Forward, Saskatchewan
Forward is a hamlet in Norton Rural Municipality No. 69, Saskatchewan, Canada. It previously held the status of a village until December 31, 1947.
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Prior to December 31, 1947, Forward was incorporated as a village, and was restructured as a hamlet under the jurisdiction of the Rural municipality of Norton on that date.[1]
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Cairn[]
A cairn marks the former site of the town, off Saskatchewan Highway 13 about 43 km West of Weyburn, Saskatchewan. The plaque was installed in 1995 by the and reads:
Town of Forward
Established 1911
In 1913 an entire town moved to this site, the junction of the Canadian Pacific-Canadian National rails. Visions of thriving commerce inspired the move of businesses and homes from the original location 4.8 km north east.
Forward, population near 1200, flourished. Town services: A lumber yard, notary public, printing-publishing shop, post office, implement agency, jail, school, church, firehall, drugstore, cafe, blacksmith, & livery barn.
Forward gradually declined. Structures were not rebuilt after fires. It lacked a grain elevator and other towns growing along the railway provided competition. The last house was removed from the site in 1966.
See also[]
- List of communities in Saskatchewan
- Hamlets of Saskatchewan
References[]
- ^ "Restructured Villages". Saskatchewan Ministry of Municipal Affairs. Archived from the original on March 25, 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-10.
- ^ "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. August 20, 2019.
- ^ "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. July 18, 2021.
- Norton No. 69, Saskatchewan
- Former villages in Saskatchewan
- Unincorporated communities in Saskatchewan
- Division No. 2, Saskatchewan
- Saskatchewan Division No. 2 geography stubs