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Elswick, Saskatchewan

Coordinates: 49°22′00″N 103°32′02″W / 49.3666948°N 103.5338374°W / 49.3666948; -103.5338374
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Elswick
Elswick, Saskatchewan is located in Saskatchewan
Elswick, Saskatchewan
Location of Elswick in Saskatchewan
Coordinates: 49°22′00″N 103°32′02″W / 49.3666948°N 103.5338374°W / 49.3666948; -103.5338374
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 code306
HighwaysHighway 606
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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, small store and post office. The town site was abandoned by the railway in 1927 and the rail-line abandoned in 1951.[3]

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  1. ^ National Archives, Archivia Net, Post Offices and Postmasters, archived from the original on October 6, 2006, retrieved August 27, 2011
  2. ^ "Canadian Geographical Names Data Base Search - Chandler Saskatchewan". Natural Resources Canada. Archived from the original on February 7, 2012. Retrieved August 27, 2011.
  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, archived from the original on November 5, 2012, retrieved August 27, 2011