Turner curling museum Weyburn Saskatchewan

We were up to see Heather off to work this morning—she leaves just after 6am!! It seemed like a dark day to the east but by the time we were on the road it was bright and sunny and got warmer as the day progressed. Summer has arrived in Saskatchewan.

WE decided to drive south towards Weyburn to see if we could get into the Turner curling museum. The guide books indicate that the museum is open on the weekends but when I called I was told that the museum was not open at all but perhaps the people at the leisure centre in Weyburn would open the doors for us. Well, it turns out that the museum is in the leisure centre and they did in fact open the door for us—what an amazing collection of memorabilia from every phase of curling—pictures of all the curling clubs in Saskatchewan, trophies, irons, wooden rocks, granite rocks, brooms, bags, blazers, jackets—just everything as well as pins and more pins(18,000). It was just too much to take in and the young woman from the leisure centre had to stay and supervise us and she was not a curler—we did have the room to ourselves and just looked and enjoyed for at least an hour. There are so many wonderful pictures, clippings and information of all aspects of curling but particularily curling in Saskatchewan. Reluctantly we left and drove on to Estevan where we had our lunch(yummy leftovers from Heather’s frig) before heading for the American border.

We spent so much time in the curling museum that we did not take time to appreciate all the other claims to fame that are a part of Weyburn. W.O. Mitchell was born and raised in Weyburn, T.C. Douglas was pastor at the Calvary Baptist Church and this town is the largest inland grain gathering point in Canada.