Scarth Street
Top Image: Scarth Street Mall in 1980. Bottom Image: Scarth Street Mall in 2022.
Scarth Street is known for its enjoyable bustling vibe, and alluring store fronts, with diverse people and music, especially during the summer. This street goes all the way back to the founding of Regina. It is named after William B. Scarth, who was one of four that represented the North-West Land Company in 1882 and held the townsite property in trust. In 1882, the railway reached this point and Scarth was the one and only resident, which meant that it fell to him to develop the townsite. He was passionate and called a public meeting to assure residents that a well would be sunk, the creek dammed, streets graded and public buildings erected. To succeed in his goals, he invited prominent easterners to visit Regina in his private railway car in October of 1882.
Top Image: Scarth Street Circa 1912. Bottom Image: Cornwall Entrance where the 1700 Block of Scarth Street used to be, 2022.
Sources: Regina: The Streets Where You Live, Regina Public Library, 1988.
Photos: 1700 block Scarth Street, looking north towards South Railway. City of Regina Archives: CORA-RPL-B-0399, c. 1912.
Looking north down east side of Scarth Street Mall. City of Regina Archives: CORA-C-0367, 1980.