List of ghost towns in Saskatchewan
Appearance
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.
Eldorado mine and the mass exodus of its population.[1]
Initially travel began by horse and wagon or
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.
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Churchbridge No. 211 includes the localities of Beresina and the Melville Airport.[8]
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List of ghost towns
Name | Rural municipality (RM) |
Land Address | Lat/Long |
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Amulet | Norton No. 16 |
49°36'58.3" N 104°45'19.4 "W | |
Arena | Frontier No. 19 |
49°07'2.3" N 109°16'00.1" W | |
Auburnton |
Moose Creek No. 33 | 49°24'23" N 102°4'25" W | |
Baildon | Baildon No. 131 |
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Bateman | Gravelbourg No. 104 |
49°41′28.9″ N 107°51′14.6″ W | |
Battrum |
Riverside No. 168 | 50°32'55.0" N 108°20'05.3" W | |
Bayard | Terrell No. 101 |
50°01'18.8" N 105°17'27.2" W | |
Bents |
Marriott No. 317 | 51°49'24.2" N 107°43'43.0" W | |
Birch Creek | Emerald No. 277 |
Sec.10, Twp.30, R.14, W2 | |
Blewett | Cymri No. 36 |
SW Sec.12, Twp.5, R.10, W2 | 49°21'58.41" N 103°14'02.23" W |
Bonne Madone |
Hoodoo No. 401 | 52°40'20.2" N 105°31'22.7" W | |
Bounty | Fertile Valley No. 285 |
51°31'20.9" N 107°21'41.7" W | |
Breeze | Browning No. 34 | ||
Bresaylor |
Paynton No. 470 | 52°58'06.6" N 108°45'49.3" W | |
Bromhead | Souris Valley No. 7 | Sec.3, Twp.3, R.13, W2 | 49°10'46.9" N -103°40'34.7" W |
Brooking | Laurier No. 38 | 49°30'34.7" N 104°25'21.3" W | |
Browning | Browning No. 34 | 49°26'07.8" N 102°38'02.4" W | |
Bryant | Benson No. 35 |
SW Sec.12 Twp.5 R.9, W2 | 49°22'37.7" N 103°06'16.4" W |
Buffalo Gap | 49°06'31.7" N 105°16'41.5" W | ||
Cactus Lake | Heart's Hill No. 352 |
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Cosine | Eye Hill No. 382 | ||
Canuck | Lone Tree No. 18 |
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Chandler | Cymri No. 36 | SW Sec.10, Twp.5, R.11, W2 | 49°21'48.7" N 103°25'08.4" W |
Claydon | Frontier No. 19 | ||
Clearfield | Brokenshell No. 68 | ||
Coalfields | Coalfields No. 4 | ||
Colgate | Lomond No. 37 |
SE Sec.24 Twp.5 R.15, W2 | 49°23'40.0" N 103°53'42.0" W |
Court | Antelope Park No. 322 | ||
Crichton | Wise Creek No. 77 |
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Cullen | Benson No. 35 |
NW-SW Sec.7 Twp.5 R.7, W2 | 49°22'09.3" N 102°56'52.2" W |
Cummings | Maple Creek No. 111 |
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Diana | Bratt's Lake No. 129 |
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Divide | Reno No. 51 |
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Dernic (Federal Grain Spur) | Buchanan No. 304 | ||
Dneiper | Sliding Hills No. 273 | ||
Dobrowody | Invermay No. 305 | ||
Dummer | Caledonia No. 99 |
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Elcott | Enniskillen No. 3 | ||
Elswick | Cymri No. 36 | NW Sec.2 Twp.5 R.12, W2 | 49°22'00.0" N 103°32'02.0" W |
Estuary | Deer Forks No. 232 |
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Expanse | Lake Johnston No. 102 |
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Flintoft | Stonehenge No. 73 |
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Floral | Corman Park No. 344 |
Sec.4 Twp.36 R.4, W3 | 52°03′25″ N 106°30′40″ W |
Forward | Norton No. 69 |
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Froude | Griffin No. 66 |
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Fusilier | Antelope Park No. 322 |
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Garwood | Weyburn No. 67 | ||
Galilee | Terrell No. 101 | ||
Gallivan | Cut Knife No. 439 | ||
Gibbs | Longlaketon No. 219 |
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Girvin | Arm River No. 252 |
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Glamis | St. Andrews No. 287 | NW_7_28_13_W3 | 51°38'06.56 N 107°82'82.12 W |
Glasnevin | 49°33'00.9" N 105°03'17.7" W | ||
Glen Bain | Glen Bain No. 105 |
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Glen Kerr |
Morse No. 165 | ||
Goodwater | Lomond No. 37 |
49°23'46.6" N 103°42'36.8" W | |
Gouldtown | Morse No. 165 | ||
Gouverneur | Auvergne No. 76 |
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Govenlock |
Reno No. 51 |
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Grassdale | Weyburn No. 67 |
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Halkett | Estevan No. 5 |
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Hallonquist |
Coulee No. 136 | ||
Handsworth | Golden West No. 95 |
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Hardy | The Gap No. 39 | ||
Harptree | Bengough No. 40 | ||
Hatton | Maple Creek No. 111 |
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Hearne | Redburn No. 130 |
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Herschel | Mountain View No. 318 |
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Hoffer | Souris Valley No. 7 |
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Holloway | Cymri No. 36 | NW Sec.1 Twp.6 R.12, W2 | |
Horizon | Bengough No. 40 |
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Hughton | Monet No. 257 |
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Hume | Griffin No. 66 |
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Huntoon | Griffin No. 66 |
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Innes |
Griffin No. 66 |
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Insinger | Insinger No. 275 |
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Instow | Bone Creek No. 108 |
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Island Falls | 55°31'38.0" N 102°20'53.8" W | ||
Jasmin | Ituna Bon Accord No. 246 | ||
Jordan River | Arborfield No. 456 | ||
Kayville |
Key West No. 70 |
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Kingsford | Browning No. 34 |
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Lakenheath | Stonehenge No. 73 |
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Lillestrom | Hillsborough No. 132 |
50°15'57.6" N 105°51'19.8" W | |
Loomis | Frontier No. 19 |
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Loverna |
Antelope Park No. 322 |
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Luxton | Browning No. 34 |
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Masefield | Val Marie No. 17 |
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Maxim | Lomond No. 37 |
NE Sec.21 Twp. 4 R.15, W2 | 49°18'58.7" N 103°58'43.9" W |
Minard | Browning No. 34 |
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Nashlyn |
Reno No. 51 |
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Neidpath | Coulee No. 136 |
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Neptune | Lomond No. 37 |
49°22'21.4" N 104°04'08.8" W | |
Neville | Whiska Creek No. 106 |
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New Finland |
Willowdale No. 153 |
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Old Wives |
Hillsborough No. 132 |
50°11'36.6" N 106°00'21.6" W | |
Oungre |
Souris Valley No. 7 |
49°08'42.7"N 103°48'02.9"W | |
Outram | Cambria No. 6 | 49°09'00"N 103°19'00"W | |
Oxarat |
Reno No. 51 |
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Parkbeg |
Wheatlands No. 163 |
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Pinto | Coalfields No. 4 |
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Polwarth | Canwood No. 494 |
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Rangeview |
Reno No. 51 |
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Ravenscrag | White Valley No. 49 |
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Reynaud | Three Lakes No. 400 |
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Robinhood | Medstead No. 497 |
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Robsart | Reno No. 51 |
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Romance | Leroy No. 339 |
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Roseray |
Pittville No. 169 |
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Rutland | Colonsay No. 342 |
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Scotsguard |
Bone Creek No. 108 |
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Senate | Reno No. 51 |
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Service | Moose Mountain No. 63 | ||
Shand | Estevan No. 5 |
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Smuts | Grant No. 372 |
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South Fork | Arlington No. 79 |
49°35'37.431"N 108°43'9.6456"W | |
Southall | Souris Valley No. 7 |
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St. Boswells | Glen Bain No. 105 |
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Tableland | Estevan No. 5 | ||
Tarnopol | Invergordon No. 430 |
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Tatagwa | Weyburn No. 67 |
NW Sec.17 Twp.8 R.15, W2 | |
Tate |
Mount Hope No. 279 |
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Tiny | Buchanan No. 304 | ||
Taylorton | Coalfields No. 4 |
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Trossachs | Brokenshell No. 68 |
49°38'16.8"N 104°13'34.7"W | |
Truax | Elmsthorpe No. 100 |
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Union Jack | Weyburn No. 67 |
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Uren | Chaplin No. 164 |
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Valjean | Chaplin No. 164 |
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Valley Centre |
Marriott No. 317 |
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Vantage | Sutton No. 103 |
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Verlo | Pittville No. 169 |
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Vesper | Lac Pelletier No. 107 |
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Vidora |
Reno No. 51 |
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Viewfield | Benson No. 35 |
SW S.34 Twp.6 R.9, W2 and NW Sec.27 Twp 6 R.9, W2 | 49°30'22.8" N 103°08'34.0" W |
Wauchope | Antler No. 61 |
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Winter | Round Valley No. 410 |
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Woodley | Browning No. 34 |
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Xena | Morris No. 312 |
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Yonker |
Senlac No. 411 |
See also
References
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