Where History Lives
~LEGACY FARMS~
We are pleased to recognize historic legacy farms or businesses in east-central Saskatchewan. Some are still home to the founding families; others were homesteads of early settlers and residents of the area. All of them are farms where history lives.
These legacy farms are being recognized by those who support another historic landmark, the original flour mill in the present location of Yorkton, being preserved and expanded by the Yorkton Brick Mill Heritage Society.
There are two tiers of Legacy Farm Opportunities
In recognition of a $3,000 donation, the farm will be honoured on the yorktonflourmill.ca website. Farmers can provide photographs and a short write up to be featured online.
In recognition of a $5,000 donation, the farm will be honoured both online and inside the new facility with an 24” x 32” framed photo, and plaque featuring the write up.
HOW IT WORKS
The Legacy Farm Program is a meaningful tribute to the family farm. It's a good way to tell the story. Each farm photo would be prominently displayed at the new flour mill event center. It can be one single photo or several photos of your choice. The farm photo will be printed on a 19 x 20-inch artist canvas that will be attached to a 24 x 32-inch acrylic floating frame with standouts. Under each farm photo will be a 7 x 18-inch engraved plaque with the dates of the farm's existence, a short description, land location, and the rural municipality. Geotagging the farm gives the viewer a deeper glimpse into where this farm is on the earth. The GPS latitude and longitude coordinates will mark the exact location of this farmstead. Anyone looking at the photo, can open the camera app on their smartphone, point it at the scannable QR (Quick Response) barcode on the engraved plaque, giving them quick access to a digital memorial page on the yorktonflourmill.ca website.
This is a living digital memorial and can be added to at any time with more photos and
unlimited information. The QR code will connect the visitor to a touching collection created to hold your family farm memories for the farm legacy program. The viewer will get more information, see family photos, videos, documents, journal entries, audio clips, or a biography. It's a good way to share the story of your farm with friends and family and preserve those memories for future generations to come.
Anyone who visits the yorktonflourmill.ca website can go to the family farm legacy page and
view any of the farm histories with a click of a mouse; no need for a smartphone to enjoy the
history online. These memorial pages can be accessed online by anyone who visits and scans the photo associated with the respective page. Share the QR code with family and friends, enabling them to participate in the remembrance from anywhere. It's a collective tribute to your farm, fostering a sense of togetherness and digital storytelling.
What the plaques will look like on the bottom of each professionally framed portrait.
Each Legacy Farm Portrait will be
hung in the Flour Mills Interpretive Center for all who visit to learn about.