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Unincorporated community in Saskatchewan, Canada
Wartime
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 51°07′30″N 108°06′47″W / 51.1250°N 108.1130°W / 51.1250; -108.1130
Country Canada
Province Saskatchewan
RegionSouthwest
Census division8
Rural MunicipalityMonet No. 257
Government
 • TypeMunicipal
 • Governing bodyRural Municipality of Monet
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
Area code306
Highways Highway 44
RailwaysCanadian Pacific Railway

Wartime is an unincorporated community and former hamlet, within the Rural Municipality of Monet No. 257, Saskatchewan, Canada. The community is located along Highway 44 approximately 13 km west of Elrose along Canadian National Railway's Elrose sub-division track. The community once boasted a train station built in 1914 which was demolished in 1978, two grain elevators; a Saskatchewan Wheat Pool and a Federal elevator as well as a wooden water tank. The elevators have disappeared but the water tower is still standing and in use.

Etymology

Settlers began arriving in the area around 1909 and by the fall of 1913 construction of the CN railway had reached as far as nearby Elrose, Saskatchewan. Preparations for the railroad bed had made it as far as Wartime by 1914 and resulted in a few buildings being built. The outbreak of the First World War occurred at this time so the town was named Wartime. The rails were laid in 1915 and the post office opened that same year and operated until 1990. In 1923, the Canadian Pacific Railway extended a line from Rosetown to Kyle, passing through Wartime.

Wooden water tower in Wartime, Saskatchewan. Built in 1912 to supply water to locomotives.

Notable people

William Hunter "Bill" McKnight, SOM PC (born July 12, 1940 - October 4, 2019) was born in Wartime, Saskatchewan. He served as Minister of Agriculture, Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, Minister of National Defence during the first Gulf War, Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources and Minister of Labour in the Progressive Conservative government of Brian Mulroney.

See also

References

  1. National Archives, Archivia Net, Post Offices and Postmasters, archived from the original on October 6, 2006
  2. Canadian Textiles Institute. (2005), CTI Determine your provincial constituency, archived from the original on September 11, 2007
  3. Government of Saskatchewan, MRD Home. "Municipal Directory System". Archived from the original on January 15, 2016. Retrieved December 16, 2014.
  4. Commissioner of Canada Elections, Chief Electoral Officer of Canada (2005), Elections Canada On-line, archived from the original on April 21, 2007
  5. "CN Elrose Subdivision". Traingeek - Trains and Photography. Retrieved May 26, 2019.
  6. Eric (February 1, 2014). "Trackside Treasure: Wartime in Saskatchewan". Trackside Treasure. Retrieved May 26, 2019.
  7. Russell, E.T. (1993). What's In a Name. Fifth House Books; 3rd ed. ISBN 1895618983.
Places adjacent to Wartime, Saskatchewan
Blackleigh Chipperfield Thrasher
Greenan Wartime Elrose
Isham Mondou Birsay
Subdivisions of Saskatchewan
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Division No. 8, Saskatchewan
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  • See also: Municipalities in Saskatchewan
  • Census divisions of Saskatchewan
  • Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities
  • 51°12′50″N 108°11′30″W / 51.21389°N 108.19167°W / 51.21389; -108.19167


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