Kelfield, Saskatchewan is a small

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in central

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, Canada. The hamlet is also the home of the municipal offices for the

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. With the arrival of the

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in 1912, this caused some movement of settlement in the area as local settler moved from the old settlement into the new town site, this also saw the establishment of the Kelfield Lumber Company in the town. Between 1915 and 1916 a second sawmill, the Western Canada Sawmill, opened, as well as a hotel, butcher shop and other business establishments. These early years corresponded to the boom period for the hamlet.

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Former villages in Saskatchewan Unincorporated communities in Saskatchewan Grandview No. 349, Saskatchewan Division No. 13, Saskatchewan {{SKDivision13-geo-stub

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