.

As Estevan clay was unsuitable for refractory (fire) bricks, the plant focused exclusively on face and common brick during its early years. In the 1920s, as part of a general plant expansion, the plant expanded its product line to include "Scots Gray" building tile, terra-cotta, quarry floor tiles, and pottery (wine jugs). This necessitated shipping in clay from Eastend for blending with Estevan clay.

In 1932 the plant closed due to the Great Depression. In 1945 the Saskatchewan government purchased the plant and reopened it as a Crown Corporation operating under the name Saskatchewan Clay Products. In 1964, the plant underwent another name change, to Estevan Clay Products Division. In 1965, the daily management of the plant was handed over to Industrial Management Ltd. The plant, which underwent another name change to Estevan Brick Ltd., became a limited liability company with the province as majority shareholder.

This structure continued until 1969, when the plant was sold to Peben Contractors Ltd. The revamped company, called Estevan Brick, introduced new product lines, including what was reputed to be the whitest brick produced in North America. In 1978 Estevan Brick became a division of Thunderbrick Ltd.. In 1992 it was sold again to Canada Brick, and in 1995 it was sold a final time to I-XL Industries Ltd. It was incorporated in 1995 as Estevan Brick (1995). In 1997 the plant was closed due to shrinking markets.

The plant's face brick can be found in a number of buildings in Western Canada and North Dakota, including the Estevan Court House (now a provincial heritage site), the Federal Building in Regina, the Assiniboia Court House, the Saskatoon Normal School, the Power Station at Estevan, and the SaskPower building in Regina. An official edict from the province, brought in in 1965 during the years of W. Ross Thatcher, ordered that buildings constructed with public money be built from Saskatchewan brick; hence many public buildings constructed during this period contain bricks from the Estevan brick plant. Much of the snow-white brick was sold in the province of Quebec.

The Flood Land Co.

  • Instelling

William Hamilton Flood was at one time the manager and president of The Flood Land Co.

Number 10 Architectural Group

  • Instelling

An architecture and interior design firm with offices in Victoria and Winnipeg, whose projects in Saskatchewan include Connaught School (Regina), Weyburn School and Recreation Centre, Affinity Place (Estevan), Douglas Park Elementary School (Regina), and Seven Stones Community School (Regina).

Farmers' Union of Alberta

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  • 1949-1970

The Farmers’ Union of Alberta (FUA) was established on January 14, 1949 with the amalgamation of the United Farmers of Alberta and the Alberta Farmers’ Union. The organization was to be non-partisan and its activities consistent with the objectives outlined in their constitution, in particular: to advance the interests of farmers and farmers’ co-operative organizations; to coordinate the efforts of the various branches of agriculture to promote their common interests through collective action; to promote and secure necessary and just legislation; to achieve a price for agricultural commodities that would ensure its fair share of national income; to contribute to a high standard of living for all citizens by promoting the highest production over a long period commensurate with sound agricultural practices; to promote social interaction, a higher standard of community life and the study of economic and social questions relating to agriculture and democratic citizenship; and to promote the fullest possible use of credit unions. The Farmers’ Union of Alberta was incorporated under the Alberta Societies Act (R.S.A. 1942, chapter 245) on July 6, 1949.

Within three years of its founding, the further amalgamation with other farm-related organizations was under consideration as a means to provide a more efficient and unified farm voice; however, it was not until 1964 that members of the FUA resolved to enter into plans and negotiations towards this aim. At the time, two possible options were seen as viable; to amalgamate either with the National Farmers’ Union (NFU) or with the Alberta Federation of Agriculture (AFA). In 1968, the new leadership of Roy Atkinson in the National Farmers' Union led to changes in the NFU’s objectives and directions that were uncomfortable for many FUA members. Consequently, when the restructured National Farmers’ Union held its founding convention in Winnipeg, Manitoba in July 1969, the FUA did not pass the necessary resolution to join, representing the only provincial organization to not enter. Shortly after this convention, the Farmers' Union of Alberta and Alberta Federation of Agriculture drafted a joint-constitution, such that by a December 9, 1969 meeting of the FUA, delegates were presented with the option to either dissolve and accept the NFU constitution, or amalgamate with the AFA - the resultant vote was in favour of amalgamation with AFA. Accordingly the Farmers' Union of Alberta ceased to exist in January 1970 when it formally amalgamated with the Alberta Federation of Agriculture; the new organization becoming known as Unifarm.

Presidents of the Farmers’ Union of Alberta: Carl Stimpfle (1949-1950); Henry Young (1950-1955); Arnold Platt (1955-1958); Ed Nelson (1958-1963); Paul Babey, 1963-1970.

Manitoba Farm Bureau

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  • 1964-1984

Established as Manitoba Federation of Agriculture in June 1939. Name changed in October 1964 to Manitoba Farm Bureau. Replaced in 1984 by Keystone Agricultural Producers.

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