Elswick, Saskatchewan

Elswick, Saskatchewan
Unincorporated Hamlet

Location of Elswick in Saskatchewan

Coordinates: 49°22′00″N 103°32′02″W / 49.3666948°N 103.5338374°W / 49.3666948; -103.5338374Coordinates: 49°22′00″N 103°32′02″W / 49.3666948°N 103.5338374°W / 49.3666948; -103.5338374
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]

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References

  1. National Archives, Archivia Net, Post Offices and Postmasters, retrieved 2011-08-27
  2. "Canadian Geographical Names Data Base Search - Chandler Saskatchewan". Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2011-08-27.
  3. 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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