Togo, Saskatchewan
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Togo is a village in the Canadian
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 province of 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....

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Togo is located 0.5 miles west of the Manitoba
Manitoba
Manitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other...

 border and approximately 45 miles northeast of Yorkton
Yorkton, Saskatchewan
Yorkton is a city located in southeastern Saskatchewan, Canada, near the Manitoba border. Founded and incorporated in 1882 by a group of settlers from Ontario, it has grown to 15,038 residents as of the 2006 census. The city is bordered by the Rural Municipality of Orkney No. 244 and the Rural...

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In 1906 the Russo-Japanese war was raging and two names stood out, Admiral Togo of the Japanese fleet and General Makaroff of Russia. In 1906 Pelly Siding was incorporated as a village and renamed Togo after the Japanese admiral, and the next town to the east on the CNR line (5 miels) was named Makaroff (Manitoba) in honour of the Russian general.

Despite the small population, Togo still maintains a post office, Lutheran church, credit union, curling/skating rink, drop in centre, and small hotel with bar.
Besides farming locals enjoy some of the best fishing in the country (see: Lake of the Prairies) and of course, hockey
Hockey
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Togo railway station
Togo railway station
The Togo Railway Station is a flag stop located in Togo, Saskatchewan, Canada. The station contains a heated and wheelchair accessible shelter with served by Via Rail's Winnipeg – Churchill train.- External links :*...

 receives Via Rail
VIA Rail
Via Rail Canada is an independent crown corporation offering intercity passenger rail services in Canada. It is headquartered near Montreal Central Station at 3 Place Ville-Marie in Montreal, Quebec....

 service.

NHL player Ted Hampson
Ted Hampson
Edward George "Tick" Hampson was a National Hockey League centre during the 1960s and 70s.-Career:...

 is from here.

Reginald John Marsden Parker
Reginald John Marsden Parker
Reginald John Marsden Parker, was the eighth Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan from 1945 until his death in 1948....

 from Togo, served as the Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan
Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan
The Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan is the viceregal representative in Saskatchewan of the Canadian monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, who operates distinctly within the province but is also shared equally with the ten other jurisdictions of Canada and resides predominantly in her oldest realm, the...

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Current events

Togo's 100th Birthday Celebrations
August 4 – 6th, 2006
http://www.zigginet.com/togo/100.htm
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