Girvin, Saskatchewan

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Girvin, Saskatchewan (Canada)
Coordinates: 51°09′00″N105°55′02″W / 51.15°N 105.9172°W / 51.15; -105.9172
Country Canada
Province Saskatchewan
Region Saskatchewan
Census division 11
Rural Municipality Arm River
unincorporated (Hamlet)December 19, 2005
Area
 • Total3.8 km2 (1.5 sq mi)
Population
 (2006)
 • Total20
 • Density5.3/km2 (14/sq mi)
Postal code
S0G 1X0
Area code 306
Highways Highway 11
Highway 749
Waterways
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Girvin is a former village of 20 people in Saskatchewan, Canada. It is located midway between Regina and Saskatoon on Highway 11 between the towns of Davidson and Craik. The village was formally dissolved in 2005; its remaining population is now counted as part of the rural municipality of Arm River. [5]

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History

Prior to December 19, 2005, Girvin was unincorporated as a village, and was restructured as a hamlet under the jurisdiction of the rural municipality of Arm River on that date. [6]

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Girvin had a population of 25 living in 11 of its 11 total private dwellings, a change of

History

The town’s name was in honour of John Alexander Girvin, a Winnipeg-based contractor who was responsible for the construction of countless railroad stations across the prairies. [8] The Qu’Appelle, Long Lake, and Saskatchewan Railroad and Steamboat Company railway passed through the area in the 1890s. Settlement of the area followed soon after, in about 1902 and consisted mostly of immigrants from Ontario. A school (which closed in 1970) and post office opened April 1, 1905 with a restaurant, veterinarian, Massey-Harris dealership, lumber yard, butcher, hotel, bank, livery, blacksmith and a 3 story hotel following soon after. In 1907, the community had grown to such a size that it was incorporated as a village.  Over the next few years, the town continued to grow and at its height, [9] in 1915, the town boasted three grain elevators (the British America elevator, the Canadian Elevator Company elevator and the S.G. Detchon elevator.) The town also had hockey, football, curling and baseball teams. Girvin’s population peaked at 151 people in 1926 but slid to only 93 residents in 1941, only to rebound slightly in the 1950s with 140 people. This however, was only a short-term reprieve.  Beginning in the 1960s, the population once again began to fall.  By the 1980s the only business left in town was a gas station and garage. In 2004 the skating rink collapsed. Girvin lost its village status on December 19, 2005. [10]

Today there are twenty residents with no businesses but the town is home to a large metal sculpture of a bison and Red River Cart created by Don Wilkins. [11]

Attractions

The Girvin Pump House, constructed in 1906, is situated on a 380-square metre piece of land near the railway tracks.  It provided water for horses hauling grain into town and some townspeople also used its water for doing laundry. It is the only pump house in Saskatchewan and has been recognized as a Municipal Heritage Property since 1994. [12] Originally, it worked by the way of a gas pump that drew water to a tank at the top of the pump house. The tower portion of this building is a smaller version of the traditional railway water towers that were common across the prairies. The gas pump was subsequently replaced with an electric one.  When the horses needed water, a rope was pulled, which released the water and filled a horse trough at the front of the building.  Eventually, as cars and tractors replaced horses on the farm, the pump house fell out of use. [13]

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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. ↑ "Saskatchewan Health Covered Population 2006". Saskatchewan Health. June 30, 2006. Archived from the original on April 13, 2009. Retrieved October 21, 2008.
  6. ↑ "Restructured Villages". Saskatchewan Ministry of Municipal Affairs. Archived from the original on March 25, 2008. Retrieved February 10, 2008.
  7. ↑ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada and designated places". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 31, 2022.
  8. ↑ "Memorable Manitobans: John Alexander Girvin (1851-1931)". www.mhs.mb.ca. Retrieved April 7, 2019.
  9. ↑ Clancy, Michael and Anna (2011). Lake Diefenbaker: Yours to Discover. Canada: Canadian Plains Research Centre. p. 128.
  10. ↑ McLennan, David (2008). Our Towns: Saskatchewan Communities from Abbey to Zenon Park. Canada: Canadian Plains Research Centre. p. 139.
  11. ↑ "About Don Wilkins". www.donwilkins.net. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
  12. ↑ Girvin Pump House http://heritageapp.cyr.gov.sk.ca/assets/pdf/48.pdf Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine
  13. ↑ "HistoricPlaces.ca - HistoricPlaces.ca". www.historicplaces.ca. Retrieved April 7, 2019.

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