Scotsguard
Scotsguard | |
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 Scotsguard United Church. | |
| Motto: "Little Chicago" | |
  Scotsguard | |
| Coordinates: 49°43′00″N 108°09′02″W / 49.7167°N 108.1506°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Saskatchewan |
| Region | Southwest |
| Rural municipality | Bone Creek No. 108 |
| Established | 1910 |
| Incorporated (Village) | 1913 |
| Restructured (Unincorporated) | December 31, 1953 |
| Government | |
| • Governing body | Bone Creek No. 108 |
| • MLA | Dave Marit |
| • MP | Jeremy Patzer |
| Time zone | CST |
| Area code | 306 |
| Highways | Highway 13 Highway 631 |
| Railways | Great Western Railway |
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Scotsguard is an unincorporated community within the Rural Municipality of Bone Creek No. 108, Saskatchewan, Canada. The community is located on Highway 13, also known as the historic Red Coat Trail, about 10 km northeast of the town of Shaunavon.
Demographics
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Prior to December 31, 1953, Scotsguard was incorporated under village status, but was restructured as an unincorporated community under the jurisdiction of the Rural Municipality of Bone Creek No. 18 on that date.[5] As of 2020, only two people live in Scotsguard. They acquired most of the land as residents left and have worked to preserve the village as a museum.[6]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ National Archives, Archivia Net, Post Offices and Postmasters, archived from the original on October 6, 2006, retrieved July 5, 2008
- ^ Government of Saskatchewan, MRD Home, Municipal Directory System, archived from the original on November 21, 2008
- ^ Canadian Textiles Institute. (2005), CTI Determine your provincial constituency, archived from the original on September 11, 2007
- ^ Commissioner of Canada Elections, Chief Electoral Officer of Canada (2005), Elections Canada On-line
- ^ "Covered population 2002" (PDF). Saskatchewan Health. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 27, 2011. Retrieved April 17, 2008.
- ^ Olson, Matt (December 14, 2020). "'I'll worry about tomorrow when I get there;' One couple is keeping a rural Sask. town from being wiped off the map". The StarPhoenix. Retrieved December 14, 2020.
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49°43′00″N 108°09′02″W / 49.71667°N 108.15056°W
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