St. Boswells is a

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in Glen Bain Rural Municipality No. 105,

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. The hamlet is about 8 km east of Highway 19, and about 25 km northwest of the town of

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. Very little remains of the former village except a well known as the best water around, and sidewalks which mark the once prosperous business section of St. Boswells.

History

St. Boswells was a railroad town founded in 1918, as a

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point along the line from

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to Neidpath, though the surrounding area had been settled at least a decade earlier. Named after

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's, hometown of St. Boswells,

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. St. Boswells was chosen as the name for the community's first post office.

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Glen Bain No. 105, Saskatchewan Populated places established in 1918 Former villages in Saskatchewan Unincorporated communities in Saskatchewan Ghost towns in Saskatchewan Division No. 3, Saskatchewan {{SKDivision3-geo-stub

History

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