image of Veregin Pray House (part of the National Doukhobor Heritage Village) by Billy Twin, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Restoration of an historic Canadian grain elevator by the National Doukhobor Heritage Village is underway, to be completed when adequate funding is accumulated.
Sasktoday writes:
The first stage of restoration of the historic Doukhobor grain elevator at Veregin… will preserve the structure as an icon of the district’s cultural and agricultural history. Mast Construction, a High River, Alta. company specializing in grain elevator restoration, was commissioned by the museum to work on the 113-year old elevator…
‘We are very pleased with the quality and workmanship of the restoration,’ said Andrew Kazakoff, a board member of the National Doukhobor Heritage Village and chair of its Elevator Restoration Committee…
… While the most critical work on the elevator has been completed, more remains to be done…
… the importance of the restoration lies in the elevator’s cultural association with its builders, the Doukhobors. In 1899, 7,500 Doukhobors emigrated from Russia to Canada seeking religious freedom… Working together under the motto of ‘Toil and Peaceful Life’ they transformed prairie wilderness into productive farmland…
