The map shows the railway run through Langenburg, Churchbridge and Bredenbury. The Þingvalla settlement was north of Churchbridge.
The Icelanders in Thingvalla Settlement in Saskatchewan considered Churchbridge their capital, here they came for supplies and service. From the south, the railway ran through Langenburg, Churchbridge, and onwards north through Bredenbury and Saltcoats to Yorkton. A man by the name A. E. Breden was the engineer of the plans for this railway and, as was the norm in many parts of Western Canada towards the end of the 19th century and the early 20th, one village bore his name and was called Bredenbury, where a post office was opened June 1, 1890. Although Churchbridge was the main attraction for Icelandic businessmen, a few considered Bredenbury, 12 km (7.5 miles) to the northwest. The first to start a business there was Chris Thorvaldson who had a butcher and livestock business in Langenburg and became the major livestock buyer in the Bredenbury area. He was involved in community affairs and sat on the School Board for some time. Hjálmar O. Loptson opened a general store and managed it with his wife, Arnheiður Helgadóttir. She was the daughter of Helgi Árnason and Guðrún Jónsdóttir who emigrated from Árnessýsla in 1885 and within a few years had settled in the Thingvalla Settlement. Two brothers, Guðjón (Jack) and Guðbrandur (Barney) Brown, were housepainters in the village for a few years before they were hired by the Canadian Pacific Railroad (C.P.R.) Company. For a few years after 1910 Bredenbury passed through a boom period and one to capitalize on it was Ásmundur Sveinbjörnsson (Mundi Loptson), son of Sveinbjörn Loftsson and Steinunn Ásmundsdóttir who left Hnappadalssýsla in 1887 and emigrated to Canada. Ásmundur was involved in real estate business, managed his own lumber yard, and also had a flour mill. During these years, a few young men in Bredenbury founded a brass band, among them a few Icelanders, such as Ásmundur Sveinbjörnsson, Hjálmar O. Loptson, Eyjólfur Sigurðsson and the Brown brothers, Guðjón and Guðbrandur.
Bredenbury in 1911. Photo Prairie Towns