Handsworth, Saskatchewan
Encyclopedia
Handsworth is a hamlet
in Golden West Rural Municipality 95
, Saskatchewan
, Canada
. The hamlet is located about 20km east of the town of Creelman
on Highway 701, along a former Canadian Pacific Railway
branch line
.
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 Golden West Rural Municipality 95
Golden West No. 95, Saskatchewan
Golden West No. 95 is a rural municipality in south-eastern Saskatchewan, Canada encompassing 790.13 square kilometers in area. The rural municipality maintains it's office in Corning, 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 hamlet is located about 20km east of the town of Creelman
Creelman, Saskatchewan
- See also :* List of communities in Saskatchewan* Villages of Saskatchewan* Creelman-External links:********-Footnotes:...
on Highway 701, along a former Canadian Pacific Railway
Canadian Pacific Railway
The Canadian Pacific Railway , formerly also known as CP Rail between 1968 and 1996, is a historic Canadian Class I railway founded in 1881 and now operated by Canadian Pacific Railway Limited, which began operations as legal owner in a corporate restructuring in 2001...
branch line
Branch line
A branch line is a secondary railway line which branches off a more important through route, usually a main line. A very short branch line may be called a spur line...
.