St. Boswells, Saskatchewan Explained

St. Boswells, Saskatchewan
Settlement Type:Hamlet
Pushpin Map:Saskatchewan#Canada
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Canada
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Saskatchewan
Subdivision Type2:Region
Subdivision Name2:Southwest Saskatchewan
Subdivision Type3:Census division
Subdivision Type4:Rural Municipality
Subdivision Name4:Glen Bain
Leader Title:Reeve
Leader Name:Ross Turnbull
Leader Title1:Administrator
Leader Name1:Marilyn Scheller
Leader Title2:Governing body
Leader Name2:Glen Bain No. 105[1]
Established Title:Established
Established Date:1918
Established Title2:Incorporated (village)
Established Title3:Restructured (amlet)
Population As Of:2006
Population Total:0
Timezone:CST
Coordinates:50.05°N -106.8339°W
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:S0N 2G0
Area Code:306
Blank Name:Highways
Blank Info:Range road 124

St. Boswells is a hamlet in Glen Bain Rural Municipality No. 105, Saskatchewan, Canada. The hamlet is about 8 km east of Highway 19, and about 25 km northwest of the town of Gravelbourg. Very little remains of the former village except a well known as the best water around, and sidewalks which mark the once prosperous business section of St. Boswells.

History

St. Boswells was a railroad town founded in 1918, as a Canadian National Railway point along the line from Moose Jaw to Neidpath, though the surrounding area had been settled at least a decade earlier. Named after Alex Dow's, hometown of St. Boswells, Roxburghshire, Scotland. St. Boswells was chosen as the name for the community's first post office.

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50.05°N -106.8339°W

Notes and References

  1. Official website http://www.mds.gov.sk.ca/apps/Pub/MDS/muniDetails.aspx?cat=10&mun=2396 Glen Bain No.