Tantallon is a community in 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....

. It is located in the Qu'Appelle Valley about 32 km east of Round Lake (Saskatchewan). The community celebrated its centennial in 2004. The communities school closed due to a lack of students, who are now bused to Esterhazy

Esterhazy, Saskatchewan

Esterhazy is a town in the southeastern portion of the province of Saskatchewan, Canada, located 83 km southeast of Yorkton along Highways 22 and 80. The town is located within the rural municipality of Fertile Belt No...

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The community was founded in 1904 and takes its name from a homestead

Homestead (buildings)

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 (which was named "Tantallon" by Scottish Canadian

Scottish Canadian

Scottish Canadians are people of Scottish descent or heritage living in Canada. As the third-largest ethnic group in Canada and among the first to settle in Canada, Scottish people have made a large impact on Canadian culture since colonial times...

 James Moffat Douglas

James Moffat Douglas

James Moffat Douglas was a farmer, missionary and politician from western Canada. The son of John and Euphemia Douglas, he was born and received his early education in Linton, Bankhead, Roxburghshire in Scotland, and came with his parents to settle on a small farm near Cambray, Ontario, in...

 (former Canadian MP and Senator)), who said this part of the Qu'Appelle Valley reminded him of Tantallon Castle

Tantallon Castle

Tantallon Castle is a mid-14th-century fortress, located east of North Berwick, in East Lothian, Scotland. It sits atop a promontory opposite the Bass Rock, looking out onto the Firth of Forth...

 in Scotland

Scotland

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