Hamlet in Saskatchewan, Canada
St. Boswells, Saskatchewan | |
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Hamlet | |
St. Boswells, SaskatchewanMap of St. Boswells, 1918Show map of SaskatchewanSt. Boswells, SaskatchewanSt. Boswells, Saskatchewan (Canada)Show map of Canada | |
Coordinates: 50°03′00″N 106°50′02″W / 50.050°N 106.8339°W / 50.050; -106.8339 | |
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 |
Population | |
• Total | 0 |
Time zone | CST |
Postal code | S0N 2G0 |
Area code | 306 |
Highways | Range road 124 |
St. Boswells is a hamlet in Glen Bain Rural Municipality No. 105, Saskatchewan, Canada. The hamlet is about 8 km east of Highway 19, and 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.
History
St. Boswells was a railroad town founded in 1918, as a Canadian National Railway point along the line from Moose Jaw to Neidpath, though the surrounding area had been settled at least a decade earlier. Named after Alex Dow's, hometown of St. Boswells, Roxburghshire, Scotland. St. Boswells was chosen as the name for the community's 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.
- National Archives, Archivia Net, Post Offices and Postmasters, archived from the original on October 6, 2006, retrieved January 19, 2009
- Government of Saskatchewan, MRD Home, Municipal Directory System, archived from the original on November 21, 2008
- Canadian Textiles Institute. (2005), CTI Determine your provincial constituency, archived from the original on September 11, 2007
- Commissioner of Canada Elections, Chief Electoral Officer of Canada (2005), Elections Canada On-line
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