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Pontrilas, Saskatchewan was a Canadian town that no longer exists. At one time Pontrilas was a small farming community approximately south of
Nipawin, Saskatchewan Nipawin () is a town in Saskatchewan, Canada, on the Saskatchewan River portion of Tobin Lake. The town lies between Codette Lake, created by the Francois-Finlay Dam (built in 1986) and Tobin Lake, created by the E.B. Campbell Dam built in ...
. There were four grain elevators, small stores, and services. Around the center were homes and a two-room school for grades 1 to 12. When the school closed, the students were sent to Codette and Nipawin; the school's
merry-go-round A carousel or carrousel (mainly North American English), merry-go-round (List of sovereign states, international), roundabout (British English), or hurdy-gurdy (an old term in Australian English, in South Australia, SA) is a type of amusement ...
was sent to Codette. There was a hotel, which has burned down. The community was named for
Pontrilas Pontrilas ('' en, Bridge over Three Rivers'') is a village in south Herefordshire, England, half a mile from the border with Wales. It is in the parish of Kentchurch and lies midway between Hereford and Abergavenny. In 2011 the main village conta ...
in Herefordshire, near the border with Wales.


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Ghost towns in Saskatchewan Nipawin No. 487, Saskatchewan {{Canada-ghost-town-stub