Ukrainian culture in Canada

The St. Nicholas Russo-Greek Orthodox Church (1908) is one of three churches in the Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village. All remain in use.   (Alan Solomon/Chicago Tribune )

Mr. Buk, a no-nonsense teacher, awaits pupils in a one-room schoolhouse. The Union Jack on the wall is a reminder that only English was to be spoken in his classroom.   (Alan Solomon/Chicago Tribune )

Once found throughout Canada’s prairie provinces but now vanishing, a traditional grain elevator (1922), in full working condition, towers over the Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village.   (Alan Solomon/Chicago Tribune )

Schoolchildren enjoy a ride on a wagon similar to those that hauled harvests from the fields to the town’s grain elevator around 1930.   (Alan Solomon/Chicago Tribune )