In 1903-1904, the Catholic Colonization Society led by F. J. Lange was granted a bloc of 77 townships in west central Saskatchewan. In late April 1905, the first settlers arrived at their new home near Tramping Lake. A second group arrived on May 11, 1905. Germans from Russia who had first settled in the Dakotas arrived from 1905-1908. Immigrants coming directly from south Russia arrived from 1908-1910. Some moved from the previously settled Saskatchewan Catholic colonies of St. Joseph’s Colony near Balgonie or St. Peter’s Colony near Humboldt.
Some Volga German families also settled in and around the St. Joseph's Colony near Tramping Lake, Saskatchewan.
- St. Michael's Catholic Church
- St. Joseph's Colony (Rootsweb)
- St. Josephs Colony, Tramping Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada (GRHS)
- Tramping Lake, Saskatchewan (Wikipedia)