Armley, Saskatchewan

Armley is an unincorporated community in Connaught Rural Municipality No. 457, Saskatchewan, Canada. Approximately halfway between Tisdale and Nipawin, northwest of the intersection of Highway 35 and Highway 335. Armley was the site of the Humboldt Broncos bus crash, killing 16 hockey players and personnel from a team in the city of Humboldt.

Armley, Saskatchewan
Armley, Saskatchewan
Coordinates: 53.117°N 104.034°W / 53.117; -104.034
CountryCanada
ProvinceSaskatchewan
RegionCentral Saskatchewan
Census division14
Rural MunicipalityConnaught
Government
  ReeveFrancis Chabot
  AdministratorKeith Hummel
  Governing bodyCannaught No. 457[1]
Area
  Total0.00 km2 (0.00 sq mi)
  Density0.0/km2 (0/sq mi)
Time zoneCST
Postal code
S0E 1T0
Area code(s)306
HighwaysHighway 3
Highway 35
RailwaysCanadian Pacific Railway
[2][3][4][5]

History

Coming into existence in the early 1900s as the farming region was settled, Armley reached its peak during the 1920s with the arrival of the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1924.

With the decline in the rural population of Saskatchewan and the consolidation of businesses and services in larger centres, the townsite now only contains a local community hall and a handful of houses. The former general store, church, post office, hotel and grain elevators are no longer in operation.

See also

References

  1. Connaught No. 457 Archived October 4, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  2. National Archives, Archivia Net, Post Offices and Postmasters, archived from the original on 2006-10-06
  3. Government of Saskatchewan, MRD Home, Municipal Directory System, archived from the original on November 21, 2008
  4. Canadian Textiles Institute. (2005), CTI Determine your provincial constituency, archived from the original on 2007-09-11
  5. Commissioner of Canada Elections, Chief Electoral Officer of Canada (2005), Elections Canada On-line, archived from the original on 2007-04-21

Homestead to Heritage
Armley History Book Committee
Friesen Printers, 1987
ISBN 0-88925-773-6

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