Relive the Doukhobor Past


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Welcome tours!
Tours are available Saturdays only during summer.
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Tours are conducted by guides in traditional Doukhobor dress.




Experience the grit of our Doukhobor pioneers
when 'Survivor' was not a game...

We will be open Saturdays
from July 7 to July 28, 2012.
Tours at 11 am, 1 pm and 3 pm


Admission prices:

  • $8 per person general admission
  • Free admission for those age 12 and under
  • $6 per person for
    motor coach tours
  • $7 per person for
    school tours
We are open rain or shine.

In 1899, the sweep of a religious ideal came to the wide prairies of western Canada.

Russian Doukhobors fled their homeland and settled in the Blaine Lake area of Saskatchewan, Canada. They adapted to the harshness of their environment by digging into the North Saskatchewan River ravine, where they built a dugout house, in the style of houses in the Caucasus.

Used until 1904 when log houses were built and a village established nearby, it remains a witness to the tenacity of our settlers. It tells a dramatic, compelling tale from the heart of prairie Doukhobor culture. This historic site was chosen for scholarly study, as a unique combination of built heritage and natural history.









(Photo: Saskatchewan Archives Board: S-B9563)