Bromhead, Saskatchewan

Unincorporated community in Saskatchewan, Canada
49°10′54″N 103°40′31″W / 49.18167°N 103.67528°W / 49.18167; -103.67528CountryCanadaProvinceSaskatchewanRegionSouth-eastCensus division1Rural MunicipalitySouris ValleyEstablished1913Government
 • Governing bodySouris Valley No. 7 • ReeveSteven Berg • AdministratorErica PedersonTime zoneCSTPostal code
S0C 1Z0
Area code306HighwaysHighway 35
Highway 18RailwaysLong Creek Railroad Company Inc[1][2][3][4]

Bromhead is an unincorporated community and ghost town in Souris Valley Rural Municipality No. 7, Saskatchewan, Canada. The community is approximately 5 km (3.1 mi) north of Highway 18 and 45 km (28 mi) west of the City of Estevan.

"Downtown" Bromhead, 2014

When Bromhead was first established in 1913, it was a thriving community and one of the biggest stops along the railway. It featured a three-storey hotel, dance hall, blacksmith shop, tailor, department store, cafe, and photo gallery. A fire swept through town in 1916 and it never fully recovered as many residents didn't have insurance or chose to relocate elsewhere.[5] The town, though, didn't completely die then as some of the town did rebuild.

As of 2018, 14 people lived in Bromhead.[6] The local church, Hamar Lutheran, is still open; the post office is still in use;[7] the railway through town, Long Creek Railroad Inc,[8] was bought by locals and put back into service; and the grain elevator is still in use. Most of the buildings, such as the schoolhouse, gas station, houses, and stores are abandoned.

See also

References

  1. ^ National Archives, Archivia Net, Post Offices and Postmasters, archived from the original on October 6, 2006
  2. ^ Government of Saskatchewan, MRD Home, Municipal Directory System, archived from the original on November 21, 2008
  3. ^ Canadian Textiles Institute. (2005), CTI Determine your provincial constituency, archived from the original on September 11, 2007
  4. ^ Commissioner of Canada Elections, Chief Electoral Officer of Canada (2005), Elections Canada On-line, archived from the original on April 21, 2007
  5. ^ "Prairie Ghost Towns - Bromhead, SK".
  6. ^ "Population numbers for southeast urban and rural municipalities released in annual report".
  7. ^ "Canada Post Bromhead - Canada Post Office Hours - StoreLocate.ca".
  8. ^ "Home". longcreekrailroad.ca.
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