Rama, Saskatchewan

Rama (2021 population: 70) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Invermay No.

The rail siding and passenger platform at what is now the village was named Rama in 1904 by Canadian Northern Railways.

Saskatchewan Wheat Pool archives show the name was from the Rama area of Ontario.

[11] Decisions of the Canadian government in early 1907 caused almost all of these communal farm villages to be deserted for individual homesteads by 1918.

At about the same time the site for Rama was being surveyed a large wave of immigrant homesteaders were coming to the province from all over the world.

The settlers that arrived to homestead in the area of Rama were largely of Eastern European origin.

They were documented as the Landstad's, Murray's, Dean's, and Lockhart's all on or near the former Pelly Trail to the south of Rama.

Rama is located on the banks of a tributary of Spirit Creek[28] and is found at the junction of Highways 5 and 754[29] in Saskatchewan's aspen parkland region.

[34] Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture studies show the available Corn Heat Units in this area to be in the 1,401-1,800 range.

In the 1950s, the Canora area held nearly 500 country elevators within a 30 miles radius in order to handle all the grain produced from the region.

Ducks, geese and many other migratory birds congregate here and in the nearby Quill Lakes area during the spring and fall migrations.

[53] Winter recreational activities include snowmobiling with an extensive network of groomed trails located nearby.

[54] The surrounding area offers activities such as hockey, curling, Ukrainian Dance, figure skating, and softball to name a few.

Doukhobor pilgrims leaving Yorkton to evangelize the world, 1902
ShehoCairn
Devils Lake School District
Canadian Northern Portable Train Station
A marker for the Rama School District No. 2249 photographed in Rama park with the scaled model schoolhouse in the background.
The annual pilgrimage in Rama, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Moose wintering in Rama, Saskatchewan 2013