The 2023 season was jump-started on Canada Day when more than 90 people toured the Heritage Village. This past week has averaged 2 tours per day. In recent years, multiple daily tours often don’t happen until August, so we’re excited to see if this summer will average more visitors than usual. However, it will be really tough to beat the CMMM’s first season, which coincided with Saskatchewan Homecoming ’71. They counted 2,440 visitors from around the world!
Read Elizabeth McLain’s account in the November 11, 1971 edition of the Highway 40 Courier:
~ Debbie M.
Clayton McLain Memorial Museum 
It is very gratifying to read Mom’s account of the attendees of CMMM’s debut season.
She worked very hard for three decades to improve that wonderful museum. I was honoured to visit it many times while living out of province since 1976.
My sister Terry was one of the original staffers there. I learned a lot from her as well as Mom. I appreciate the legion of volunteers who kept if going and growing for fifty-two years!
That is nearly as long as my Dad’s life. He was only 54 when he passed, but he knew his collection would be preserved and celebrated. It is a monument to the community in which I grew up.
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The CMMM and Archives are truly a monument to the community, but also to your parents who had the foresight and determination to save and preserve the area’s history. Every year, the museum has visits from at least one former resident, their children and grandchildren. It means so much to them to be able to share with their families the history of their time growing up here. Thanks for following us.
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