Arbuthnot, Saskatchewan
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Arbuthnot is a hamlet
Hamlet
The Tragical History of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, or more simply Hamlet, is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1599 and 1601...
located in Glen Bain Rural Municipality No. 105
Glen Bain No. 105, Saskatchewan
Glen Bain No. 105 is a rural municipality in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan, located in the Census Division 3, in the southcentral region of the province. The seat of the municipality is located in the village of Glen Bain.-Demographics:...
, Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....
, Canada
Canada
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east of Route 19. It was located in census Division No. 2
Division No. 2, Saskatchewan
Division No. 2, Saskatchewan, Canada, is one of the eighteen census divisions within the province, as defined by Statistics Canada. It is located in the south-southeastern part of the province, on the United States border. The most populous community in this division is Weyburn. According to the...
. It was on mile 63 of the Canadian Pacific Railway
Canadian Pacific Railway
The Canadian Pacific Railway , formerly also known as CP Rail between 1968 and 1996, is a historic Canadian Class I railway founded in 1881 and now operated by Canadian Pacific Railway Limited, which began operations as legal owner in a corporate restructuring in 2001...
right of way, southeast of Swift Current and in the NW section 9- township 10- range 7 west of the third meridian
106th meridian west
The meridian 106° west of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, North America, the Pacific Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole....
.
Residential code 105.10 Regional Health Authority: Five Hills.
Demographics
Arbuthnot was enumerated and administrated by the Glen Bain Rural MunicipalityGlen Bain No. 105, Saskatchewan
Glen Bain No. 105 is a rural municipality in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan, located in the Census Division 3, in the southcentral region of the province. The seat of the municipality is located in the village of Glen Bain.-Demographics:...
. All that remains is one home.
History
EtymologyNamed, according to E.T.Russell, after Sir Robert Arbuthnot, 4th Bt (1864–1916) or (less probably) after John Arbuthnot. Arbuthnot, Saskatchewan was located about 150 kilometres (93.2 mi) southwest of the City of Moose Jaw, just off of secondary road #611
Saskatchewan Highway 611
Highway 611 is a highway in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It runs from Highway 18 near McCord to Highway 13 near Meyronne. Highway 611 is about 28 km long....
. While it does still appear on the map, the community was never incorporated
Municipal corporation
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as a village
Village
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or town
Town
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and is not listed in the municipal directory.
From Bill Barry’s People Places: A Historical Gazetteer of Saskatchewan. The Canadian Pacific Railway
Canadian Pacific Railway
The Canadian Pacific Railway , formerly also known as CP Rail between 1968 and 1996, is a historic Canadian Class I railway founded in 1881 and now operated by Canadian Pacific Railway Limited, which began operations as legal owner in a corporate restructuring in 2001...
built a station at this location between Vanguard
Vanguard, Saskatchewan
Founded in 1912, the village of Vanguard, Saskatchewan is located in the southwest corner of Saskatchewan on Highway 43 close to Notekeu Creek. It is located in the rural municipality of Whiska Creek...
and Meyronne
Meyronne, Saskatchewan
-Footnotes:...
in 1932. The preferred name of the settlers had been Stapleton after a pioneer settler, but the CPR held firm on its choice for its siding and the post office (which was open 1932-1969) followed suit.
The Boom
The Rural municipality
Rural municipality
A rural municipality, often abbreviated RM, is a form of municipality in the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Saskatchewan, perhaps best comparable to counties or townships in the western United States...
office put out a history book which listed some facts of this hamlet which boomed around the 1940s. Andrew Miller Jr opened the general store in April 1935. In 1936 Andrew Miller Jr built a dance hall
Dance hall
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which was sold to John Silzer in 1939 and which burned down after a dance in 1942. Joe Schlageter opened a blacksmith
Blacksmith
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's shop from 1936-40. The first school building was moved into Arbuthnot in May 1944 from Jim Thomas Sr's farm and was converted into a classroom. This was used until the Glen Rosa School was moved into Arbuthnot in the summer of 1949. This building was used until 1957. The school was bought by Arbuthnot Ladies Club. They later donated it to the Glen Bain Lions Club who moved it to Glen Bain 24 June 1981. Exy Grad had a motor service garage next to and north of Andrew J Miller's General Store. Peter Harms bought the General Store from Mr Miller around 1940 and operated it until it burned down on 2 December 1946. Mr Harms sold the store business to Peter Donauer and he opened a store on 18 December 1946 in the building which had previously been used as a school. He built a brand new store in 1947. Peter sold the store to F J Bolen on 24 September 1953. Frank and Tema Bolen operated the store until 1958. The store building was sold to John Thomas and he moved it to his farm south of Meyronne
Meyronne, Saskatchewan
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.
The Decline
The post office remained in the Bolen's store building until 1968. The first post office had been in the home of Mrs I P Johnston at the north end of the hamlet and it was later moved into the general store.
The Arbuthnot Co-op was incorporated in 1935 and was managed in turn by Ed Faber, Charles Becker, Edwin Hepper, Bill Schlichting and Henry Schlageter. It was dissolved in 1963.
The Saskatchewan Pool elevator
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
The Saskatchewan Wheat Pool was a grain handling, agri-food processing and marketing company based in Regina, Saskatchewan. The Pool created a network of marketing alliances in North America and internationally which made it the largest agricultural grain handling operation in the province of...
and the Pioneer Grain elevator
Richardson International
Richardson International is a privately held Canadian agricultural and food industry company headquartered in Winnipeg, Manitoba. It operates a network of grain handling facilities in the Canadian Prairies under the brand Richardson Pioneer, as well as port terminals in five cities...
were built in 1935. They built a house for the pool agent in 1947. The Saskatchewan Wheat Pool sold their elevator to the Pioneer Co. on 31 July 1974 and moved it to Aneroid
Aneroid, Saskatchewan
-History:The most popular version of the origin of the name is that the first survey party lost its aneroid barometer on the present townsite. Many of the streets in the village are named after surveyor's instruments....
on 21 August 1974. The Pioneer elevator was used until early 1984. It was demolished and burned on 21 December 1984. The Pioneer Elevator was managed by Dan Kohlenberg from Bateman
Bateman, Saskatchewan
Bateman was a small hamlet in the southwest region of Saskatchewan, Canada situated 26 kilometers north of the Red Coat Trail, and was named after Jim Bateman the first settler to come to the area with his family in 1908....
, a hamlet 25 miles (40.2 km) to the northeast of Arbuthnot. The Imperial Oil
Imperial Oil
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company was located on the west side of the road between Arbuthnot Hall (to the north) and Arbuthnot Co-op (to the south). It was managed by Herman Silzer. The Canadian Oil Co was managed by P Harms.
Mr.Corcoran plans to open a co-op store in the near future.
Education
Arbuthnot no longer has a school, but those who live in or around Arbuthnot are sent to the neighbouring villageVillage
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
of Gravelbourg
Gravelbourg, Saskatchewan
-Education:The town has for the past four decades been noteworthy for College Mathieu, a francophone boarding school for boys and girls who wish to acquire or retain fluency in French...
which has a school that covers Kindergarten
Kindergarten
A kindergarten is a preschool educational institution for children. The term was created by Friedrich Fröbel for the play and activity institute that he created in 1837 in Bad Blankenburg as a social experience for children for their transition from home to school...
to Grade 12 serving approximately N/A students.
See also
- List of places with fewer than ten residents
- List of communities in Saskatchewan
- Hamlets of SaskatchewanHamlets of SaskatchewanHamlets are designated by the council of a municipal district or county when a community has a generally accepted name and boundary. Hamlets can contain non-residential areas within their boundaries, and are administered by the municipal districts...
