This photo from Bill and Joyce Anaka's collection is the scene of the Black Poplar School picnic at Gunn's Beach in 1957.
The sport being played is volley ball.
School picnics were a yearly feature as long as the country and village schools were still opened. They became pretty well a thing of the past when rural schools were closed and children began taking buses to larger centres. Black Poplar School District #2129 was established on June 8, 1920, on 2 acres within S.E. Section 9 Township 29 Range 5 West of the 2nd Meridian that were purchased to erect the school. "Gunn's Beach" became known by that name about 1919, after John Gunn returned from World War l and began development of the resort. His father, Donald Gunn, the pioneer rancher had settled there in 1887.
Contact Terri Lefebvre Prince,
Heritage Researcher,
City of Yorkton, Box 400
37 Third Avenue North
Yorkton, Sask. S3N 2W3
306-786-1722
historian@yorkton.ca
