Cudworth, Saskatchewan

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Cudworth is a Canadian small town located approximately 85km north east of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan in the Minnichinas hills.

The town of Cudworth has a population of 738 people and is comprised of a public K-12 school, 60 local businesses and 3 churches serving the rural area surrounding it. It is surrounded by a large agricultural community. The first pioneers in the late 1800s came to this area. They were settled west of modern day Cudworth. German settlers arrived in 1903 and settled in nearby Leofeld, Saskatchewan.

When the village of Cudworth was established in 1911, it had been named after an Englishman named Ralph Cudworth. Ralph worked on the railroad and was a distinguished philosopher. Cudworth in 2004. Present day Cudworth continues to consist mainly of families with Ukrainian, German, and French origins.

Cudworth is in hilly partially forested country east of the South Saskatchewan River. The area is part of the aspen parkland biome. The town was originally peopled primarily by settlers of Eastern European origin including Germany, Hungary, Poland and Ukraine.^[1]

Located two miles south of Cudworth is Our Lady of Sorrows shrine. The site consists of an altar, chapel, statue and Stations of the Cross on a hill west of highway 2. The shrine was established after three children saw beautiful sad lady dragging chains and carrying a golden cross, when they approached her she vanished. There is an annual pilgirmage every year on the tenth Sunday after Easter and is the official pilgirmage of the Saskatoon Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy.^[2]