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Kelfield is a
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in central
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, Canada. The hamlet is also the home of the municipal offices for the Rural Municipality of Grandview No. 349. 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.


See also

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List of communities in Saskatchewan Communities in the province of Saskatchewan, Canada, include Incorporation (municipal government), incorporated municipalities, Unincorporated area#Canada, unincorporated communities and First Nations in Canada, First Nations communities. Types ...
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List of hamlets in Saskatchewan In most cases in Saskatchewan, a hamlet is an unincorporated community with at least five occupied dwellings situated on separate lots and at least 10 separate lots, the majority of which are an average size of less than one acre. Saskatchewan ha ...


References

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