Elswick, Saskatchewan
Elswick, Saskatchewan | |
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Unincorporated Hamlet | |
Location of Elswick in Saskatchewan | |
Coordinates: 49°22′00″N 103°32′02″W / 49.3666948°N 103.5338374°WCoordinates: 49°22′00″N 103°32′02″W / 49.3666948°N 103.5338374°W | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Saskatchewan |
Region | Southwest Saskatchewan |
Census division | 8 |
Rural Municipality | Cymri No. 36 |
Post Office Established | July 1, 1911 |
Post Office Closed | September 30. 1930 |
Postal code | NA |
Area code(s) | 306 |
Highways | Highway 606 |
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Elswick[2] is a ghost town in Cymri Rural Municipality, Saskatchewan, Canada. The town site was on the Canadian Northern Railway line from Lampman to Radville. The town had a box-car train station, grain elevator, a small store and post office. The town site was abandoned by the railway in 1927 and the rail-line abandoned in 1951.[3]
See also
- List of communities in Saskatchewan
- Hamlets of Saskatchewan
- List of ghost towns in Canada
- Ghost towns in Saskatchewan
References
- ↑ National Archives, Archivia Net, Post Offices and Postmasters, retrieved 2011-08-27
- ↑ "Canadian Geographical Names Data Base Search - Chandler Saskatchewan". Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2011-08-27.
- ↑ R. M. of Cymri History Book Society, Archivia Net, Plowshares to Pumpjacks : R.M. of Cymri : Macoun, Midale, Halbrite, ISBN 0-88925-455-9, retrieved 2011-08-27
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Torquay | Macoun |
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