Sukanen Ship Pioneer Village and Museum, Heritage museum and pioneer village south of Moose Jaw, Canada.
Sukanen Ship Pioneer Village and Museum lies on Highway 2 south of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. Historic buildings moved from surrounding communities are arranged as a small farming town of the early 1900s to 1930s, with pioneer artifacts, tractors, cars and trucks. Its tallest structure is a McCabe's Grain Co. grain elevator built in 1913, about 68 feet (21 m) tall, moved from Mawer in 2007.
Tom Sukanen was a Finnish homesteader who settled near Birsay and assembled a ship near the South Saskatchewan River, hoping to sail home to Finland. The Moose Jaw car club agreed to restore the vessel at its museum site, where it became the founding centrepiece. The surrounding pioneer village grew around it, with historic buildings moved in from nearby communities and a 1913 McCabe's Grain Co. elevator relocated from Mawer in 2007.
The museum is named after Tom Sukanen, a Finnish homesteader who settled near Birsay and assembled a ship near the South Saskatchewan River hoping to sail home. The Moose Jaw car club agreed to restore his vessel at their museum site, and volunteers now run the village of relocated prairie buildings.
The museum lies on Highway 2, south of Moose Jaw, and the village is run by volunteers from the Moose Jaw car club. The 1913 McCabe's Grain Co. elevator was moved here from Mawer in 2007, about 60 km northwest of its original site. Allow time to walk between the relocated buildings and the ship.
Tom Sukanen, a Finnish homesteader near Birsay, assembled his ship, the Sointula, beside the South Saskatchewan River to carry him home to Finland. The Moose Jaw car club took on its restoration at their museum site, and the vessel now rests inland on the prairie.
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