Burr, Saskatchewan
Community in Saskatchewan, Canada
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Burr is an unincorporated community south of Humboldt, Saskatchewan.
Burr | |
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 Burr in August 2014 | |
  Location of Burr in Saskatchewan | |
| Coordinates: 52.042°N 105.135°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Saskatchewan |
| Region | Saskatchewan |
| Census division | 11 |
| Rural Municipality | Wolverine |
| Elevation | 557.78 m (1,830.0 ft) |
| Time zone | CST |
| Postal code | S0K 0T0 |
| Area code | 306 |
| Highways | Highway 20 |
It has an office for the Rural Municipality of Wolverine No. 340, a post office. The town also has the Burr Recreational Hall right in town limits (across from the 2 remaining houses) and ball diamonds at the south end of the town. A short distance north is Saint Scholastica Roman Catholic Church (founded 1905).[1][2][3]
According to the Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan, Victoria Cross recipient Raphael Louis Zengel lived in Burr from 1906 to 1914.[4]
The "Burr Project" is a plan to extract potash from a large deposit in the area.[5]
