4K - ABANDONED SASKATCHEWAN - Elevators at Lepine, SK

The hamlet of Lepine was established 7 rail miles from Wakaw, the first grain point east of Wakaw on the CNR line from Aberdeen to Melfort. Grain elevators were built between 1929 and 1931, later belonging to the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool and the UGG (United Grain Growers). There was a post office, probably ran out of the elevator manager homes from 1930-1969.

When the CNR abandoned the line in 1981-1982, the hamlet faded into obscurity - only these two prairie giants remain.

Lepine was possibly named after one of Louis Riel's councillors, Maxime Lepine. Along with his brother Ambroise-Dydime, served as a councillor in the provisional government created by Riel during the Red River Rebellion in 1869. In 1882, he moved to Saskatchewan, settling near St. Louis. Maxime Lépine fought at the Battle of Fish Creek and surrendered to General Middleton after the defeat at Batoche. He was convicted of high treason and sent to Stony Mountain Penitentiary in August 1885, he was released in 1886 having serving about seven months of his seven-year sentence. In 1896, he was given an appointment in the Indian agency at Battleford. Lépine died in poverty at Duck Lake, Saskatchewan on September 16, 1897.

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