Kelfield, Saskatchewan

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Coordinates: 51°57′00″N108°37′00″W / 51.95000°N 108.61667°W / 51.95000; -108.61667
Country Canada
Province Saskatchewan
Region Saskatchewan
Census division 13
Rural Municipality Grandview
Post office Founded1909-09-01
Incorporated (Village)1913
Incorporated (Town) N/A
Time zone CST
Area code(s) 306
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Kelfield, Saskatchewan is a small hamlet in central Saskatchewan, Canada. The hamlet is also the home of the municipal offices for the Rural Municipality of Grandview.

With the arrival of the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1912, this caused some movement of settlement in the area as local settler moved from the old settlement into the new town site, this also saw the establishment of the Kelfield Lumber Company in the town. [2] Between 1915 and 1916 a second sawmill, the Western Canada Sawmill, opened, as well as a hotel, butcher shop and other business establishments. These early years corresponded to the boom period for the hamlet.

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References

  1. National Archives, Archivia Net, Post Offices and Postmasters, archived from the original on 2006-10-06, retrieved 2011-05-05CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  2. Kelfield History Book Committee (1982), Portrait of a community : Kelfield, Saskatchewan, Canada page 27-35 , retrieved 2011-05-05CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)

Coordinates: 51°57′N108°37′W / 51.950°N 108.617°W / 51.950; -108.617 (Kelfield)