Arran is a village

Village

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 in eastern Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan

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, Canada

Canada

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, approximately 90 km northeast of Yorkton

Yorkton, Saskatchewan

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 and 10 km west of the Manitoba

Manitoba

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 border. Arran is located on Highway 49

Saskatchewan Highway 49

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.

History

The area around Arran was part of the "North Reserve", also known as "Thunder Hill Reserve", one of the block settlement

Block Settlement

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 areas allocated for the Doukhobor

Doukhobor

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 immigrants who arrived here in 1899 from Russia

Russian Empire

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's Transcaucasian provinces.
A commemorative plaque marking the closure of Arran School at the end of the 1994 class year reads:

ARRAN SCHOOL

NO. 3480

SEC. SE. 1-34-31
BUILT - NOV. 1914

CLOSED - JUNE 1994

A similar sign is posted in front of the school, reading:

ARRAN, NO. 3480

first opened-Nov.30, 1914

Closed-June 30, 1994

S.E. sec. 1·34·21·W. 1st

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