Elswick, Saskatchewan

Elswick[2] is a ghost town in Cymri Rural Municipality, Saskatchewan, Canada. The town site was on the Canadian Northern Railway line from Lampman to Radville. The town had a box-car train station, grain elevator, small store and post office. The town site was abandoned by the railway in 1927 and the rail-line abandoned in 1951.[3]

Elswick, Saskatchewan
Unincorporated Hamlet
Elswick, Saskatchewan is located in Saskatchewan
Elswick, Saskatchewan
Location of Elswick in Saskatchewan
Coordinates: 49°22′00″N 103°32′02″W
Country Canada
Province Saskatchewan
RegionSouthwest Saskatchewan
Census division8
Rural MunicipalityCymri No. 36
Post Office EstablishedJuly 1, 1911
Post Office ClosedSeptember 30. 1930
Postal code
NA
Area code306
HighwaysHighway 606
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See also

References
  1. National Archives, Archivia Net, Post Offices and Postmasters, archived from the original on October 6, 2006, retrieved August 27, 2011
  2. "Canadian Geographical Names Data Base Search - Chandler Saskatchewan". Natural Resources Canada. Archived from the original on February 7, 2012. Retrieved August 27, 2011.
  3. R. M. of Cymri History Book Society, Archivia Net (1984), Plowshares to Pumpjacks : R.M. of Cymri : Macoun, Midale, Halbrite, ISBN 0-88925-455-9, retrieved August 27, 2011


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