Wauchope | |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | Saskatchewan#Canada |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Saskatchewan |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Southeast |
Subdivision Type3: | Census division |
Subdivision Type4: | Rural Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Antler |
Government Type: | Municipal |
Leader Title: | Governing body |
Leader Name: | Rural Municipality of Antler |
Leader Title1: | Mayor |
Leader Title2: | Administrator |
Leader Title3: | MP |
Leader Name3: | Robert Kitchen |
Leader Title4: | MLA |
Leader Name4: | Dan D'Autremont |
Established Title: | Post office Founded |
Established Title2: | Incorporated (Village) |
Population As Of: | 2010 |
Population Total: | 3 |
Population Blank1 Title: | National Population Rank (Out of 5,008) |
Timezone: | CST |
Coordinates: | 49.6°N -101.9006°W |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | S0C 2P0 |
Area Code: | 306 |
Blank Name: | Highways |
Blank Info: | Highway 13 |
Blank1 Name: | Railway |
Wauchope (pronounced "walk-up") is an unincorporated community in the southeast corner of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It is located between the towns of Manor and Redvers, and is situated on the Saskatchewan Highway 13. Once a thriving French language settlement in the early 20th century, the town used to have a Catholic Residential School (1917–64),[1] a saloon, a general store, a motor repair shop, and other businesses. The town is in the Rural Municipality of Antler No. 61.
Today the community is home to approximately five families. Still standing is the Catholic Church and rectory, with a large Catholic cemetery located beside the church. Regular church services are no longer offered but the community maintains the church and it is used for special occasions. A local baseball diamond is also maintained. Also present is a working grain elevator.
It is believed that most of the town residents dispersed after the local well went dry but this has yet to be confirmed. Wauchope is now a semi-ghost town.