Eskbank is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...
in the
Rural Municipality of Eyebrow No. 193,
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan ( ; ) is a province in western Canada, bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, to the northeast by Nunavut, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dak ...
, Canada. The community is located about south of
Highway 42 on Range Road 20, approximately northwest of the City of
Moose Jaw
Moose Jaw is the fourth largest city in Saskatchewan, Canada. Lying on the Moose Jaw River in the south-central part of the province, it is situated on the Trans-Canada Highway, west of Regina. Residents of Moose Jaw are known as Moose Javian ...
. It is located on the former
Grand Trunk Pacific
The Grand Trunk Pacific Railway was a historic Canadian transcontinental railway running from Fort William, Ontario (now Thunder Bay) to Prince Rupert, British Columbia, a Pacific coast port. East of Winnipeg the line continued as the National Tra ...
(
Canadian National Railway) Central Butte Subdivision from Moose Jaw to
Riverhurst.
History
Today nothing remains of Eskbank, only a historical plaque, placed at the site of the community in 2009. The post office of Eyebrow Hill was established June 1, 1904 in the home of John William Hudson, renamed "Eskbank" on June 1, 1908 after
Eskbank,
Scotland
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. The post office closed June 30, 1964. The last remaining buildings were burned by the rural municipality in 1975. The derelict
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
The Saskatchewan Wheat Pool was a grain handling, agri-food processing and marketing company based in Regina, Saskatchewan. The Pool created a network of marketing alliances in North America and internationally which made it the largest agricul ...
grain elevator built in 1924 by McCabe and closed in 1984 was deliberately burned on November 9, 2009.
Eskbank elevator demolition - November 9, 2009
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See also
* List of communities in Saskatchewan
Communities in the Province of Saskatchewan, Canada include incorporated municipalities, unincorporated communities and First Nations communities.
Types of incorporated municipalities include urban municipalities, rural municipalities and nor ...
References
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Eyebrow No. 193, Saskatchewan
Unincorporated communities in Saskatchewan
Ghost towns in Saskatchewan