Aneroid, Saskatchewan
Encyclopedia
History
The most popular version of the origin of the name is that the first survey party lost its aneroid barometerBarometer
A barometer is a scientific instrument used in meteorology to measure atmospheric pressure. Pressure tendency can forecast short term changes in the weather...
on the present townsite. Many of the streets in the village are named after surveyor's instruments.
The post office was established as Val Blair on February 1, 1911 and renamed Aneroid on December 1, 1913. Formerly a village, Aneroid was restructured as a hamlet on December 31, 2008, under the administration of R.M. Auvergne No. 76.
Infrastructure
- Saskatchewan Transportation CompanySaskatchewan Transportation CompanyThe Saskatchewan Transportation Company is a Crown Corporation of the Government of Saskatchewan, created in 1946 by an Order in Council....
provides intercity bus service to Aneroid.
- Great Western RailwayGreat Western Railway (Saskatchewan)The Great Western Railway is a Canadian short line railway company operating on former Canadian Pacific Railway trackage in southwest Saskatchewan. GWR is the operating company whereas Westcan Rail Saskatchewan Ltd. is the owner of the track and structures...