Ghost Town Trail (Saskatchewan)

Highway 13
Highway 13
Red Coat Trail Ghost Town Trail
Route information
	Maintained by Ministry of Highways and Infrastructure (Saskatchewan)
Length	676 km (420 mi)
Major junctions
West end	Alberta border; continues west as Hwy 501
East end	Manitoba border near Antler; continues east as PTH 2
Location
Major cities	Weyburn
Highway system

Ghost Town Trail is a stretch of highway located in the Palliser's Triangle region of the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. The trail coincides with Saskatchewan Highway 13 (Hwy 13) between Wauchope, Saskatchewan and Govenlock, Saskatchewan. 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]

List of ghost towns[]

Town Name	Rural Municipality	Peak year	Peak Population	Location
Crichton	Wise Creek No. 77
Forget	Tecumseh No. 65
Forward	Norton No. 69	1906-1911	1,200 name changed to Axford ^[2]^: 25
Froude	Griffin No. 66
	Auvergne No. 76	1920s	60 ^[2]^: 26	49.750073, -107.619807
Govenlock	Reno No. 51	1920s dissolved as a village January 1, 1976	200	23-3-29-W3 49.2333465, -109.8174184 ^[3]
Horizon	Bengough No. 40	1912	200 ^[2]^: 28
	Griffin No. 66
Ravenscrag	White Valley No. 49	1920s	200
Scotsguard	Bone Creek No. 108	1916–1935	350
Senate	Reno No. 51	1940s dissolved as a village January 1, 1994	63
Wauchope	Antler No. 61			28-7-33-W 49.6000141, -101.9004682
Griffin	Griffin No. 66
	Brokenshell No. 68
Trossachs	Brokenshell No. 68
Axford	Brokenshell No. 68	1913	1,300 Abandoned 1966 (was named Forward) ^[2]^: 25
	Brokenshell No. 68
Khedive	Norton No. 69
	Norton No. 69
Amulet	Norton No. 69
Glasnevin	Key West No. 70
Verwood	Excel No. 71
Willows	Lake of the Rivers No. 72
Leeville
	Stonehenge No. 73
Limerick	Village
	Wood River No. 74
Meyronne	Pinto Creek No. 75
Hazenmore	Pinto Creek No. 75
Instow	Bone Creek No. 108
South Fork	Arlington No. 79
Vidora	Reno No. 51
Trossachs	Brokenshell No. 68

^[4] As a side note, near this ghost town trail are other ghost towns in the neighbouring vicinity. For example, the Rural Municipality of Griffin No. 66 also contains the localities, Brough, Huntoon, Innes. Similarly Key West No. 70 also was home to the localities of Bures, Dahinda, Edgeworth, Kayville, Key West, Querrin and Wheatstone near Glasnevin. Neighbouring localities to Valor are Ardwick, Bexhill, Congress, Lakenheath, Lynthorpe, Maxstone, Ogle, Stonehenge in Stonehenge No. 73^[5]

References[]

^ Microsoft Streets and Tips (Map) (2004 ed.). Microsoft Corp. § Route Planner.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Moore, Frank (1982). Saskatchewan ghost towns (digitised online by Our Roots Nos Racines ed.). Regina, Saskatchewan.
^ Natural Resources Canada (202). Geographical Names of Canada. Government of Canada.
^ History Television (© Shaw Media Inc. ed.). 202.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Statistics Canada (202). Standard Geographical Classification (SGC) 1996. Government of Canada. Archived from the original on 2013-05-25. Retrieved 2012-02-25.

[Micro-1] Microsoft Streets and Tips (Map) (2004 ed.). Microsoft Corp. § Route Planner.

[ghost-2] Moore, Frank (1982). Saskatchewan ghost towns (digitised online by Our Roots Nos Racines ed.). Regina, Saskatchewan.

[3] Natural Resources Canada (202). Geographical Names of Canada. Government of Canada.

[4] History Television (© Shaw Media Inc. ed.). 202.^{[permanent dead link]}

[5] Statistics Canada (202). Standard Geographical Classification (SGC) 1996. Government of Canada. Archived from the original on 2013-05-25. Retrieved 2012-02-25.

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