Ravenscrag, Saskatchewan Explained

Ravenscrag
Settlement Type:Unincorporated community
Pushpin Map:Saskatchewan
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Canada
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Saskatchewan
Subdivision Type2:Region
Subdivision Name2:Southwest
Subdivision Type3:Census division
Subdivision Type4:Rural Municipality
Subdivision Name4:White Valley
Leader Title:Governing body
Leader Name:Rural Municipality of White Valley
Leader Title1:Reeve
Leader Title2:Administrator
Established Title:Established (Post office)
Established Date:1912-08-01 (closed 1986-06-23)
Established Title2:Incorporated (Village)
Established Title3:Restructured (Hamlet)
Population As Of:2016
Population Blank1 Title:National Population Rank (Out of 5,008)
Timezone:CST
Coordinates:49.5°N -109.2675°W
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:S0N 2C0
Area Code:306
Blank Name:Highways
Blank Info:Highway 706
Blank1 Name:Railways

Ravenscrag is an unincorporated community within the Rural Municipality of White Valley No. 49, Saskatchewan, Canada. The community is located on Highway 614, along the Frenchman River, east of the Alberta-Saskatchewan border and about southwest of the city of Swift Current.

History

Ravenscrag was once a community of over 100 people. Since the Great Depression, the town's population has dropped to one family.[1]

The settlement gave its name to the Ravenscrag Formation, a stratigraphical unit of the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin, defined in 1918 by N.B. Davis at Ravenscrag Butte. The formation lies north-east of the community.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Our Roots History of Ravenscrag Retrieved on 2008-12-14