Ghost Town Trail (Saskatchewan)

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Ghost Town Trail
Length675.3 miles (1,087 km) [1]
Location Highway 13
Saskatchewan, Canada

Ghost Town Trail is a stretch of highway located in Southern Saskatchewan, Canada. The trail coincides with Saskatchewan Highway 13 (Hwy 13) between Govenlock and Wauchope. Along this highway are 32 "ghost towns". The nearest large communities are Swift Current and Maple Creek, Saskatchewan both located on the Trans Canada Highway which runs parallel and to the north of Hwy 13. [2]

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List of ghost towns

List of abandoned communities along Saskatchewan Highway 13
CommunityRural municipalityPeak populationPeak decadeDissolvedSource
Altawan Reno No. 51
Govenlock Reno No. 51 2001920s1976 [2]
Senate Reno No. 51 631940s1994 [2]
Vidora Reno No. 51
Olga White Valley No. 49
Ravenscrag White Valley No. 49 2001920s [2]
Neighbour White Valley No. 49
South Fork Arlington No. 79
Instow Bone Creek No. 108
Scotsguard Bone Creek No. 108 3501920s1953 [2] [3]
Crichton Wise Creek No. 77
Gouverneur Auvergne No. 76 601920s [2]
Meyronne Pinto Creek No. 75
Melaval Wood River No. 74
Valor Stonehenge No. 73
Ardwick Stonehenge No. 73
Willows Lake of the Rivers No. 72
Readlyn Lake of the Rivers No. 72
Verwood Excel No. 71
Horizon Bengough No. 40 2001910s [2]
Glasnevin Key West No. 70
Wallace Norton No. 69
Amulet Norton No. 69
Khedive Norton No. 69
Forward Norton No. 69 1,2501910s1947 [2]
Axford Brokenshell No. 68
Trossachs Brokenshell No. 68
Tatagwa Weyburn No. 67
Hume Griffin No. 66
Griffin Griffin No. 66
Froude Griffin No. 66
Forget Tecumseh No. 65
Armilla Brock No. 64
Freemantle Moose Mountain No. 63
Steppes Moose Mountain No. 63
Wauchope Antler No. 61

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