Kenneth A.H. Buckley was born in Aberdeen, Saskatchewan. He attended public school in Watrous and Saskatoon, and earned his B.A. at the University of Saskatchewan in 1942. Following graduation he joined the Canadian Air Force where he served for a short period before being discharged for medical reasons. He returned to his studies and earned the M.A. degree from the University of Toronto in 1945 and a Ph.D. from the University of London in 1950.
Professor Buckley served as a consultant to all levels of government. Extensive work was undertaken for the City of Saskatoon; his advice was sought on local government problems and Dominion-Provincial financial relations by the Government of Saskatchewan; he undertook extensive work on the South Saskatchewan River Project -- a joint ventureof Federal and Provincial governments; he was frequently consulted by a variety of federal agencies.

The Saskatchewan Universities Commission was established on 1 July 1974, coinciding with the division of a single university system operating on two campuses, into two autonomous universities: the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon, and the University of Regina. The Commission's responsibilities included advising the government of the sums necessary to support the universities; reviewing the budgets and rationalizing funds allocations to the universities; and assisting in planning and development. Acting as an intermediary between the government and the institutions, the Commission was empowered to review and authorize capital project expenditures, as well as to review and rationalize graduate and undergraduate program proposals. One of nine members of the Commission staff, R.R. Buckley served as Physical Planner, responsible for reviewing the capital budgets of the universities and integrating them into multi-year forecast needs, and assessing immediate and long-term physical plant needs.

"Chief Buffalo Child Long Lance" was not a Blackfoot chief, as he claimed in the article. He was a journalist, writer and actor from Winston-Salem, North Carolina named Sylvester Clark Long. He spoke out on behalf of Indian causes. After his tribal claims were found to be false, he was generally disavowed. He claimed to know Chief Carry-the-Kettle personally and wrote that he visited him in 1922 when Carry-the-Kettle was 107 years old.

The Buffalo Lake School District No. 119 is located south of Buffalo Pound Lake and east of Tuxford.

Some sources record lessons being taught in an unidentified private home as early as 1885. The first meeting of the Board of Trustees was held at the house of David Taylor on April 4, 1888 with the first trustees being Charles Goss, James Franks and James McCartney.

The first school, known as the Point Elma School during the late 1800's was constructed in 1888 on a road allowance in an unknown location. It was the first school to be built on the plain between Moose Jaw and Buffalo Pound Lake. The building was moved in 1897 to the north-west corner of NW 10-19-26 W2. The name of first teacher is unknown but Roxy Alexander was in charge of the school in 1891-1892.

In 1910, a new school was built on the site and the old building was used as a barn and stable. The new school was moved in 1925 to the north-west corner of NW 11-19-26 W2.
The school was closed in June 1945 due to lack of students but was re-opened in August 1955 and remained in operation until ca. 1964 or 1965.

Buffalo Pound Lake was also known as Buffalo Lake and High Pound Lake. It is the water source for the cities of Regina and Moose Jaw and for the potash mining operations in the Belle Plaine area.

The lake was shallow and the broad downstream end allowed spring runoff to quickly drain. During the late 1920's, a committee was formed to investigate building a dam. It wasn’t until 1933, with a combination of drought and large government projects attempting to stimulate the economy and provide employment, that a formal association formed to promote the building of a dam in the Qu’Appelle River Valley to raise and stabilize water levels in Buffalo Pound Lake.

The Buffalo Lake Water Conservation Association was formed at a meeting in the Grant Hall Hotel on August 9, 1933. The first directors were: W.G. Ross - President, Richard Loney - Vice President, and George D. Mackie - Secretary/Treasurer. Petitions were circulated and research was done. At some later date, Richard Loney served as chair.
Arguments made in support of the project included the development of a resort for fishing and camping, employment, irrigation, a steady water supply and flood prevention.
During the Fall of 1935, a survey party spent a month surveying topography and profiles of proposed dam sites.

It was clear from comments made by government that these projects must show an agricultural benefit. According to the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration (PFRA), the balance of the values are secondary. As agriculture was not the primary benefit of this project, it was not supported.

A dam and control structure was built by the PFRA in 1939 to control the outflow of the lake and in 1967 the lake became part of the water diversion from the Lake Diefenbaker/Qu’Appelle River Dam project.

Lorne Richard Buhr was born in on March 25, 1942 in Borden, Saskatchewan. He attended the Canadian Mennonite Bible College in Winnipeg, earning a Bachelor of Christian Education, prior to enrolling at the University of Saskatchewan where he earned a BA (1969). A scholarship from the University of Saskatchewan enabled him to attend the University of Toronto, where he earned his BLS (1970). He joined the staff of the University of Saskatchewan Library in 1970, working primarily in Government Publications; he also served as acting head of the Reference Department. He left the University in 1977 to accept a position with the Alberta Legislative Library. Buhr died in Edmonton on October 2, 2016.

Bernadine Bujila (nee Hoeschen) was born on January 21, 1906 in Melrose, Minnesota. She received both a BA (1925) and B.Ed (1930) from the University of Saskatchewan and was also awarded the Governor General's gold medal. She received her MA from Columbia in 1928 and did further post-graduate work at both the University of Chicago and the University of Michigan, where she received her PhD in 1948. After teaching in high schools in both the U.S. and Saskatchewan, Dr. Bujila joined the faculty of the University of Saskatchewan in 1935. She was appointed Assistant Professor in 1946 and Department Head in 1960. Dr. Bujila retired from the University in 1967. Dr. Bujila died on October 22, 1987 in Saskatoon.