Claybank Brick Plant National Historic Site — Attraction in Elmsthorpe No. 100

A pretty neat historic site that makes you feel like you stepped back in time. It is a bit out of the way, but if you are in the area I would suggest a visit. It is hard to believe that the plant operated in its current state until 1989 as the majority of the facility is original from 1914.

It is considered a national historic site, but it appears to have a pretty low budget and I would compare more to a local museum. The site is explored via a self guided tour reading information signs at key locations after checking in at the bunkhouse to pay admission. Either before or after your tour you can stop in at the bunkhouse for homemade Saskatoon berry pie served with ice cream!

The hours of operation are 10am to 4pm daily in July and August. There is an annual heritage day on the last Sunday of June where the plant is operated and you can see how the bricks were made. I have not attended the heritage day, but plan to in a future year.

Included with your admission is access to go hiking in the canyon and clay pits that are located adjacent the...

Think twice before making this 200km round trip from Regina. Many years ago you could walk around the site and actually step inside a kiln. Now you have to stand outside a wire fence and read posters about it. The interpretive Centre video was excellent, the cafe was very smart and staff were extremely pleasant. Parks Canada/ Sask Parks and Recreation seem to think that a fancy brass plaque and nice cafe is a great way to honour this National Historic site.... they are wrong. We visited on Saturday of the Labour Day weekend and there were about 12 other visitors, all were locals using the lovely cafe.... The once operational part of the brickworks is obviously unsafe (hence the fence around it) but the Interpretive Centre/cafe is in excellent shape so the least they could do is make the upstairs into a small museum with some artifacts. Congrats to the staff for making us feel...

Every year since we heard about this place we’ve been going out there. It always fun and if you go out a day when nobody else is there you get to really take the time to enjoy your self. If you do go on a day where they have an event you can’t to see the whole place alive and it can be really cool. The food out there is amazing as it’s all handmade and not overly priced. The museum in the main building is a great source of information and I even found out that a building I’m in charge of has a portion of its brick from clay bank. If you don’t mind the drive I definitely recommend heading out there to see what it was like and...