Ravenscrag, Saskatchewan

Ravenscrag
Unincorporated community
Ravenscrag
Coordinates: 49°30′00″N 109°16′03″W / 49.50°N 109.2675°W
Country	Canada
Province	Saskatchewan
Region	Southwest Saskatchewan
Census division	4
Rural Municipality	White Valley
Post office Founded	1912-08-01 (closed 1986-06-23)
Incorporated (Village)	Neaver
Government
• Administrator	Deb Lewis
• Governing body	White Valley #49
Time zone	CST
Postal code	S0N 2C0
Area code(s)	306
Highways	Highway 614
Waterways	Cypress Lake Fairwell Creek
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Ravenscrag is an unincorporated community in the southwestern part of Saskatchewan located on Highway 614, along the Frenchman River, 60 kilometres (37 mi) east of the Alberta-Saskatchewan border and about 185 kilometres (115 mi) southwest of Swift Current.

History

Ravenscrag was once a community of over 100 people. Since the Great Depression the town's population has since dropped to just one family.^[5]

The settlement gave its name to the Ravencrag Formation, a stratigraphical unit of the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin, defined in 1918 by N.B. Davis at Ravenscrag Butte. The formation lies north-east of the community.

See also

• Scottish place names in Canada
• List of communities in Saskatchewan
• List of ghost towns in Canada
• Ghost towns in Saskatchewan

References

1. National Archives, Archivia Net, Post Offices and Postmasters
2. Government of Saskatchewan, MRD Home, Municipal Directory System, archived from the original on November 21, 2008
3. Canadian Textiles Institute. (2005), CTI Determine your provincial constituency
4. Commissioner of Canada Elections, Chief Electoral Officer of Canada (2005), Elections Canada On-line
5. Our Roots History of Ravenscrag Retrieved on 2008-12-14

Coordinates: 49°30′00″N 109°16′03″W / 49.50000°N 109.26750°W