For the next several weeks, we will feature photos of “Yorkton Citizens at Work” — entrepreneurs and employees in the work place. The Dominion Lands Office was located on Argyle Street in the Smith Block. Left to right: #1 James E. Peaker, Land Agent. Peaker would later be Mayor from 1917- 1919. #2 S.G. McKee is standing at the back of the counter beside Peaker; #3 Neil McCallum, sitting at the desk in the foreground; #4 standing next, is Sussie Christie; #5 Angus McLeod, on the right side of the pillar; #6 Mrs. Rose McKay, left of the pillar. Not too many women were seen in photos working in business offices until the late 19th and early 20th century. The first Dominion Lands Office was erected in York City/Yorkton in 1882. The agents for five years were The York Farmers Colonization Company, the company that founded Yorkton. The Dominion Lands Office shown here was closed in 1917 when there were no more, or very few Crown lands left in this region. Staff photo: Circa 1910 Jackson Collection.
This History Corner originally ran in the Feb. 10, 2010 edition of Yorkton This Week.
Terri Lefebvre-Prince.
