Originally settled by French Canadians and named Mourey for a local Catholic priest, its postmaster applied to have the name changed to Titanic in 1912, following the tragedy of the RMS Titanic earlier that year. It was first among nearly 30 communities across the country which petitioned the postmaster general to change their names to Titanic that same year. The name "Mourey" had been adopted just seven months prior to the disaster, so historical attachment did not run deep.[1] A new name was to honor the ship and its passengers.
The school closed in 1959, St. Anne Catholic Church closed in 1964, and the post office itself in 1967.[2] Today, a cemetery and memorial grotto to the church that once stood can be found.
titanic, saskatchewan, titanic, unincorporated, community, rural, municipality, duck, lake, saskatchewan, canada, midway, between, saskatoon, prince, albert, national, park, titanicunincorporated, communitytitaniccoordinates, 85889, 43222, 85889, 43222countryc. Titanic is an unincorporated community in the Rural Municipality of Duck Lake No 463 Saskatchewan Canada It is midway between Saskatoon and Prince Albert National Park TitanicUnincorporated communityTitanicCoordinates 52 51 32 N 106 25 56 W 52 85889 N 106 43222 W 52 85889 106 43222CountryCanadaProvinceSaskatchewanRural MunicipalityDuck Lake No 463Census DivisionNo 15Named forRMS TitanicTime zoneUTC 6 CST Contents 1 History 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksHistory editOriginally settled by French Canadians and named Mourey for a local Catholic priest its postmaster applied to have the name changed to Titanic in 1912 following the tragedy of the RMS Titanic earlier that year It was first among nearly 30 communities across the country which petitioned the postmaster general to change their names to Titanic that same year The name Mourey had been adopted just seven months prior to the disaster so historical attachment did not run deep 1 A new name was to honor the ship and its passengers The school closed in 1959 St Anne Catholic Church closed in 1964 and the post office itself in 1967 2 Today a cemetery and memorial grotto to the church that once stood can be found See also editList of communities in SaskatchewanReferences edit Bosker Brent 14 April 2012 Titanic the little place in Saskatchewan Prince Albert Now Archived from the original on 13 January 2017 Retrieved 9 September 2017 Only Canadian community named after the Titanic is in Saskatchewan CTV Saskatoon 16 April 2012 Retrieved 9 September 2017 External links editHorse Shoe Tourism Region permanent dead link nbsp This article about a location in the Census Division No 15 of Saskatchewan is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Titanic Saskatchewan amp oldid 1187880065, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
