Old Wives, Saskatchewan

Old Wives, Saskatchewan
Unincorporated Hamlet
Old Wives, Saskatchewan
Coordinates: 50°12′00″N 106°00′02″W / 50.2°N 106.00055°W
Country	Canada
Province	Saskatchewan
Region	Southwest Saskatchewan
Census division	Division No. 3
Rural Municipality	Hillsborough
Post office Founded	1912-01-01 (Closed 1969-10-10)
Government
• Governing body	Hillsborough No. 132
Area
• Total	0 km^2 (0 sq mi)
Population (2001)
• Total	0
• Density	0/km^2 (0/sq mi)
Time zone	CST
Area code(s)	306
Highways	Highway 363
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Old Wives is a hamlet in Hillsborough Rural Municipality No. 132, Saskatchewan, Canada.

History

Both the hamlet of Old Wives and Old Wives Lake were named after a local legend that a Cree camp was attacked by a band of Blackfoot warriors and the older women could not escape. They drowned in the lake while trying to swim away to safety.^[5]

Demographics

Old Wives, like so many other small communities throughout Saskatchewan, has struggled to maintain a sturdy population causing it to become a ghost town with only a population with no citizens.

In 2001, Old Wives had a population of 0 living in 0 dwellings, a 0% increase from 1996. The village had a land area of 0 km² (0 sq mi) and a population density of 0.0/km² (0/sq mi).

See also

• List of communities in Saskatchewan
• Hamlets of Saskatchewan

References

1. National Archives, Archivia Net, Post Offices and Postmasters
2. Government of Saskatchewan, MRD Home, Municipal Directory System, archived from the original on November 21, 2008
3. Canadian Textiles Institute. (2005), CTI Determine your provincial constituency
4. Commissioner of Canada Elections, Chief Electoral Officer of Canada (2005), Elections Canada On-line
5. "Place Names in Saskatchewan". Retrieved 2008-09-29.

External links

• Horse Shoe Tourism Region

Coordinates: 50°12′00″N 106°00′02″W / 50.20000°N 106.00056°W