Further Reading |
Settlement
Lloydminster began, suddenly, as one of the largest (and most publicized)
group settlement schemes in Canadian history.
(Sometime Rev.) Isaac Barr originated the idea of promoting an all British
settlement in the heart
of the Western Canadian prairies.
Barr's hope for a few hundred was overwhelmed by several thousand inquiries.
He responded to these with pamphlets
extolling the advantages and opportunities for British folk, including the
contribution to building the British Empire.
Soon joined by Rev. George Lloyd, the two, despite an increasingly tense
personal relationship, succeeded
in shepherding almost 3,000 settlers within the first year to "Britannia
Colony" centered around
Lloydminster (a combined recognition of Lloyd and his founding church, St.
John's Minster (mother church).
Isaac Barr had thought the central town might be called "Barrville".
more about the Isaac Barr family.
Translation of Post card note sent back to Britain (above):
Over the years, many more settlers arrived. For a long time
Lloydminster and District maintained its British roots Passenger List - SS
Lake Manitoba
Recollection by Canon
English Lloydminster Census Data
On the Trail
Farming! Story
by George E. Lloyd (great-grandson of Rev. Lloyd) Photos from c. 1967 Letters
by Alice Rendell, one of the original settlers of Lloydminster
A page of links to information about various individuals with a
Lloydminster connection - click here
A Diary of the Wood Family detailing their crossing the Atlantic on the
S.S. Lake Manitoba in May of 1905. This reminds us that
so-called "Barr Colonists" came on many ships over a period of several
years. click here
An account by Colonist Fred Hayes -
(pdf file
click
here ) Story by
Art Wells about his family's move from England to settle in the Furness district in 1929
More photos of Downtown
click here More accounts - click here



"Dear Sirs / This is the cook tent. Note / the dining table & Walter
stood / at the door & that's Brock stood
up against the saw block. I'll / send some more photos soon."
[Photo and postcard courtesy of Marjorie Brooks.]
with people coming from the United Kingdom as late as the 1970's because of
family ties here.
The stories of some of these are sketched on this web site, some in the
links below.

Click
on Window above, then
select Slideshow to view this
40 page booklet of text and pictures