Elswick, Saskatchewan

Elswick[2] is a ghost town in Cymri Rural Municipality, Saskatchewan, Canada. The town site was on the Canadian Northern Railway line from Lampman to Radville. The town had a box-car train station, grain elevator, a small store and post office. The town site was abandoned by the railway in 1927 and the rail-line abandoned in 1951.[3]

Elswick, Saskatchewan
Location of Elswick in Saskatchewan
Coordinates: 49°22′00″N 103°32′02″W
Country Canada
Province Saskatchewan
RegionSouthwest Saskatchewan
Census division8
Rural MunicipalityCymri No. 36
Post Office EstablishedJuly 1, 1911
Post Office ClosedSeptember 30. 1930
Postal code
NA
Area code(s)306
HighwaysHighway 606
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References

  1. National Archives, Archivia Net, Post Offices and Postmasters, archived from the original on 2006-10-06, retrieved 2011-08-27
  2. "Canadian Geographical Names Data Base Search - Chandler Saskatchewan". Natural Resources Canada. Archived from the original on 2012-02-07. Retrieved 2011-08-27.
  3. R. M. of Cymri History Book Society, Archivia Net (1984), Plowshares to Pumpjacks : R.M. of Cymri : Macoun, Midale, Halbrite, ISBN 0-88925-455-9, retrieved 2011-08-27


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