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Elfros

Village · population 90 · RM of Elfros No. 307

Icelandic Settlers statue · SriMesh, via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0

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Weather in Elfros

-1° Mainly cloudy Feels like -5° with the wind chill · Wind W 12 km/h, gusts 32 · Humidity 89%
  1. Tonight -4°
  2. Fri 1°-5°
  3. Sat 9°2°
  4. Sun 9°2°
  5. Mon 7°-3°
  6. Tue 11°-3°
  7. Wed 7°

Tonight: Mainly cloudy. Fog patches developing near midnight. Wind west 20 km/h becoming light this evening. Low minus 4. Wind chill minus 9 overnight.

Normal for today: high 3°, low -6°

  • 9 h 51 min of daylight, 3 min 43 s shorter than yesterday · sunrise 7:43 a.m., sunset 5:34 p.m.
  • Frost likely tonight, low -4°
  • Waning gibbous · the Beaver Moon is full Nov 24
  • On this day: record high 17° in 1977, record low -21° in 1972

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Forecast for the Wynyard area, 22 km away, observed at Wynyard at 8:00 p.m. Forecast and alerts from Environment and Climate Change Canada; water advisories from the Water Security Agency and the Saskatchewan Health Authority, checked at 8:59 p.m..

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Council
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202 Front Avenue
Elfros SK S0A 0V0
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Box 40
Elfros SK S0A 0V0

Elfros’s history

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Elfros was first settled by Icelandic immigrants, and many of the people who live there today are of Icelandic descent. A post office opened in 1909, and the community incorporated as a village on December 1, 1909.

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Bird's eye view looking west, about 1915
Bird's eye view looking west, about 1915Peel’s Prairie Provinces, University of Alberta Library, PC024912
Icelandic Settlers statue
Icelandic Settlers statueSriMesh, via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
Icelandic settlers memorial display
Icelandic settlers memorial displaySriMesh, via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
Elfros Legion 237 war memorial plaque
Elfros Legion 237 war memorial plaqueSriMesh, via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0

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