Elswick, Saskatchewan
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Elswick is a ghost town
Ghost town
A ghost town is an abandoned town or city. A town often becomes a ghost town because the economic activity that supported it has failed, or due to natural or human-caused disasters such as floods, government actions, uncontrolled lawlessness, war, or nuclear disasters...
in Cymri Rural Municipality
Cymri No. 36, Saskatchewan
Cymri No. 36 is a rural municipality in south-east Saskatchewan, Canada encompassing 832.36 square kilometers in area. The rural municipality maintains offices in the town of Midale, Saskatchewan. The rural municipality in conjunction with the provincial government is in charge of maintenance...
, Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. The town site was on the Canadian Northern Railway
Canadian Northern Railway
The Canadian Northern Railway is a historic Canadian transcontinental railway. At its demise in 1923, when it was merged into the Canadian National Railway , the CNoR owned a main line between Quebec City and Vancouver via Ottawa, Winnipeg, and Edmonton.-Manitoba beginnings:CNoR had its start in...
line from Lampman
Lampman, Saskatchewan
Lampman is a small town of around 735 people, located in the south east part of Saskatchewan roughly 30 miles northeast of Estevan. It is served by the Lampman Airport....
to Radville
Radville, Saskatchewan
Radville is a small valley town in southern Saskatchewan, Canada. A small river, Long Creek runs through the north end of the town providing fishing and recreation to the local children and parents...
. The town had a box-car train station, grain elevator, a small store and post office. The town site was abandoned by the railway in 1927 and the rail-line abandoned in 1951.
See also
- List of communities in Saskatchewan
- Hamlets of SaskatchewanHamlets of SaskatchewanHamlets are designated by the council of a municipal district or county when a community has a generally accepted name and boundary. Hamlets can contain non-residential areas within their boundaries, and are administered by the municipal districts...
- List of ghost towns in Canada
- Ghost towns in SaskatchewanGhost towns in SaskatchewanThe 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....