▁of ▁S ask atch ew an ▁settled ▁by ▁Eastern ▁Europe ans ▁in ▁the ▁Laur ier - S if ton ▁migration ▁of ▁the ▁last ▁de cade ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 th ▁century ▁and ▁first ▁de cade ▁of ▁the ▁ 2 0 th , ▁much ▁of ▁the ▁settlement ▁in ▁the ▁Qu ' App elle ▁District ▁was ▁by ▁well - cap ital ised ▁eastern ▁Canad ians ▁and ▁Brit ons . ▁R ather ▁than ▁the ▁small ▁sod ▁and ▁plain ▁l umber ▁houses ▁and ▁out build ings ▁of ▁later ▁hom est ead ers , ▁farm ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁town ▁resident ial ▁and ▁out building ▁construction ▁here ▁was ▁frequently ▁large , ▁ost ent ati ous ▁and ▁built ▁of ▁brick ▁or ▁stone , ▁often ▁with ▁large ▁formal ▁gard ens , ▁indicating ▁not ▁only ▁the ▁large ▁families ▁of ▁the ▁time ▁but ▁the ▁anticip ation ▁of ▁considerable ▁prosper ity ▁and ▁the ▁ability ▁to ▁employ ▁domestic ▁help . ▁ ▁Town ▁amen ities ▁of ▁the ▁early ▁dec ades ▁of ▁settlement ▁were ▁cont ing ent ▁on ▁the ▁far ming ▁hinter land ▁being ▁far ▁more ▁dens ely ▁populated ▁than ▁today ; ▁travel ▁to ▁Regin a ▁was ▁accomplished ▁via ▁a ▁train ▁journey ▁and ▁domestic ▁transport ▁mostly ▁by ▁horse - dra wn ▁convey ances . ▁With ▁the ▁vast ly ▁de ple ted ▁rural ▁population ▁and ▁improved ▁transport ▁these ▁amen ities ▁have ▁almost ▁wh olly ▁la ps ed . ▁The ▁rational isation ▁by ▁the ▁gra in ▁companies ▁of ▁their ▁dep ots ▁for ▁bu ying ▁gra in ▁from ▁far mers ▁and ▁the ▁resulting ▁disapp earance ▁of ▁Qu ' App