Crichton, Saskatchewan

For other uses, see Crichton (disambiguation).

Crichton (/ˈkreɪtən/ KRAY-tən)^[5] is an unincorporated community within the Rural Municipality of Wise Creek No. 77, Saskatchewan, Canada. It is located between Admiral and Cadillac on the historic Red Coat Trail, also known as Highway 13. Like so many towns along the Red Coat Trail, Crichton has become a ghost town with only one family remaining and many empty buildings scattered throughout the town site.

Crichton
Unincorporated community
Monument commemorating Crichton's last resident
Crichton Location of Crichton in Saskatchewan Show map of Wise Creek No. 77 Crichton Crichton (Saskatchewan) Show map of Saskatchewan
Coordinates: 49°43′25″N 107°52′33″W
Country	Canada
Province	Saskatchewan
Region	Saskatchewan
Census division	4
Rural Municipality	Wise Creek
Established	1909
Incorporated (Village)	N/A
Incorporated (Town)	N/A
Government
• Governing body	Wise Creek No. 77
Population  (2008)
• Total	1
Postal code	S0N 2G0
Area code	306
Highways	Highway 13
[1][2][3][4]

History

On July 25 to 29, 1913 a survey began by a man named David Townsend from Calgary, Alberta plotting out the new community. Residents of the community decided that the name of their community should be after Scottish poet and scholar, James Crichton born in Perthshire in 1560.

During its day as an incorporated settlement, Crichton had three grain elevators (all have been torn down), a school that has been moved to a nearby bible camp, a café and pool hall, a garage that still stands on main street, boarding house, a blacksmith shop, lumberyard, post office, livery barn, water tower (torn down in the 1960s), and a large warehouse attached to the general store. There were even a golf course and tennis courts built for the community, as well as a baseball diamond near the school site. Today Crichton has one resident, and a few scattered buildings sitting abandoned.

See also

• List of communities in Saskatchewan
• Lists of ghost towns in Canada
• List of ghost towns in Saskatchewan

References

1. National Archives, Archivia Net, Post Offices and Postmasters, archived from the original on October 6, 2006
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, archived from the original on September 11, 2007
4. Commissioner of Canada Elections, Chief Electoral Officer of Canada (2005), Elections Canada On-line, archived from the original on April 21, 2007
5. The Canadian Press (2017), The Canadian Press Stylebook (18th ed.), Toronto: The Canadian Press