Caswell Hill, Saskatoon Explained

Caswell Hill
Type:Saskatoon Neighbourhood
Coordinates:52.1403°N -106.6756°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Canada
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Saskatchewan
Subdivision Type2:City
Subdivision Name2:Saskatoon
Subdivision Type3:Suburban Development Area
Subdivision Name3:Core Neighbourhoods SDA
Established Title:Founded
Established Title2:Incorporation Village
Government Type:Municipal (Ward 2)
Leader Title:Administrative body
Leader Name:Saskatoon City Council
Leader Title1:Councillor
Leader Name1:Hilary Gough
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:3,505
Population As Of:2005
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Blank1 Title:Average Income
Population Blank1:$40,217
Timezone:CST
Utc Offset:-6

Caswell Hill is a district in the city of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. It derives its name from an early homesteader Robert Caswell one of the Temperance Colonists of 1883. It is an area of beautiful character homes first built ca. 1905, tiny war-time houses, and newer houses. Caswell is a thriving and diverse community nestled between two economic areas, the downtown core, and the stores lining 33rd Street West.

Caswell Hill is bounded by 22nd Street to the south, H Avenue to the west, 33rd Street to the north, and Idylwyld Drive to the east.[2]

Layout

Streets are laid out east and west, avenues are laid out running north and south. Streets increment in number as travel heads northward. Avenues increment alphabetically as travel proceeds west. The whole of the Caswell Hill community is also laid out in a grid pattern.[3]

Historic sites

Saskatoon Railway Station (Canadian Pacific) is one of many Saskatoon buildings listed in the Canadian Register of Historic Places. It is a Château style station which was built in 1907. Its current address is 305 Idylwyld Drive North, Idylwyld Drive used to be called Avenue A.[4]

Government and politics

Caswell Hill exists within the federal electoral district of Saskatoon West. It is currently represented by Brad Redekopp of the Conservative Party of Canada, first elected in 2019.

Provincially, the area is mostly within the constituency of Saskatoon Centre. It is currently represented by Betty Nippi-Albright of the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party, first elected in 2020. The northern tip of the neighbourhood northeast of 32nd Street and Avenue I lies within the constituency of Saskatoon Westview.

In Saskatoon's non-partisan municipal politics, King George lies within ward 2. It is currently represented by Hilary Gough, first elected in 2016.

Education

Caswell Community School
Location:204 - 30th Street West
City:Saskatoon
Province:Saskatchewan
Country:Canada
Postalcode:S7L 0N9
Schoolboard:Saskatoon Public Schools
System:Public
Type:Elementary
Language:English
Grades:Kindergarten to Grade 8
Principal:Kendall Pierce
Enrollment:217
Enrolment As Of:2017
Website:Caswell Community School

Shopping

See main article: List of shopping malls in Saskatoon. Small shops, cafes, and amenities line both sides of 33rd Street West.

Area parks

Swimming facilities

Transportation

City transit

Caswell Hill is serviced by City Transit Bus Routes and since 1913, has housed the city's original streetcar building at Avenue C and 24th Street. The city transit headquarters afterwards adopted these buildings for bus warehouse garages and offices between Avenue C and D at 24th Street. A seven million CA$ consultant plan has been approved by the Saskatoon planning and operations committee to relocate the transit bus barns. The Caswell neighbourhood will be revitalized by renovating the 13acres area with a community for artists and musicians enhanced with a music festival.[7]

22nd Street (Highway 14) is a major thoroughfare through Saskatoon. Highway 7 has its junction at (Highway 14. Highway 14 connects with Asquith, Biggar Wilkie, Unity, and Macklin en route to Alberta.

Idylwyld Drive has had many titles: Avenue A, (Highway 11 and most currently Louis Riel Trail. It is a main thoroughfare through the city connecting Regina, Saskatoon and Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. It also connects west Saskatoon with the bedroom communities of Warman and Martensville

Life

Caswell Community Association provides leisure activities for various age groups and operates out of Caswell School[8]

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.city.saskatoon.sk.ca/org/city_planning/resources/neighbourhood_demographics/caswell_hill.pdf Neighborhood Profiles Caswell Hill
  2. Web site: Caswell Hill. City of Saskatoon. 2020-04-11.
  3. http://www.city.saskatoon.sk.ca/org/city_planning/resources/publications/Future_Growth_and_Development_of_Saskatoon.pdf Selling an Idea or a Product
  4. http://www.historicplaces.ca/rep-reg/affichage-display_e.aspx?Id=6502 Historic Places – The Register
  5. https://www.saskatoon.ca/sites/default/files/documents/city-clerk/city-archives/city-history/saskatoon-city-council_oct-15-2015.pdf A SEAT ON COUNCIL - The Aldermen, Councillors and Mayors of Saskatoon - 1903-2006
  6. Book: Blashill , Lorraine . Lorraine Blashill. From a little stone school... A story of Saskatoon Public Schools. 1982. Modern Press Ltd.. 29.
  7. News: Beaudry. Morgan. Caswell Hill Overhaul Approved. VerbNews.com. March 1925, 2010. 2.
  8. CaswellHill.ca