page_title: Gainsborough, Saskatchewan
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Gainsborough, Saskatchewan / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Christ Church
context_page_description: Gainsborough is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Argyle No. 1 and Census Division No. 1. A farming community, the village is located on Highway 18 in the southeastern corner of Saskatchewan. Gainsborough is approximately 6 km from the Manitoba border, and 19 km from the North Dakota, United States border.
context_section_description: Gainsborough incorporated as a village on May 25, 1894. 
  The Gainsborough Creek forms most of the southern boundary of the town, while the rest of the community is bordered by open fields and pasture.  A tributary of the Souris River, the creek is prone to flooding during the spring thaw.  Though several nearby communities made national headlines as disaster areas during severe flooding in 2011, most buildings in Gainsborough did not require unusual extraordinary protection measures or sandbagging.  In 2014, extended heavy rainfall in the region resulted in severe flash flooding that forced the complete evacuation of residents to neighbouring communities and made national headlines.  Provincial premier Brad Wall did an aerial survey of the flood area that allowed images and video of the flooded village to be recorded near the maximum height of the waters.
  Saskatchewan is in the CST Zone, and since 1967 it has not observed daylight saving time meaning that local clocks do not get changed in summer.  A practical effect on border towns like Gainsborough is that they only align with neighbouring communities in Manitoba and North Dakota for half the year, which may lead to misunderstandings regarding the timing of scheduled inter-community events.
  Primary income of community members is derived from agricultural businesses (farming, ranching) and petroleum drilling services.
caption: Town Cenotaph with Anglican Christ Church in the background.
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