Craik began as a railway station on the line built between Regina and Saskatoon, which was in place by 1890. Before the rail line, the route between those two main settlements was travelled by foot and cart. Homesteading in the area started in 1901, and many of the settlers came from western Europe by way of the United States, drawn by the availability of farming land.
The community was incorporated as a village in 1903 and became a town on August 1, 1907. The Craik Town Hall, built in 1912-13, and the Prairie Pioneer Museum, dating from about 1966, are both listed on the Canadian Register of Historic Places.
Today the town sits along Highway 11 (the Louis Riel Trail) and its economy rests almost entirely on agriculture. Craik is also home to the Craik Sustainable Living Project, which is working to build a sustainable community through an Eco-Village and Eco-Centre, as well as education and action. The town and the RM have worked to attract industry that fits those sustainability principles.
Written from Wikipedia’s article “Craik, Saskatchewan” (CC BY-SA 4.0), and shared under the same licence.