Bromhead | |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | Saskatchewan#Canada |
Coordinates: | 49.1817°N -103.6753°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Saskatchewan |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | South-east |
Subdivision Type3: | Census division |
Subdivision Name3: | 1 |
Subdivision Type4: | Rural Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Souris Valley |
Established Title: | Established |
Established Date: | 1913 |
Leader Title: | Governing body |
Leader Name: | Souris Valley No. 7 |
Leader Title1: | Reeve |
Leader Name1: | Steven Berg |
Leader Title2: | Administrator |
Leader Name2: | Erica Pederson |
Leader Title3: | MP |
Leader Title4: | MLA |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | CST |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | S0C 1Z0 |
Area Code: | 306 |
Blank Name: | Highways |
Blank Info: | Highway 35 Highway 18 |
Blank1 Name: | Railways |
Blank1 Info: | Long Creek Railroad Company Inc |
Bromhead is an unincorporated community and ghost town in Souris Valley Rural Municipality No. 7, Saskatchewan, Canada. The community is approximately 5km (03miles) north of Highway 18 and 45km (28miles) west of the City of Estevan.
When Bromhead was first established in 1913, it was a thriving community and one of the biggest stops along the railway. It featured a three-storey hotel, dance hall, blacksmith shop, tailor, department store, cafe, and photo gallery. A fire swept through town in 1916 and it never fully recovered as many residents didn't have insurance or chose to relocate elsewhere.[1] The town, though, didn't completely die then as some of the town did rebuild.
As of 2018, 14 people lived in Bromhead.[2] The local church, Hamar Lutheran, is still open; the post office is still in use;[3] the railway through town, Long Creek Railroad Inc,[4] was bought by locals and put back into service; and the grain elevator is still in use. Most of the buildings, such as the schoolhouse, gas station, houses, and stores are abandoned.