Lauder was established in 1891 by the Canadian Pacific Railway and named after Archdeacon John Strutt Lauder, rector of Christ Church in Ottawa. The first survey laid out blocks 1-3 then in 1903, the CPR surveyors laid out blocks 4-7. About the only type of business the town didn't have in its long history was a fire department. The first of several devastating fires was "the great fire of 1894". 125 years after its establishment, there is only one business left in town and most of the buildings are gone but the community spirit is strong.
Robert Fulton Logan (1889-1959), a painter, illustrator, and specialist in copperetchings.[4][5]
Gordon G. Phillips (1927-1992), helped design and build the Alouette communication satellites. In 1965 he went to work in the Canadian Patent Office.[6]