Wynyard is a town in eastern Saskatchewan, Canada, 132 km west of Yorkton and 190 km east of Saskatoon. Wynyard is in but not part of the rural municipality of Big Quill No. 308. It is located on the Yellowhead Highway just south of Big Quill Lake.HistoryMany of the early settlers to the area around Big Quill Lake were of Icelandic origin, and the ethnic block settlement area was called the Vatnabyggd settlement. Sleipnir, a store and post office, was located at NE-30-22-15 and was the centre of community life of the Vatnabyggd settlement until it was moved into Wynyard in 1908.The first wave of Icelandic settlers in the Wynyard area was soon followed by numerous Ukrainian settlers and then British, Polish and German settlers.DemographicsLat (DMS) 51° 46' 00" NLong (DMS) 104° 11' 00" WDominion Land Survey Section 27 - Township 32 - Range 16 West of the 2nd MeridianTime zone (cst) UTC−6AttractionsThe Frank Cameron Museum is closed, but there is a very interesting museum, downtown, on Avenue B. It has a good selection of local historical artifacts and pictures, and occasionally has special exhibits, such as "wedding dresses through the decades". Wynyard Regional Park is the local camping site located a few kilometres from town. Wynyard is located just to the south of Big Quill Lake which is the largest saline lake in Canada. Mud Lake Wildlife Refuge is 19 km (12 miles) from town. Wynyard Golf Club (a 9 hole golf course) offers the Wynyard Hole in One Tournament, Wynyard Ladies Night Golf and Wynyard Men's Night Golf. The Wynyard Swimming Pool and the Wynyard Stingrays Synchronized Swimming Team