St. Boswells, Saskatchewan
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St. Boswells, Saskatchewan | |
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Hamlet | |
Map of St. Boswells, 1918 | |
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Country | Canada |
Province | Saskatchewan |
Region | Southwest Saskatchewan |
Census division | 3 |
Rural Municipality | Glen Bain |
Established | 1918 |
Government | |
• Reeve | Ross Turnbull |
• Administrator | Marilyn Scheller |
• Governing body | Glen Bain No. 105[1] |
Population (2006) | |
• Total | 0 |
Time zone | CST |
Postal code | S0N 2G0 |
Area code(s) | 306 |
Highways | Range road 124 |
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St. Boswells is a hamlet in Glen Bain Rural Municipality No. 105, Saskatchewan, Canada. The hamlet is about 8 km east of Highway 19, about 25 km northwest of the town of Gravelbourg. Very little remains of the former village except a well known as the best water around, and sidewalks which mark the once prosperous business section of St. Boswells.
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History
St. Boswells was a railroad town founded in 1918, as a Canadian National Railway point along the line from Moose Jaw to Neidpath. Named after Alex Dow's, hometown of St. Boswells, Roxburghshire, Scotland. St. Boswells was chosen as the name for the communities first post office.
See also
- Scottish place names in Canada
- List of communities in Saskatchewan
- Villages of Saskatchewan
- Hamlets of Saskatchewan
References
- ↑ Official website http://www.mds.gov.sk.ca/apps/Pub/MDS/muniDetails.aspx?cat=10&mun=2396 Glen Bain No.
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External links
- Saskatchewan Ghost towns By Johnnie Bachusky
- Horse Shoe Tourism Region
- Saskatchewan City & Town Maps
- Regional GenWeb site (Southwest Region)
- Saskatchewan Gen Web - One Room School Project
- Post Offices and Postmasters - ArchiviaNet - Library and Archives Canada
- Saskatchewan Gen Web Region
- Online Historical Map Digitization Project
- GeoNames Query
- Saskatchewan Cemetery Records
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