Place:Edam, Saskatchewan, Canada

Watchers


NameEdam
TypeCommunity
Coordinates53.183°N 108.717°W
Located inSaskatchewan, Canada
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names


the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia

Edam (2016 population: ) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Turtle River No. 469 and Census Division No. 17. Edam is located off Highway 26, south of Turtleford and north of Vawn.

The village is known as a "Little piece of Holland in Saskatchewan." Established in 1907, the hamlet was named for the city of Edam in the Netherlands, after the name Amsterdam was rejected by the Saskatchewan Government Office as "too long".

Research Tips


This page uses content from the English Wikipedia. The original content was at Edam, Saskatchewan. The list of authors can be seen in the page history. As with WeRelate, the content of Wikipedia is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.