Jane’s Walk is an annual festival of free, citizen-led walking conversations that encourage people to share stories about their neighbourhoods, discover unseen aspects of their communities, and use walking as a way to connect with their neighbours. Walks take place in hundreds of cities around the world, and Weyburn is one of those locations. “The neighbourhood we focused on this year was the Burnwey quadrant. Signs will be posted on 10 streets: Dieppe Drive, Warren Avenue, Tom Hart Drive, Eaglesham Avenue, Mertz Bay, Bean Crescent, Montgomery Cresent, Laing Cresent, Onstad Crescent, and Harvey Bay. I chose to focus on this neighbourhood because often people overlook the amazing history that is right in front of them. This is not the oldest or newest neighbourhood in the community, so it really puts in perspective that history can be found wherever you are.” explained Manko-Bauche.
When the golf course was established in 1919, there was no such thing as Highway 39, and the only access was by going south on Highway 35 and then on a dirt road over to the golf course. The Soo Line Highway, later known as Highway 39, was built in 1929 from Weyburn to Halbrite. As this was the year the stock market crashed, in October, and the Great Depression began, the request for funding for a bridge across the Souris for the golf course to have an access road wasn’t met with enthusiasm, as you might imagine, and a bridge wasn’t put in until three years later, 1932. The RM provided a large culvert, and the access road was able to open.