South - Esterhazy
Heritage Site / Village, Museum
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- Aug-11,2021: "A Church Rife with Cultural History"
- Aug-20,2018: "What a place!"
- Jul-20,2017: "Very interesting Hungarian settlement "
5 km S, and 1 km W of Esterhazy on Grid 637.
Latitude: 50.61673° N,
Longitude: -102.044° W
Longitude: -102.044° W
Kaposvar Lourdes Shrine
Kaposvar Historical Site, situated near Esterhazy, is a ten-acre landscaped site of the first Hungarian colony in Saskatchewan, established in 1886. Kaposvar Historical Society preserves, restores and maintains the site which consists of a stone church (1907), stone rectory (1900), Grotto (1942), cemetery (1886) and artifacts relating to the history of the early Hungarian settlement. A homestead site was established in 1986 which includes a settler house (1905), barn, millhouse and a rural schoolhouse. The Kaposvar annual pilgrimage occurs the third Sunday in August.
Open May to Oct.
South - Esterhazy
