Pinto SaskatchewanNot much more than
a Railroad siding
and a Post Office.
the Hamlet of Pinto,
was located East of Roche Percee
Latitude - Longitude
49° 04' 00" N - 102° 42'
00" W
Section 25, Township 1, Range 6, West of the 2nd Meridian
Located just
over 4 1/2 miles
north of the Canada USA boundary
about 6 miles straight east of Roche Percee
Unincorporated Area
Altitude= 1877 feet above sea level
Location of Pinto is highlighted in Red above
on the
Canadian Pacific Railroad
also known as the Soo Line
Pinto was the first
siding after the Railroad came out of the
Souris River Valley East of Roche
Percee
on it's way to North Portal, and across the USA boundary
This is
a portion of my Dad Phil Gent's 1927 Map of SE Sask
The land he owned was
marked in pencil above,
it later was sold to the PFRA
The gravel road
that runs through the valley
along the Souris River, will take you to the
gravel road
which turns to the right, and heads up and out
of the
valley, right past the
old location of Pinto, No original buildings remain.
When I was young I remember railroad buildings in the area
but not
much more
There was never an elevator in Pinto.
The Railroad siding was used by a few mines
north of Pinto, to load coal into boxcars.
I do not have a great amount of information
I would love to receive any
that pertain to the area