Northwest Attractions

Join us for the 31st St Walburg Wild Blueberry Festival.

This family friendly weekend starts Friday night at the Parish Centre with an Ethnic Supper and Dance.
Two sittings are available, one at 5:00pm and the second one at 6:15pm. Advance tickets are not needed.

Pancake breakfast starts at 8:00am – 10am Saturday morning, sponsored and organized by the St. Walburg SRC.

The festival starts at 9:00am, where vendors will be set up and ready to sell their products and produce.
There is no gate admission. Make sure to park responsibly and respectfully while visiting the town of St. Walburg.

Blueberries are on sale and available while they last.

Check out the list of live entertainment, sample the blueberry tea and pies, buy some refreshments at the food court,
walk through the Show & Shine, watch the blacksmiths, see who you bump into at one of the beer gardens and visit the museum.

Be sure to stop in at the gazebo located at the center of all of the action and
see the ladies selling the 50/50 tickets, or try your luck on the wagon of fun!

Stop in to see all of the vendors by 4:00pm.

Day ends with dinner and entertainment at 5:00pm @ the Elks Hall, hosted by the St. Walburg Royal Purple.
Please call Lois for your tickets 306-248-3353

If you are looking to be a vendor at this event, please get the registration off the website
or you can also email us and request a registration package
email: stwalburgwilblueberryfest@yahoo.ca
website: http://blueberryfest.stwalburg.ca/

Thank you for your interest,
St. Walburg Wild Blueberry Festival Committee

Imhoff Museum is a Municipal Heritage Property, as well as designated in 2005 a Provincial Heritage Property, located eight kilometers south of St. Walburg in the Rural Municipality of Frenchman Butte. The property consists of a 3.2 hectare parcel of land that features an artist’s studio, farm house, barn, and other ancillary buildings.
Imhoff Museum is open daily June 1 to September long weekend, from 10:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. and by appointment outside opening hours. The Museum is located 8 kms south and 2 kms west of St. Walburg. Contact Bert Imhoff 306-248-7072 for more information.

Heritage Value

The heritage value of Imhoff Museum resides in its association with the life and work of Berthold Imhoff, an internationally renowned artist who settled in Saskatchewan in 1914. Born in Germany where he studied painting at various academies, Imhoff immigrated to Reading, Pennsylvania in 1892 where he set up an art studio. Specializing in frescoes, murals, and biblical scenes, Imhoff established himself as a decorator of churches, opera houses, theatres, banks, movie houses, and large residences. In 1914, he relocated to northwestern Saskatchewan, where he lived and painted until his death in 1939. It was at this studio that Imhoff produced much of his artwork, including still lifes, portraits of early First Nations chiefs, European leaders and royalty, and American presidents.

Well-known for his religious artwork, which he painted for little or no pay, Imhoff’s work appears in over 90 churches and cathedrals throughout Canada and the United States. His dedication to the church was recognized by Pope Pius XI, who honoured Imhoff with the Knighthood of the Order of St. Gregory the Great in 1937. Upon his death in 1939, Berthold Imhoff left over 250 paintings in his studio, some of which remain there today, while others are on display in a gallery in nearby Lloydminster.

Description of Historic Place

The C.N. Station at Railway Avenue is a Municipal Heritage Property comprising a single lot on Railway Avenue in the Town of St. Walburg. The property features a single storey, wood-frame train station constructed in 1922. Open by appointment and during the St. Walburg Wild Blueberry Festival. For more information contact the Town of St. Walburg Office at 306-248-3232.

Heritage Value

The C.N. Station at Railway Avenue is valued for its role in the development of the community. The announcement that a branch line would be built through the area caused a village to form around this site in 1919. The railroad linked the community to a trans-national transportation network that made St. Walburg a regional hub. This station was completed 1921 and quickly came to symbolize the railway’s importance to the community. Although the station was closed in 1982, it served the area as a community centre and art gallery and is presently being converted into a chuckwagon interpretive centre. It stands as a landmark in St. Walburg.

The C.N. Station at Railway Avenue is also valued for its architecture, which reflects standard railway station design. Canadian National Railways, like most railway companies, employed a series of standardized plans to reduce startup costs. This standard fourth-class Canadian National Railway station was designed to handle both people and freight in small communities.

Tuesdays, Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

Pre-call Bonanza starts at 7:15 p.m.
St. Walburg Elks Hall

St. Walburg Branch Library, Lakeland Library Region provides public access computers. Free internet. One province-one card. Your Saskatchewan Library card is good anywhere in the province. Ongoing book sales.

For more information call 306-248-3250.

Hours of Operation:

The St. Walburg Remembrance Day Service is usually held in the St. Walburg Church of Assumption, with a soup and sandwich luncheon held after the service in the Parish Centre of the same building. The service begins at 10:30 a.m. so that the moment of silence can take place at 11:00 a.m. The Community has been excellently supportive of this event with 26 local interests and organizations presenting wreaths to honor soldiers and veterans.

Any group or individual wishing to present a wreath at the service is welcome to do so. A donation of $25-$30 helps the North Star Legion, Branch #013 to cover the costs of the wreath. If interested, please contact Lynn Ross at 780-870-5553 or write to: The St. Walburg Legion, PO Box 177, St. Walburg, SK S0M 2T0.

Local musical banks and entertainers have been gracious and generous in providing music and other entertainment during and following the lunch provided in the Parish Centre.

The St. Walburg Legion would like to take this opportunity to invite neighboring communities which are not presently affiliated with other Legion groups in this Northwest Region to join us.

Meetings are the first Monday of every month in the St. Walburg Legion Building, #15 Main Street, St. Walburg, SK S0M 2T0.
The St. Walburg is available for rent – please contact George Prudat at 306-218-7676 for more information.

Nestled behind the former St. Walburg Roman Catholic Church, which now houses the museum, is a shrine dedicated to Our Lady of Lourdes.

Visitors are welcome to spend time in this quiet, secluded area where rabbits hop about and deer are often spotted especially in fall and winter months. This area is a favorite spot for local residents, a quiet place. Everyone is Welcome!