There is a time to be born, a time to live, and a time to die. The Ukrainian people like to sing and to dance, and to join in joyous celebrations. And they bond together closely in times of sorrow. Located on high ground against a poplar bluff a half mile south of the village of Arran is the Ukrainian Peoples' Cemetery. It is the final resting place of the early pioneers and their descendants who turned the sod and tilled the soil in their struggle to build a new homeland. There were none wealthy amongst
The Settlement on the Plains
Researched and compiled by Russell Rockerbie and Duane Rockerbie with the support of the Saskatchewan Genealogical Society. Last updated August 14, 2010. Please send comments and information to rockerbie@shaw.ca
them, but they did what they could. They asked for little and gave a lot. It is home to infants, some whose innocent lives lasted but a few days; and home to those whose careers took them to the far corners of the earth but came home to their resting place; and home to ordinary people who lived, loved, labored, and left legends in the Swan River valley. Countless others built homes, raised families, leaving to return only for random visits in search of nostalgic connections. This story is about them as well.
A History, A Story, Memories
Arran, Saskatchewan
Thunder Hill, four-kilometers wide, twelve kilometers long and fifteen kilometers away, is a glacially-formed mound dramatically rising 1900 feet above the flat prairie north of Arran. Authoritative sources claim that the hill frequently rumbles in late summer. Whether it’s the old man of the mountain settling into a more comfortable position, or a disturbance in the clouds crowding their way around it, is unknown. Legend has it that it’s he.
