Ghost Town Trail (Saskatchewan)

Highway 13 shield

Highway 13
Red Coat Trail Ghost Town Trail
Route information
Maintained by Ministry of Highways and Infrastructure (Saskatchewan)
Length 676.0 km[1] (420.0 mi)
Major junctions
West end Alberta border
continues west as Hwy 501
East end Manitoba border near Antler
continues east as PTH 2
Location
Major cities Weyburn
Highway system

Provincial highways in Saskatchewan

← Hwy 12Hwy 14 →

Ghost Town Trail, Saskatchewan is a stretch of highway located in the Palliser's Triangle region of the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. The trail coincides with Saskatchewan Highway 13 (Hwy 13) between Wauchope, Saskatchewan and Govenlock, Saskatchewan. Along this highway are 32 various "ghost towns". The nearest large communities are Swift Current and Maple Creek, Saskatchewan both located on the Trans Canada Highway which runs parallel and to the north of Hwy 13.[2]

List of Ghost Towns


Town Name Rural
Municipality		 Peak year Peak Population Location
CrichtonWise Creek No. 77 
ForgetTecumseh No. 65 
ForwardNorton No. 691906-19111,200 name changed to Axford [2]:25 
FroudeGriffin No. 66 
GouverneurAuvergne No. 761920s60 [2]:26 49.750073, -107.619807
GovenlockReno No. 511920s dissolved as a village January 1, 197620023-3-29-W3   49.2333465, -109.8174184  [3]
HorizonBengough No. 401912200 [2]:28 
HumeGriffin No. 66 
RavenscragWhite Valley No. 491920s200 
ScotsguardBone Creek No. 1081916–1935350 
SenateReno No. 511940s dissolved as a village January 1, 199463 
WauchopeAntler No. 6128-7-33-W   49.6000141, -101.9004682  
GriffinGriffin No. 66 
YeomanBrokenshell No. 68 
TrossachsBrokenshell No. 68 
AxfordBrokenshell No. 6819131,300 Abandoned 1966 (was named Forward) [2]:25 
AbbottBrokenshell No. 68 
KhediveNorton No. 69 
MorelandNorton No. 69 
AmuletNorton No. 69 
GlasnevinKey West No. 70 
VerwoodExcel No. 71 
WillowsLake of the Rivers No. 72 
Leeville 
ValorStonehenge No. 73 
LimerickVillage 
MelavalWood River No. 74 
MeyronnePinto Creek No. 75 
HazenmorePinto Creek No. 75 
InstowBone Creek No. 108 
South ForkArlington No. 79 
VidoraReno No. 51 
TrossachsBrokenshell No. 68--

[4] As a side note, near this ghost town trail are other ghost towns in the neighbouring vicinity. For example, the Rural Municipality of Griffin No. 66 also contains the localities, Brough, Huntoon, Innes. Similarly Key West No. 70 also was home to the localities of Bures, Dahinda, Edgeworth, Kayville, Key West, Querrin and Wheatstone near Glasnevin. Neighbouring localities to Valor are Ardwick, Bexhill, Congress, Lakenheath, Lynthorpe, Maxstone, Ogle, Stonehenge in Stonehenge No. 73 [5]

References

  1. ↑ Microsoft Streets and Tips (Map) (2004 ed.). Microsoft Corp. § Route Planner. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Moore, Frank (1982). Saskatchewan ghost towns (digitised online by Our Roots Nos Racines ed.). Regina, Saskatchewan.
  3. ↑ Natural Resources Canada (202). Geographical Names of Canada. Government of Canada.
  4. ↑ History Television (© Shaw Media Inc., ed.). 202.
  5. ↑ Statistics Canada (202). Standard Geographical Classification (SGC) 1996. Government of Canada.
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