Crichton, Saskatchewan

For other uses, see Crichton (disambiguation).

Hamlet of Crichton
—  Hamlet  —
Location of Crichton in Saskatchewan
Coordinates: 49°25′55″N 107°31′23″W / 49.432°N 107.523°W / 49.432; -107.523
Country	Canada
Province	Saskatchewan
Region	Saskatchewan
Census division	4
Rural Municipality	Wise Creek
Established	1909
Incorporated (Village)	N/A
Incorporated (Town)	N/A
Government
– Administrator
– Governing body	Wise Creek No. 77
Population (2008)
– Total	1
Postal code	S0N 2G0
Area code(s)	306
Highways	Highway 13
Waterways	Bull Creek[disambiguation needed ]
[1][2][3][4]

Crichton is a hamlet in the southwest region of Saskatchewan, Canada, and is located between Admiral and Cadillac on the Red Coat Trail also known as highway 13, like so many towns along the Red Coat Trail, Crichton has become a ghost town with only one family remaining and many empty buildings scattered throughout the town site.

History

On July 25 to 29, 1913 a survey began by a man named David Townsend^{[disambiguation needed ]} from Calgary, Alberta plotting out the new hamlet. Residents of the hamlet decided that the name of their community should be named after "Crichton" a Scottish poet and scholar, Robert Crichton^{[disambiguation needed ]} born in Perthshire in 1560.

During its day as an incorporated settlement, Crichton had three grain elevators all have been torn down, a school that has been moved to a nearby bible camp, a café and pool hall, a garage that still stand on main street, boarding house, a blacksmith shop, lumberyard, post office, livery barn, water tower torn down in the 1960s, and a large warehouse attached to the general store. There was even a golf course and tennis courts built for the community, as well as a baseball diamond near the school site. Today Crichton has one resident, and a few scattered buildings sitting abandoned.

See also

• List of places with fewer than ten residents
• List of communities in Saskatchewan
• Hamlets of Saskatchewan
• List of ghost towns in Canada
• Ghost towns in Saskatchewan

References

1. ^ National Archives, Archivia Net, Post Offices and Postmasters, http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/post-offices/001001-100.01-e.php 
2. ^ Government of Saskatchewan, MRD Home (– ^{Scholar search}), Municipal Directory System, http://www.municipal.gov.sk.ca/index.html ^{[dead link]}
3. ^ Canadian Textiles Institute. (2005), CTI Determine your provincial constituency, http://www.textiles.ca/eng/nonAuthProg/redirect.cfm?path=IssPolContacts&sectionID=7601.cfm 
4. ^ Commissioner of Canada Elections, Chief Electoral Officer of Canada (2005), Elections Canada On-line, http://www.elections.ca/home.asp 

External links

• Crichton Saskatchewan Ghost towns by Johnnie Bachusky
• Ghost Towns Canada
• Saskatchewan City & Town Maps
• Saskatchewan Gen Web - One Room School Project
• Post Offices and Postmasters - ArchiviaNet - Library and Archives Canada
• Saskatchewan Gen Web Region
• Online Historical Map Digitization Project
• GeoNames Query
• Saskatchewan Cemetery Records

Coordinates: 49°25′55″N 107°31′23″W / 49.432°N 107.523°W / 49.432; -107.523