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Expanse, Saskatchewan is an unincorporated area in the rural municipality of Lake Johnston No. 102, in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Expanse is located just to the south of Old Wives Lake on a grid road. The grid connects to Highway 2 near Ardill in south central Saskatchewan. Just to the south of Highway 2 is Lake of the Rivers. Expanse is too small to be enumerated as a separate entity during the census taking, so it was a part of the population given for rural municipality Lake Johnston No. 102.

Today the former community school, a private residence, a Historical marker and a few foundations are all that remain of Expanse's prosperous pioneer days.

History

The post office was formed on September 1, 1908, under the name Lake Johnston with postmaster Frank E. Crosby and was located at Sec.12, Twp.12, R.29, W of the 2nd meridian. A. S. MacDonald was the successor on May 1, 1912, and the post office now changed names to Expanse.

Taken from the town's Historical marker, erected in 1994 by the Rural municipality of Johnston Lake and the Saskatchewan History & Folklore Society Inc.:

Canadian Pacific Railway purchased the townsite in 1911 and named it Expanse. Incorporated as a Village in 1912, the first village meeting was held January 7, 1913. Expanse was the fifth town on the C.P.R. line south of the City of Moose Jaw. It was the end of the C.P.R. track for the south part of the Province from July 1912 until 1914. As an “end of Track” Boom Town, homesteaders got supplies and brought grain to Expanse from as far south as the USA Border. The Village of Expanse was Disorganized as a village in 1935.

Sites of interest

Two nearby conservation areas;

• Old Wives Lake Bird Sanctuary (Refuge d'oiseaux du lac Old Wives)
• Isle of Bays Wildlife Refuge are both located within 16 km 10 mi north of Expanse.

Area statistics

• Lat (DMS) 49° 59' 00" N
• Long (DMS) 105° 51' 00" W
• Dominion Land Survey Section 12 - Township 12 - Range 29 West of the 2nd Meridian
• Time zone (cst) UTC-6

See also

• List of communities in Saskatchewan
• Hamlets of Saskatchewan

References

1. Lake Johnston No. 102
2. National Archives, Archivia Net, Post Offices and Postmasters
3. Government of Saskatchewan, MRD Home, Municipal Directory System
4. Canadian Textiles Institute (2005), CTI Determine your provincial constituency
5. Commissioner of Canada Elections, Chief Electoral Officer of Canada (2005), Elections Canada On-line

Notes

Lake Johnston—Sutton Historical Society; ISBN 0-88925-089-8 WebPAC PRO © Innovative Interfaces, Inc., University of Saskatchewan Online Library Database, retrieved 2007-08-06

External links

• Post Offices and Postmasters - ArchiviaNet - Library and Archives Canada
• Stock Photograph of The Lone Building Left In The Ghost Town Of Expanse

v t e Places adjacent to Expanse, Saskatchewan
Old Wives Lillestrom Crestwynd Mossbank Expanse Bishopric Ettington Ardill Mitchellton

49°13′19″N 109°10′12″W / 49.222°N 109.170°W / 49.222; -109.170

• Former villages in Saskatchewan
• Unincorporated communities in Saskatchewan
• Populated places established in 1912
• Ghost towns in Saskatchewan
• Lake Johnston No. 102, Saskatchewan