Kandahar, Saskatchewan - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Kandahar is a small hamlet on Highway 16

Saskatchewan Highway 16

Highway 16 is a provincial paved highway in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It is the Saskatchewan section of the Yellowhead Highway, and also the Trans-Canada Highway Yellowhead section. The main purpose of this highway is to connect Saskatchewan with Canadian cities such as Edmonton and...

near Wynyard

Wynyard, Saskatchewan

-Climate:-Sites of interest:Frank Cameron Museum provides local historical artifacts as well as tourism information and is located in Wynyard. Wynyard Regional Park is the local camping site and is 2 km or 1 mi from Wynyard. Wynyard is located just to the south of Big Quill Lake which is the...

, Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan

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, Canada

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, named by Canadian Pacific Railway

Canadian Pacific Railway

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executives in the late 19th century for a British military victory in Kandahar

Kandahar

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, Afghanistan

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. In 1925, Kandahar was listed as a Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd.

Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd.

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Station on the Minnedosa, Saskatoon, Edmonton Section, CPR. From 1910 to 1913, the spelling of the post office was Candahar. The hamlet is too small to be enumerated on its own, so its population belongs to the Rural Municipality of Big Quill No. 308

It is located near the south shore of Big Quill Lake, the largest inland body of salt water in Canada. Until the 1970s it was a thriving town

Town

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with various stores and attractions, including a popular steak house. However, in the late 1980s the village's only school closed, and the population has steadily decreased since.

The one room school house was named Kandahar School District #3333.

Area statistics

Lat (DMS) 51°45′29″ N
Long (DMS) 104°21′43″ W
Dominion Land Survey Section 21, Township 32, Range 17 West of the 2nd Meridian

Time zone (CST) UTC−6

Location

	North: Quill Lake Quill Lake, Saskatchewan - History :Quill Lake was originally established as Lally, Saskatchewan, named after a railway official, of the day, later renamed Quill Lake to conform to the name of the post office. The site was originally the location of a log school house, as business started to develop around the sight the...
West: Dafoe Dafoe, Saskatchewan - See also :* RCAF Station Dafoe* List of communities in Saskatchewan* Villages of Saskatchewan-External links:********-Footnotes:...	Kandahar \| Candahar	East: Wynyard Wynyard, Saskatchewan -Climate:-Sites of interest:Frank Cameron Museum provides local historical artifacts as well as tourism information and is located in Wynyard. Wynyard Regional Park is the local camping site and is 2 km or 1 mi from Wynyard. Wynyard is located just to the south of Big Quill Lake which is the...
	South: Product \| Copeland

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