VGI Updates

Volga German families settled in and around Leduc, Alberta.

Volga German families settled in the community of Grosswerder, Saskatchewan. They came primarily from the colonies of Schuck and Volmer.

Today, the primary reminder of the former community of Grosswerder is St. Anthony’s Catholic Church. The parish was established for the German Catholics who homesteaded the area between 1906 and 1907. Built in 1912, St. Anthony’s Church replaced a temporary church built out of sod.

Volga German families settled in and around Macklin, Saskatchewan.

Volga German families settled in and around Grande Prairie, Alberta.

Volga German families settled in and around Lemsford, Saskatchewan.

Volga German families settled in and around Goodsoil, Saskatchewan.

Volga German families settled in and around Fox Valley, Saskatchewan.

Nothing remains of the community of Rosenthal, Saskatchewan, except for the cemetery of the former St. John's Catholic Church.

St. John's Roman Catholic Church was founded in 1914 as St. Mary's, but was relocated and renamed shortly thereafter.

Most of those German Russian families associated with this community are from the Black Sea region of Russia.

Volga German families settled in and around Liebenthal, Saskatchewan. However, most of the German Russian families in this community were from the Black Sea region of Russia.

Today, all that remains of this community is the Sacred Heart Catholic Church.

Volga German families settled in and around North Battleford, Saskatchewan as early as 1912.