REGINA — Parks Canada has designated the former Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration an event of national historic significance.
The agency operated on the Prairies from 1935 to 2009 and was instrumental in helping farmers address soil erosion and drought they experienced during the 1930s.
“Implementing livestock initiatives and educating citizens in cutting-edge agricultural techniques, the success of the PFRA was a complicated and mostly co-operative effort among all levels of government and citizens,” said a government backgrounder about the announcement of 10 designated people, places and events.
“Initially envisioned as temporary and established among several different Depression-era federal initiatives, the PFRA became a permanent function of government for more than 70 years and played a role in important irrigation and water development projects in the Prairie provinces.”
PFRA owned and operated many dams and reservoirs, along with community pastures, that were turned over to other agencies or provinces after it was dismantled.
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