Anerley is an

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in the western region of

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located about 4 km north of Highway 44, about 20 km southwest of the Outlook and is about 125 km south west of

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History

Anerley before the railway was a well-established community, but when the Canadian Northern Railway laid down tracks from

, the post office and Anerley School district were skidded into the town site by a large steam-powered tractor. The school had been on the site where Hillcrest Cemetery is now located. During the move sparks from the tractor started a small prairie fire, that was soon put out by the townsfolk.Saskatchewan ghost towns http://www.ourroots.ca/e/page.aspx?id=3601111 In 1912 the Canadian Northern Railway (later Canadian National Railway) brought in lines from

, soon after the first two grain elevators were built. A third elevator was built in 1928 by Saskatchewan Wheat Pool.

Notable people

William Higgitt William Leonard Higgitt (10 November 1917 – 2 April 1989) was the 14th Commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), holding office from 1969 to 1973, and President of the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) f ...

(November 10, 1917 – April 2, 1989) was the 15th

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(RCMP)

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(October 1, 1969 – December 28, 1973; succeeding

Malcolm Lindsay Malcolm Francis Aylesworth Lindsay (February 4, 1909 – May 3, 1983) was the 14th commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, serving from August 15, 1967 to September 30, 1969. He served as Mountie from 1934 to 1969. Honoured Received ...

) and

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of the International Criminal Police Organization (

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) (1972–1976; succeeding

Paul Dickopf Paul (Paulinus) Dickopf (June 9, 1910 – September 19, 1973) was a member of the NSDAP and SS in the Security Service (SD) and a secret agent in Switzerland, who became a member of the German Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA). Between 1965 and ...

References

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