Bromhead, Saskatchewan
Highway 18
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.
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
- ^ National Archives, Archivia Net, Post Offices and Postmasters, archived from the original on October 6, 2006
- ^ 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, archived from the original on April 21, 2007
- ^ "Prairie Ghost Towns - Bromhead, SK".
- ^ "Population numbers for southeast urban and rural municipalities released in annual report".
- ^ "Canada Post Bromhead - Canada Post Office Hours - StoreLocate.ca".
- ^ "Home". longcreekrailroad.ca.
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- Edgeworth
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- Hoffer
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- Marienthal
- Moreland
- Outram
- Querrin
- Rafferty
- Rainton
- Ralph
- Ratcliffe
- Ritchie
- Roncott
- Truax
- Tyvan
- Wallace
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