Baljennie
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| Coordinates: 52°19′16″N 107°32′06″W / 52.321°N 107.535°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Saskatchewan |
| Region | West-central |
| Census division | 12 |
| Rural Municipality | Glenside |
| Government | |
| • Reeve | Wade Parkinson |
| • Administrator | Cheryl Forbes |
| • Governing body | Glenside No. 377[1] |
| Time zone | CST |
| Area code | 306 |
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Baljennie is an unincorporated community in Glenside Rural Municipality No. 377, Saskatchewan, Canada. Its first post office opened in 1891.[6]
History
[edit]Baljennie was named by an early resident, Stephen ('Sandy') Warden,[7] after his daughter Jean, and was originally spelt Baljeanie.[8] Warden, a former officer of the North-West Mounted Police, had established a ranch in the area in the early 1880s, which subsequently became a staging post for mail coaches travelling between Saskatoon and Battleford.[8] A school was opened at Baljennie in August 1912.[9]
The Canadian Pacific Railway extended its line northward from Asquith to Baljennie in 1931.[10] The line between Sonningdale and Baljennie was closed in June 1977.[11]
Baljennie had a population of 76 at the time of the 1951 census,[12] but declined in later years. The school was closed in 1970 and was turned into a community centre.[9] The community's last business closed in 1991, and its derelict Anglican church was destroyed by fire three years later.[13] After several years during which Baljennie was effectively a ghost town, a number of families moved to the town site from 2007 onwards.[13]
Notable people
[edit]- Arthur James Bater, politician
Cultural references
[edit]In her 1976 song "Coyote", Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell, who grew up in Saskatoon, sings "I looked the coyote right in the face/On the road to Baljennie near my old hometown".
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Glenside No. 377
- ^ National Archives, Archivia Net, Post Offices and Postmasters, archived from the original on October 6, 2006
- ^ Government of Saskatchewan, MRD Home, Municipal Directory System, archived from the original on November 21, 2008
- ^ Canadian Textiles Institute. (2005), CTI Determine your provincial constituency, archived from the original on September 11, 2007
- ^ Commissioner of Canada Elections, Chief Electoral Officer of Canada (2005), Elections Canada On-line, archived from the original on April 21, 2007
- ^ Baljennie reaches far. 1980. p. 110. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved May 27, 2013.
- ^ Barry, Bill (2003). People Places: Contemporary Saskatchewan Placenames. p. 244. ISBN 9781894022927.
- ^ a b Saskatchewan History, vol I, 1 (1948), 28.
- ^ a b School's centennial celebrated, Battleford News-Optimist, 07-09-12
- ^ McLennan, David (2008). Our Towns: Saskatchewan Communities from Abbey to Zenon Park. University of Regina Press. p. 252.
- ^ Grain and Rail in Western Canada: Report of the Grain Handling and Transportation Commission, 1977, p.442
- ^ Ninth Census of Canada, "Population: unincorporated villages and hamlets", p.53
- ^ a b New life for Saskatchewan hamlet, CBC News, 02-01-08
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