Allan, a town in west central Saskatchewan about 65 kilometres south-east of Saskatoon, got its start in 1903 when nine families travelling together began arriving to homestead. They had turned down several earlier land claims they weren't happy with, and in early June of that year they finally settled in what is now the Allan district.
The community was incorporated as a village on June 9, 1910, and became a town in 1965. The Canadian National Railway runs along the south side of town.
Today Allan has a community museum, run by the Allan Community Heritage Society, that is open seasonally and shows displays that change each year with artifacts donated by local families. The society has also gathered over 3000 photographs from the area. The Allan & District Communiplex, built in 1982, has a hockey rink that was renamed the Logan Schatz Memorial Rink in 2019 in memory of the Humboldt Broncos captain from Allan who died in the bus crash. The town is also home to a nine-hole golf course that opened in 1959 and a seasonal outdoor pool.
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