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City of Saskatoon Neighborhoods
Nutana
Core Neighbourhoods Suburban Development Area
Calder House Bed and Breakfast Inn
Population: 6,145
Average Family Income: $84,282
Average Household Size: 1.9
Homeownership: 48.4%
Average Home Selling Price: $133,360
Municipal Ward: 6
Statistics c2005 - [1]

Nutana, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Nutana was the first settlement of the current City of Saskatoon. The Temperance Colonization Society colonists left Ontario May 1883, and arrived on the banks of the South Saskatchewan River in July of 1883. The name given was Saskatoon, North West Territories. By 1886, there were 29 homes constructed, and the community boasted carpenters, masons, millwrights, hotel keeper, doctor, teacher, blacksmith, farmers, masons, tinsmits, engineer, and sawyer for tradesmen.[2]

Within the Nutana Suburban Development Area (SDA), and on the east side of Saskatoon, the Nutana neighborhood comprises the area north of the Eighth Street East, south of South Saskatchewan River, west of Clarence Avenue, and east of South Saskatchewan River and Saskatchewan Crescent.


Features

  • Rotary Park & Steamboat Monument [3]

Protected Buildings and Sites

  • Bell House located at 906 Saskatchewan Crescent East and originally built in 1910 by W.J. Bell.
Bell House
  • Calder House located at 848 Saskatchewan Crescent East built in 1910 [4]
  • Gustin Residence found at 512 Tenth Street East. This house was home to music teacher Lyell Gustin.
Gustin Residence
  • Irvine House located at 416 - 11th Street East which is at the top of the short hill by the Traffic Bridge Built in 1910 and still standing opposite of Nutana Collegiate Institute. [5]
Irvine House
  • Marr Residence "Built in 1884 by the Marr family, the Marr Residence is the oldest building in Saskatoon on its original location and one of the first to be built in the settlement. During the Rebellion of 1885 the residence served as a field hospital for the Canadian Miltia. Eighty - five wounded men arrived from Batoche by river on the steamer Northcote and were treated in this and two adjoining houses in May and June of 1885. Notable features of the house are its mansard roof and dormer windows. The City of Saskatoon purchased the property in 1979 and restored the house during 1983-84 in co-operation with Meewasin and the Province of Saskatchewan." ---Sign on Marr Residence.
Marr Residence
Marr Residence
  • Pettit / Sommerville Residence located at 870 University Drive, construction finished 1912. [6]
Pettit / Sommerville Residence
  • Thirteenth Street Terrace located at 711 through to 723 13th Street East and constructed in 1911.
Thirteenth Street Terrace

History

  • The current boundaries for Nutana comprise Broadway Avenue history and merchants, Victoria Avenue history, and the neighborhood that was called Idylwyld.
  • In 1907, when the building was completed, it operated as a university and Normal School for training teachers. The Nutana Collegiate began as the very first secondary school in the city as of 1910. [7]
  • At one time there were three schools on the lot set aside for Victoria School. The original One Room Stone School House, the first school of the area, has been preserved and moved to the University of Saskatchewan grounds.
  • Saskatoon joined with the neighbouring settlements of Riversdale and Nutana in 1906 to become the City of Saskatoon.[8]

Demographics

The average price of homes in Nutana was $197,732 with the majority of these being detached homes built before 1946. The majority of residents are employed in sales & service followed closely by social science, education, government & religion employment producing an average household income of between $84,282 and $133,360.[9] [10]

Education

  • Protestant School District Number 13, North West Territories was the first frame school built by the Temperance Colonists in 1884.[11]
  • Stone School House completed in 1887 on Broadway Avenue (at five corners) where Victoria School now stands. It was the first of three schools at this site. This school house was later moved to the University of Saskatchewan grounds and preserved as a heritage site.[12]
  • Nutana School District No 869, North West Territories was applied forJuly 14, 1903
  • 2-room Cement school built to replace one room Stone School House.
  • Victoria School Elementary Public schoolnamed because the Stone school house had been constructed in Queen Victoria's era.


Area Parks

  • Albert Rec. Unit - .85 acres
  • Idylwyld Park - .97 acres
  • Massey Park - 1.67 acres
  • Poplar Park - .32 acres
  • Cosmopolitan Park - 27.12 acres
  • Rotary Park - 10.39 acres[13]

Recreation Facilities

  • Nutana Curling Club [14]
  • Royal Canadian Legion Nutana Branch [15]

Area Religion

Nutana Park Mennonite Church [16]

Transportation

City Transit

  1. 6 Broadway - Clarence
  2. 11 Airport - Exhibition 99 Saskatoon Transit


Layout

The numerically incrementing streets run easterly and westerly, and the avenues run north and south.

Location

North: South Saskatchewan River
West: South Saskatchewan River Nutana East: Varsity View
South: Buena Vista | Haultain

[17]


References

  1. ^ Nutana Map & Profile (PDF)
  2. ^ Blashill, Lorraine (1982). Lorraine Blashill (ed.). From a little stone school... A story of Saskatoon Public Schools. Modern Press Ltd. pp. p.5. {{cite book}}: |pages= has extra text (help)
  3. ^ Rotary Park & Steamboat MonumentURL accessed January 26, 2007
  4. ^ Calder House Inn Bed and BreakfastURL accessed February 8, 2007
  5. ^ Saskatoon Heritage Society - Protected Blocks and HousesURL accessed February 8, 2007
  6. ^ City of Saskatoon · Departments · Community Services ·Pettit/Sommerville ResidenceURL accessed February 9, 2007
  7. ^ City of Saskatoon · City Council · City History · NutanaURL accessed January 28, 2007
  8. ^ History of NutanaURL accessed January 28, 2007
  9. ^ Saskatoon Real Estate Resource Centre, Neighbourhoods, NutanaURL accessed January 26, 2007
  10. ^ NutanaURL accessed January 26, 2007
  11. ^ Blashill, Lorraine (1982). Lorraine Blashill (ed.). From a little stone school... A story of Saskatoon Public Schools. Modern Press Ltd. pp. p.4. {{cite book}}: |pages= has extra text (help)
  12. ^ Blashill, Lorraine (1982). Lorraine Blashill (ed.). From a little stone school... A story of Saskatoon Public Schools. Modern Press Ltd. pp. p.8. {{cite book}}: |pages= has extra text (help)
  13. ^ Downtown Saskatoon and RiverURL accessed January 26, 2007
  14. ^ Nutana Curling ClubURL accessed January 26, 2007]
  15. ^ Royal Canadian Legion Nutana BranchURL accessed January 26, 2007]
  16. ^ Nutana Park Mennonite Church (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada)URL accessed January 26, 2007]
  17. ^ Selling an Idea or a ProductURL accessed January 27, 2007
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