Saturday evening the Wolseley Heritage Foundation held an Annual General Meeting on the beautiful treed grounds of Wolseley's historic North West Territories Courthouse. David Forsyth guided attendees on a tour of the recently cleaned out and spruced up Courthouse. Special thanks go to Cory Johnstone for his work on the building.
People at the meeting agreed that Heritage Foundation should begin determining an appropriate approach and project that will ensure this building remains an integral part of the community.
Completed in 1895 the building was the Courthouse for the North West Territories until 1909. It then became a jail and barracks for the North West Mounted Police until 1915. Then it was turned into a Detention Home for boys and finally in 1921 formed the original Home for the Infirm (now Lakeside Home). Now vacant, this well maintained historic building is prime for renovation and revitalization.
By-the-way, the meeting had a wonderful blend citizens. Shirley Harris was the chair, Eleanor Dahlman was secretary, Mrs. Lillian Christensen at 90 years old stayed for the entire meeting, and Cheryl Kai (Chatterson) who like me, has recently returned to Wolseley was an interested participant. Others in attendance were, Boyd and Kit Taylor, Margaret Hryniuk, Ruth Banbury, Olga Greening, Rick Dahlman, Dennis Fjestad, Graham and Isabel Taylor, Mr. Fathers and Denise Ketchison and David Forsyth.
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