Gwynne

History

In 1902, pioneer homesteader Charles Rodberg (known in his native Belgium as Chevalier Charles Rodberg de Walden) opened a store and post office along the railway and the area was known as Rodberg's Crossing, or Rodberg's Flat. Later the area was known as Diana, after his eldest child, and the Post Office was called the Diana Post Office. When the CPR arrived in 1905 the community was renamed to honor the wife of a railway official. Julia Maude Schreiber (née Gwynne) was the second wife of Sir Collingwood Schreiber (1831-1908), a railway builder, former chief engineer of the CPR and former federal deputy minister of railways and canals. Julia was president of the Ottawa Ladies' golf club and vice-regent of the Daughters of the Empire in Ottawa. It is doubtful that she ever set foot in the hamlet named after her.

Most-observed species

• Canada Goose (canadensis Group)

  Branta canadensis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  737
• Mallard

  Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  672
• Black-billed Magpie

  Pica hudsonia (Sabine, 1823) · Aves
  595
• Red-winged Blackbird

  Agelaius phoeniceus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  504
• American Crow

  Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves
  492
• Northern Shoveler

  Spatula clypeata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  487
• Common Raven

  Corvus corax Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  445
• European Starling

  Sturnus vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  439

Most recent

• M 3.8 — 2019-03-04
  9 km NW of Red Deer, Canada