List of ghost towns in Saskatchewan

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List of ghost towns in Saskatchewan

The following is a list of communities that no longer exist or former Villages/Towns that have become unincorporated hamlets in the province of Saskatchewan, Canada.

Ghost towns are towns that once had a considerable population, that have since dwindled in numbers causing some or all its business to close, either due to the rerouting of a highway, train tracks being pulled, or exhaustion of a natural resource. One of the more famous stories of Saskatchewan ghost towns arose around Uranium City which was close to achieving city status and utterly collapsed upon the closure of the Eldorado mine and the mass exodus of its population.[1]

Initially travel began by horse and wagon or ox and cart along trails which generally followed animal trails across the North-West Territories. Railways would not build across the western frontier without settlement as it would be too costly to provide train service across a barren wilderness.[2] The Clifford Sifton immigration policy encouraged settlers to arrive.[3] Western settlement began and immigration encroached across the Manitoba border into the North-West Territories later to become the Province of Saskatchewan in 1905. Rail stations, post offices, schools, and towns sprang up approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) to 10 miles (16 km) apart to accommodate ox and cart as well as horse and wagon travel.[4][5] As travel evolved to automobiles, there was no longer a need for centres this close together. In the 1940s when the highway became more popular, and the rail branch lines started to close down, saw the demise of sidings and villages located on the rail line but not on the highway. In the late 1950s and 1960s when highways were straightened and developed from gravel to asphalt and oil surface highways many of the bypassed towns and villages folded. Businesses set up shop in towns on the new straightened highway,[6] and children could be bused to composite schools in the larger centres. The following placenames may exist only as commemorative road names which intersect the current highways and have disappeared altogether or they may be unincorporated areas of the Rural Municipality|RM such as Floral, the birthplace of Gordie Howe. Floral would be currently located off the Yellowhead highway for example but it was on Provincial Highway 5 when the road was on the square. Floral currently is demarked by an old church at the Floral Cemetery, and the Floral one room school is now the community hall for meetings and social gatherings. The only remembrance of Floral is a road named Floral road. The road travelled on the 'square' connecting many small country towns was a different one from the highway of today connecting larger urban centres.

A rural municipality, often abbreviated RM, is a form of municipality consisting of an elected reeve for the elected head along with aldermen or Councillors of a rural municipality, performing a similar role to the mayor of a village, town or city.[7] An RM may have its office in a town or village, which has its own separate and distinct civic administration, but the RM administers the rural affairs of a large land area including unincorporated areas or ghost towns. The RM administers the remaining population of the ghost town providing any needed civic infrastructure, safety, health, educational, or tourism affairs. Localities with small populations are enumerated in census taking by Statistics Canada as a population belonging to the RM. For instance Churchbridge No. 211 includes the localities of Beresina and the Melville Airport.[8]

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Hospital in Robsart
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Island Falls powerhouse

List of ghost towns

More information Name, Rural municipality (RM) ...
Name Rural
municipality (RM)
Land Address Lat/Long
AmuletNorton No. 1649°36'58.3" N 104°45'19.4 "W
ArenaFrontier No. 1949°07'2.3" N 109°16'00.1" W
AuburntonMoose Creek No. 3349°24'23" N 102°4'25" W
BaildonBaildon No. 131
BatemanGravelbourg No. 10449°41′28.9″ N 107°51′14.6″ W
BattrumRiverside No. 16850°32'55.0" N 108°20'05.3" W
Bay TrailWolverine No. 34052°7′0″ N 105°9′2″ W
BayardTerrell No. 10150°01'18.8" N 105°17'27.2" W
BentsMarriott No. 31751°49'24.2" N 107°43'43.0" W
Birch CreekEmerald No. 277Sec.10, Twp.30, R.14, W2
BlewettCymri No. 36SW Sec.12, Twp.5, R.10, W249°21'58.41" N 103°14'02.23" W
Bonne MadoneHoodoo No. 40152°40'20.2" N 105°31'22.7" W
BountyFertile Valley No. 28551°31'20.9" N 107°21'41.7" W
BreezeBrowning No. 34
BresaylorPaynton No. 47052°58'06.6" N 108°45'49.3" W
BromheadSouris Valley No. 7Sec.3, Twp.3, R.13, W249°10'46.9" N -103°40'34.7" W
BrookingLaurier No. 3849°30'34.7" N 104°25'21.3" W
BrowningBrowning No. 3449°26'07.8" N 102°38'02.4" W
BryantBenson No. 35SW Sec.12 Twp.5 R.9, W249°22'37.7" N 103°06'16.4" W
Buffalo Gap49°06'31.7" N 105°16'41.5" W
Cactus LakeHeart's Hill No. 352
CosineEye Hill No. 382
CanuckLone Tree No. 18
ChandlerCymri No. 36SW Sec.10, Twp.5, R.11, W249°21'48.7" N 103°25'08.4" W
ClaydonFrontier No. 19
ClearfieldBrokenshell No. 68
CoalfieldsCoalfields No. 4
ColgateLomond No. 37SE Sec.24 Twp.5 R.15, W249°23'40.0" N 103°53'42.0" W
CourtAntelope Park No. 322
CrichtonWise Creek No. 77
CullenBenson No. 35NW-SW Sec.7 Twp.5 R.7, W249°22'09.3" N 102°56'52.2" W
CummingsMaple Creek No. 111
DianaBratt's Lake No. 129
DivideReno No. 51
Dernic (Federal Grain Spur)Buchanan No. 304
DneiperSliding Hills No. 273
DobrowodyInvermay No. 305
DummerCaledonia No. 99
ElcottEnniskillen No. 3
ElswickCymri No. 36NW Sec.2 Twp.5 R.12, W249°22'00.0" N 103°32'02.0" W
EstuaryDeer Forks No. 232
ExpanseLake Johnston No. 102
FlintoftStonehenge No. 73
FloralCorman Park No. 344Sec.4 Twp.36 R.4, W352°03′25″ N 106°30′40″ W
ForwardNorton No. 69
FroudeGriffin No. 66
FusilierAntelope Park No. 322
GarwoodWeyburn No. 67
GalileeTerrell No. 101
GallivanCut Knife No. 439
GibbsLonglaketon No. 219
GirvinArm River No. 252
GlamisSt. Andrews No. 287NW_7_28_13_W351°38'06.56 N 107°82'82.12 W
Glasnevin49°33'00.9" N 105°03'17.7" W
Glen BainGlen Bain No. 105
Glen KerrMorse No. 165
GoodwaterLomond No. 3749°23'46.6" N 103°42'36.8" W
GouldtownMorse No. 165
GouverneurAuvergne No. 76
GovenlockReno No. 51
GrassdaleWeyburn No. 67
HalkettEstevan No. 5
HallonquistCoulee No. 136
HandsworthGolden West No. 95
HardyThe Gap No. 39
HarptreeBengough No. 40
HattonMaple Creek No. 111
HearneRedburn No. 130
HerschelMountain View No. 318
HofferSouris Valley No. 7
HollowayCymri No. 36NW Sec.1 Twp.6 R.12, W2
HorizonBengough No. 40
HughtonMonet No. 257
HumeGriffin No. 66
HuntoonGriffin No. 66
InnesGriffin No. 66
InsingerInsinger No. 275
InstowBone Creek No. 108
Island Falls55°31'38.0" N 102°20'53.8" W
JasminItuna Bon Accord No. 246
Jordan RiverArborfield No. 456
KayvilleKey West No. 70
KingsfordBrowning No. 34
LakenheathStonehenge No. 73
LillestromHillsborough No. 13250°15'57.6" N 105°51'19.8" W
LoomisFrontier No. 19
LovernaAntelope Park No. 322
LuxtonBrowning No. 34
MasefieldVal Marie No. 17
MaximLomond No. 37NE Sec.21 Twp. 4 R.15, W249°18'58.7" N 103°58'43.9" W
MinardBrowning No. 34
NashlynReno No. 51
NeidpathCoulee No. 136
NeptuneLomond No. 3749°22'21.4" N 104°04'08.8" W
NevilleWhiska Creek No. 106
New FinlandWillowdale No. 153
Old WivesHillsborough No. 13250°11'36.6" N 106°00'21.6" W
OungreSouris Valley No. 749°08'42.7"N 103°48'02.9"W
OutramCambria No. 649°09'00"N 103°19'00"W
OxaratReno No. 51
ParkbegWheatlands No. 163
PintoCoalfields No. 4
PolwarthCanwood No. 494
RangeviewReno No. 51
RavenscragWhite Valley No. 49
ReynaudThree Lakes No. 400
RobinhoodMedstead No. 497
RobsartReno No. 51
RomanceLeroy No. 339
RoserayPittville No. 169
RutlandColonsay No. 342
ScotsguardBone Creek No. 108
SenateReno No. 51
ServiceMoose Mountain No. 63
ShandEstevan No. 5
SmutsGrant No. 372
South ForkArlington No. 7949°35'37.431"N 108°43'9.6456"W
SouthallSouris Valley No. 7
St. BoswellsGlen Bain No. 105
TablelandEstevan No. 5
TarnopolInvergordon No. 430
TatagwaWeyburn No. 67NW Sec.17 Twp.8 R.15, W2
TateMount Hope No. 279
TinyBuchanan No. 304
TaylortonCoalfields No. 4
TrossachsBrokenshell No. 6849°38'16.8"N 104°13'34.7"W
TruaxElmsthorpe No. 100
Union JackWeyburn No. 67
UrenChaplin No. 164
ValjeanChaplin No. 164
Valley CentreMarriott No. 317
VantageSutton No. 103
VerloPittville No. 169
VesperLac Pelletier No. 107
VidoraReno No. 51
ViewfieldBenson No. 35SW S.34 Twp.6 R.9, W2 and NW Sec.27 Twp 6 R.9, W249°30'22.8" N 103°08'34.0" W
WauchopeAntler No. 61
WheatstoneKey West No. 7049°44'03.6"N 105°15'04.7"W
WinterRound Valley No. 410
WoodleyBrowning No. 34
XenaMorris No. 312
YonkerSenlac No. 411
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