Steelman Saskatchewan History Page

Hamlet Located at
Section 15, Township 4, Range 5, West of the 2nd Meridian
in SE Saskatchewan
Unincorporated Area

Lat- 49° 18' 00" N - Long- 102° 36' 02" W

13 km N. from Hirsch, 15 km SE from Lampman, 7km SE from Breeze

Located on the Canadian National Rail line (CNR)
between Deborah and Breeze SK
on the Lampman-Frobisher line

Pool Elevator map shows it had an Elevator at one time
plus I know of a Store, Picture Show, and Post Office

First Gas Plant in SE Sask
was the "Steelman Gas Plant", or Provo Gas Producers,
which originally was owned by Dome Petroleum of Calgary,
which started construction in 1957, and went into production in 1958
Plant originally cost $12 million, including the collecting lines.
In 1971 the collecting lines extended 60 miles from the Manitoba border,
40 miles North of US Border. It was staffed by a crew of 26.
The first step in the process, in 1971,
was to remove hydrogen sulphide, and carbon dioxide.
The gas was then compressed to 550psi
and processed through a refrigeration- absorption unit
to remove the liquids, propane, butanes and gasoline.
The residue gas was compressed through one more stage
to pipeline pressure of 900psi and was delivered to the SPC line.

The Plant remained under Dome Petroleum's control until 1988.
AMOCO Canada merged with Dome,
then British Petroleum (BP) merged with AMOCO in 1998

It was originally started to collect the flare gas, or lean oil gas
produced in the extraction of oil from the ground.
2008 it was owned by BP Canada Energy Company

Enbridge Pipelines (Saskatchewan) Inc,
operates the feeder pipeline system, for the natural gas liquid
generated from the plant

Opened March 1,1912
Located in the Steelman Store

Federal Electoral District:

Moose Mountain (Saskatchewan)

Postmaster Information:

Name of Postmaster	Date of Appointment	Date of Vacancy
George H. Ingram, b- Jan 1890, in Ontario A Robert John Ingram homesteaded on SE Section 4, Tsp 4, Rge 5, W2 who I believe was his father. In 1911 his mother is shown as Elizabeth, 2 brothers Charles and Frank, all living in Tsp 4, Rge 5, W2. In 1901 the family was living in Peterborough ON, with a sister Lillian here.	1912-03-01	1916-05-10
Lewis Hirt	1916-06-01	1919-12-29
Mathias Fleck A Matthias Sr and Jr are buried in Estevan Souris Valley Memorial Cemetery both born in Landau Russia Nov 13, 1931 a Matthias Fleck lived in Torquay, when he invented and took out a patent on a new farm gate	1920-06-29	1920-09-26
John Rech	1920-12-21	1937-06-29
Miss Ethel Seeley	1937-06-29	1947-04-18
Miss Evelyn Helen Giem She worked in the Estevan Post Office as well	1947-05-01	1949-01-17
Frank Andrew Mehler February 19, 1918 - January 31, 2007 son of Nicholas and Anna Mehler raised on family farm SE Section 34, Tsp 4, Rge 5, W2, near Steelman. He also operated the picture show in Steelman, besides the PO. Lived on 700 block, in Hillside, Estevan, for years	1949-04-01	Acting
Frank Andrew Mehler	1949-05-14	1952-07-18
Mrs. Grace M. J. Lischka	1952-08-31	Acting
Mrs. Grace M. J. Lischka	1952-11-25	1953-08-09
Mrs. Viola Elaschuk	1953-09-04	Acting
Mrs. Viola Elaschuk	1953-12-18	1955-11-07
Mrs. Vera B. Gregoire	1955-11-18	Acting
Mrs. Vera B. Gregoire	1956-01-31	1956-08-20
Mrs. Josephine Peter	1956-09-16	Acting
Mrs. Josephine Peter	1956-11-21	1972-04-29
Mrs. Maxine M. Harris	1972-04-29	?
Mrs. Katherine Peters	1982-05-29	-
Mrs. Katherine Peters	1982-06-01	-

Source Canada Archives, reproduced here, not represented as 100% accurate
and no fees charged for viewing.

School

Located in School District # 820

My dad, Phil Gent, worked at the Steelman Gas Plant
when our family moved to Estevan from Bienfait in 1958

I have a picture of the plant somewhere
and will add it here when I track it down

His sister Kathleen was born near Steelman in 1915
My grandfather Percy Gent
moved his family to the Arthur Nelson place near Steelman in 1909

Cemetery nearby:

Roman Catholic Cemetery
Steelman-Maryland- SE2-5-5-W2
Records at Sask. Gen. Society

History book of the area
which I don't have a copy of

"Poet's Corner." Lampman & District History Book Committee, Lampman, Sask. 1982. Lampman and District and the RM of Browning including the hamlet of Browning, Steelman, and the village of Willmar and the School Districts of: Cateville, Cote, Crystal, Enniskillan, Erin, Glasston, Idlewilde, Lampman, Morrisville, Rockland, Roseleigh, Sinclair, Weir Hill, Willmar and Yankee

If you have any pics or info let me know,
will add it here.