Editing Estevan (section)

==History==
The first settlers in what was to become Estevan arrived in 1892, along with the expansion of the [[Canadian Pacific Railway]]. It was incorporated as a village in 1899, and later became a town in 1906. On March 1, 1957, Estevan acquired the status of a city, which, in Saskatchewan terms, is any community of 5,000 or more.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia
|url = http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/estevan.html
|title = Estevan
|last = Salmers
|first = G.C.
|encyclopedia = Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan
|publisher = Great Plains Research Center
|date = 2006
|access-date = 2010-11-03
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121124095635/http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/estevan.html
|archive-date = 2012-11-24
|url-status = dead
}}</ref>

The name origin is attributed to [[George Stephen, 1st Baron Mount Stephen|George Stephen]]'s registered [[telegraphic address]], ''Estevan''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.saskbiz.ca/communityprofiles/CommunityProfile.Asp?CommunityID=1|title=Estevan|access-date=2008-03-12|archive-date=15 October 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071015122028/http://www.saskbiz.ca/communityprofiles/CommunityProfile.Asp?CommunityID=1|url-status=dead}}</ref> George Stephen was the first President of the Canadian Pacific Railway, from 1881 to 1888.

===World War I military unit===
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On December 22, 1915, the [[152nd (Weyburn-Estevan) Battalion, CEF]] was authorised and recruited men from the area before departing to Great Britain on October 3, 1916.{{cn|date=May 2024}}

===1931 riot===
Estevan was the site of the notorious [[Estevan riot]] in 1931. Although most of the strikers were from nearby [[Bienfait]], the strike is associated with Estevan because it was in this city the demonstrators were met by members of the [[Royal Canadian Mounted Police]]. After the subsequent riot, which lasted 45 minutes, three strikers lay dead. It was later proven the three miners had been killed by the RCMP. The miners had been organised by the [[Workers' Unity League]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Hanson |first=Stanley Duane |date=1971 |title=The Estevan Strike and Riot, 1931 |url=https://harvest.usask.ca/items/742509e9-4cbe-421b-9a3c-f0e2a02996fc |journal=University of Saskatchewan |language=en-US}}</ref>