Kipling, in southeast Saskatchewan, takes its name from the English author Rudyard Kipling, who passed through the town on 4 October 1907. Today the town is reached by Highway 48.
Some of the town's early buildings are still standing. The former CN station, built in 1908–09, and the Kingsley rural municipality office, built in 1919, are both classed as heritage properties. The Kipling and District Historical Society Museum looks after a large group of pioneer-era buildings on its spacious grounds, and the Kipling and District Museum (1903–59) is a Municipal Heritage Property on the Canadian Register of Historic Places.
Kipling also has a more recent claim to fame. In 2006, Canadian blogger Kyle MacDonald turned one red paperclip into a house in Kipling through a series of trades. The town marks the story with the World's Largest Paper Clip, certified by Guinness World Records. It stands 15 feet tall and weighs 3,043 pounds.
Sports are part of local life too: the Kipling/Windthorst Oil Kings play senior men's hockey in the Big 6 Hockey League at the local arena, and the Kipling Royals play in the Saskota Baseball League.
Written from Wikipedia’s article “Kipling, Saskatchewan” (CC BY-SA 4.0), and shared under the same licence.