Ravenscrag, Saskatchewan

For other uses, see Ravenscrag.
Ravenscrag
Unincorporated community
Ravenscrag
Coordinates: 49°30′00″N 109°16′03″W / 49.50°N 109.2675°W / 49.50; -109.2675
Country Canada
Province Saskatchewan
Region Southwest Saskatchewan
Census division 4
Rural Municipality White Valley
Post office Founded 1912-08-01 (closed 1986-06-23)
Incorporated (Village) Neaver
Government
 • Administrator Deb Lewis
 • Governing body White Valley #49
Time zone CST
Postal code S0N 2C0
Area code(s) 306
Highways Highway 614
Waterways Cypress Lake
Fairwell Creek
[1][2][3][4]

Ravenscrag is an unincorporated community in the southwestern part of Saskatchewan located on Highway 614, along the Frenchman River, 60 kilometres (37 mi) east of the Alberta-Saskatchewan border and about 185 kilometres (115 mi) southwest of Swift Current.

History

Ravenscrag was once a community of over 100 people. Since the Great Depression the town's population has since dropped to just one family.[5]

The settlement gave its name to the Ravencrag Formation, a stratigraphical unit of the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin, defined in 1918 by N.B. Davis at Ravenscrag Butte. The formation lies north-east of the community.

See also

References

  1. ↑ National Archives, Archivia Net, Post Offices and Postmasters
  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
  4. ↑ Commissioner of Canada Elections, Chief Electoral Officer of Canada (2005), Elections Canada On-line
  5. ↑ Our Roots History of Ravenscrag Retrieved on 2008-12-14
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Coordinates: 49°30′00″N 109°16′03″W / 49.50000°N 109.26750°W / 49.50000; -109.26750

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