Springbank was named after Springbank Creek, which runs through the community. Originally a productive agricultural community, the area started to attract rural residential living in the 1950s.
Around 1876, settlers entered an area known as ‘Spring Bank’ following an amendment to the Dominion Land Act. Together they worked hard to build a community. They established churches, and schools, and places for social gatherings. Friendship and relationships, commerce, and clubs – it was all in Spring Bank (originally spelled as two words).
Families forged together and used the land to feed, clothe and house themselves. Stories of those pioneering days, that would make you laugh, sigh, and sometimes cry, have deserved preservation, to be passed down through the generations. The Spring Bank settlers are among the founders of this province’s great ranching tradition. And their values have always included a fundamental understanding and respect for the land.