Kelfield, Saskatchewanis a small hamlet

Hamlet

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 in central Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan

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, Canada

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. The hamlet is also the home of the municipal offices for the Rural Municipality of Grandview

Grandview No. 349, Saskatchewan

Grandview No. 349 is a rural municipality in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan, located in the Census Division 13. The seat of the municipality is located in the Hamlet of Kelfield.-Demographics:...

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With the arrival of the Canadian Pacific Railway

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in 1912, this caused some movement of settlement in the area as local settler moved from the old settlement into the new town site, this also saw the establishment of the Kelfield Lumber Company in the town. Between 1915-1916 a second sawmill, the Western Canada Sawmill, opened, as well as a hotel, butcher shop and other business establishments. These early years corresponded to the boom period for the hamlet.

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