Alticane,_Saskatchewan

Alticane

Alticane

Community in Saskatchewan, Canada

Alticane[1] is an unincorporated community in the Rural Municipality of Douglas No. 436, Saskatchewan, Canada.

Quick Facts Country, Province ...

Alticane was established in 1928 on the new Canadian National Railway branch line that ran between Speers and Mayfair. In that year, the area post office, run by Mr. McKye, was moved from its previous location 2 miles (3.2 kilometres) south-west to the new location near the branch line, bringing the post office's name to the new town. Alticane was named after Mr. McKye's home town in Scotland.[2]

The town contained a Saskatchewan Pool grain elevator which has since been dismantled. The abandoned CNR branch line was also removed around 2015. Alticane is now considered a ghost town with approximately one dozen abandoned houses remaining. A cairn can be seen at the entrance to the town that commemorates the 70th (1998) reunion of the residents.

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Alticane". Canadian Geographical Names Database. Government of Canada. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  2. [2]
    Russell, Edmund Thomas Pete (1997). What's in a Name:The Story Behind Saskatchewan Place Names, Third Edition. Winnipeg, Manitoba: Western Producer Prairie Books. p. 7. ISBN 1-895618-98-3.


Stub icon

This article about a location in the Census Division No. 16 of Saskatchewan is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Alticane,_Saskatchewan, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.