Estlin, Saskatchewan
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Estlin is a hamlet
Hamlet (place)
A hamlet is usually a rural settlement which is too small to be considered a village, though sometimes the word is used for a different sort of community. Historically, when a hamlet became large enough to justify building a church, it was then classified as a village...
in 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
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. Very little remains of the former village, expect for some private residences and the rail-lines that pass near the town. The town once contained a elevator.
The Buck Lake Cemetery is located at the site, dating from 1890.
The hamlet is also the site for an Alliance Pipeline
Alliance Pipeline
Alliance Pipeline is a natural gas transmission system that transports high-energy, rich natural gas from northeastern British Columbia and northwestern Alberta through Saskatchewan, North Dakota, Minnesota, and Iowa to its terminus in Illinois....
pumping station with a heat-recovery 6 MW power generating unit operated by NRGreen Power
Nrgreen power
NRGreen Power Limited Partnership is involved in the commercial development of electrical generation opportunities associated with the Canadian portion of the Alliance Pipeline natural gas system by recovering and converting waste heat at compressor stations and generating it into...
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See also
- List of places with fewer than ten residents
- 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...