Gladmar, Saskatchewan
| Gladmar | |
|---|---|
| Unincorporated | |
| Coordinates: 49°07′59″N 104°27′40″W / 49.133°N 104.461°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Saskatchewan |
| Region | Saskatchewan |
| Census division | 2 |
| Rural Municipality | Surprise Valley |
| Post office founded | N/A |
| Incorporated (village) | N/A |
| Dissolved | December 31, 2013 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Dale Ehrhardt |
| • Administrator | Randy Hoimyr |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.55 km2 (0.21 sq mi) |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Total | 53 |
| Time zone | CST (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| Postal code | S0C 1A0 |
| Area code(s) | 306 |
| Highways | Highway |
Gladmar is a dissolved village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan located 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) north of Highway 18 as it runs east from Highway 6 towards Lake Alma. Gladmar is approximately 18.4 kilometres (11.4 mi) north of the International Boundary between Canada and the United States. It dissolved from village status to become part of the Rural Municipality of Surprise Valley No. 9 on December 31, 2013.
Gladmar is one of two urban communities within the rural municipality, the other one being the village of Minton. The area was settled around the turn of the 20th century, a period when a large number of Norwegians migrated into Saskatchewan from older settlements in the northern United States. As a result, Norwegian-Canadians still represent a substantial proportion of the population in the area today.
The original village of Gladmar was founded a few miles north of its present location in 1909.*
Among the early settlers was J.E. Black who named the settlement Gladmar after his son Gladstone and his daughter Margaret.*
In 1910 the Eidness Brothers obtained a coal lease on land in the Gladmar area from the government, with an annual rent of $1.00 per acre. The first coal from Gladmar Mine was brought out in 1910, on a stone-boat pulled by oxen. The price of coal was $1.75 per ton.* The mine was later sold to the Culberts and then to Ole Ekimo and Lorentz Petterson.*
In 1911 Mrs. J. E. Black was established as the settlement's first postmaster and the first mail was brought to Gladmar by Lars Lunde on skis from a small school halfway to Radville.*
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