St. Boswells, Saskatchewan

St. Boswells is a hamlet in Glen Bain Rural Municipality No. 105, Saskatchewan, Canada. The hamlet is about 8 km east of Highway 19, 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.

For the village in Scotland, see St Boswells.
St. Boswells, Saskatchewan
Hamlet
St. Boswells, Saskatchewan
Map of St. Boswells, 1918
St. Boswells, Saskatchewan
St. Boswells, Saskatchewan (Canada)
Coordinates: 50.050°N 106.8339°W / 50.050; -106.8339
CountryCanada
ProvinceSaskatchewan
RegionSouthwest Saskatchewan
Census division3
Rural MunicipalityGlen Bain
Established1918
Government
 • ReeveRoss Turnbull
 • AdministratorMarilyn Scheller
 • Governing bodyGlen Bain No. 105[1]
Population
 (2006)
 • Total0
Time zoneCST
Postal code
S0N 2G0
Area code(s)306
HighwaysRange road 124
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History

St. Boswells was a railroad town founded in 1918, as a Canadian National Railway point along the line from Moose Jaw to Neidpath. Named after Alex Dow's, hometown of St. Boswells, Roxburghshire, Scotland. St. Boswells was chosen as the name for the communities first post office.

See also

References
  1. Official website http://www.mds.gov.sk.ca/apps/Pub/MDS/muniDetails.aspx?cat=10&mun=2396 Glen Bain No.
  2. National Archives, Archivia Net, Post Offices and Postmasters
  3. Government of Saskatchewan, MRD Home, Municipal Directory System, archived from the original on November 21, 2008
  4. Canadian Textiles Institute. (2005), CTI Determine your provincial constituency, archived from the original on 2007-09-11
  5. Commissioner of Canada Elections, Chief Electoral Officer of Canada (2005), Elections Canada On-line

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