Dollard is a small village situated on the historic Red Coat Trail

Red Coat Trail

The Red Coat Trail is a route that approximates the path taken in 1874 by the North-West Mounted Police in their quest to bring law and order to the Canadian West.-Travel route:...

 in the southwest corner of Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan

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, Canada

Canada

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. It is 13 km west of the town of Shaunavon

Shaunavon, Saskatchewan

The town of Shaunavon is situated in Southwest Saskatchewan at the junction of Highways 37 and 13. It is 110 kilometres from Swift Current, 163 kilometres from the Alberta border and 74 kilometres from the Montana border. Shaunavon was established in 1913 and settled along a railroad line...

 and 21 km east of the town of Eastend

Eastend, Saskatchewan

-Infrastructure:The Saskatchewan Transportation Company provides intercity passenger and parcel express service to Eastend.-Attractions:Local Attractions:...

. It is approximately 100 km from the Montana

Montana

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 USA border and 130 km to the Alberta

Alberta

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 border.

Demographics

In 2001 Dollard had a population of 75 living in 15 dwellings

House

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, a 30.3% increase from 1991. The village had a land area of 0.62 km² (0.239383338327372 sq mi) and a population density

Population density

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 of 0 /km2.

Name origin

The town Dollard was either named after the post office branch that was established in the location or the French soldier, Sieur de Dollard des Ormeaux, who perished with his men inside their fort when they were trying to repel a Huron invasion. He lit a keg of gunpowder and catapulted it at the enemy warriors. Unfortunately, the bomb snagged in a tree branch and fell back into the fort killing him and some of his men. The CPR chose this name for the new Saskatchewan hamlet in 1912.

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