1927 SE Saskatchewan Map- Glen Ewen, Oxbow area

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Phil Gent's (1912-1982)
1927 S.E. Saskatchewan, Canada
Highway Map

SHOWING TOWNSHIP 1, 2, 3, and a small portion of TSP 4
IN RANGE 2 AND RANGE 3, and a small portion of RANGE 4

New* The map on this page has been modified Mar 19, 2010,
with Mouse Over Hot Spots,
on all the Schools, Churches, Towns, Rivers, Creeks, Lakes, etc.
shown on the large map below,
If you "hover" your mouse pointer over any item,
it will show a caption note for that item,
which when "clicked on",
will take you to the name and brief description I show below.
This will help better to identify the Schools and Churches, etc.
not named on the map.
Note- Some still not identified, or researched.
If you know any of these,
Please let me know which page (URL) and # of the item.

Table below laid out the same way as the Map below

Portion Tsp 4, Portion Rge 4, W2	Portion Tsp 4, Rge 3, W2 Alameda, Town, 1902 ft Elevation, Sec 1, Township 4, Range 3, W2 Latitude- 49° 16' 05" N Longitude- 102° 17' 13" W Town of Alameda Web Site (Note- Not my web page, link may or may not work) Highway 9 runs N & S	Portion Tsp 4, Most of Rge 2, W2 Moose Mountain Creek
Tsp 3, Portion Rge 4, W2 Portion of Frobisher, Village, 1891 ft elevation Sec 13, Township 3, Range 4, W2 Latitude- 49° 12' 35" N Longitude- 102° 25' 37" W Frobisher History Book (Note- Not my web page, link may or may not work)	Tsp 3, Rge 3, W2 Mayflower School #866, NE 1/4 Sec 32 , Township 3, Range 3, W2 John Fraser Moffet had a homestead grant on this lot Hjortur Bergsteinsson credited with forming this school South Alameda School #96, SW 1/4 Sec 13, Township 3, Range 3, W2 Highway 9 runs N & S	Tsp 3, Most of Rge 2, W2 Oxbow, (Note- Latin for Oxbow is Boscurvis) Town, 1902 Ft. Elevation Sec 23, Township 3, Range 2, W2 Latitude- 49° 13' 48" N Longitude- 102° 10' 09" W Town of Oxbow Web site Oxbow History Book, Vol 1 Oxbow History Book, Vol 2 (Note- Not my web pages, links may or may not work) Rapeard, CPR train siding, East 1/2, Sec 32, Township 3, Range 2, W2 There was a Water Tower and Y in the Rails at this point. ca 1907-1909 this Water Tower was removed, and a new Train Water system installed in Oxbow. Siding named after Robert A. Peard, born in England, age 25 in 1906, immigrating in 1902?, CP Train dispatcher in Brandon, (Name per Bill Barry's book, "People Places"). Bow School #165 NE 1/4 Sec 2, Tsp 3, Rge 2, W2, 3 miles S of Oxbow Closed in 1946 Moose Mountain Creek Dominion Government Coal Test Site #2 NW Section 15 Township 3 Range 2, W2 at Junction of Moose Mountain Creek and the Souris River just SW of Oxbow 1880- This was the second test drill site, Driller William Henry McGarvey, under Professor Alfred R. C. Selwyn's supervision from Montreal, Director of the Geological Survey of Canada, looking for coal in this area, for commercial use. A small Coal Mine did form just north of this spot and later abandoned.
Tsp 2, Portion Rge 4, W2	Tsp 2, Rge 3, W2 Openshaw, unincorporated area, 1864 ft elevation Sec 26, Township 2, Range 3, W2 Latitude- 49° 09' 00" N Longitude- 102° 19' 02" W Out Of Sight School # 1345, SE 1/4 Sec 5, Township 2, Range 3, W2 Luke David Thompson, was instrumental in naming this school A William Wallace Sr, born in Scotland was one of the main persons that helped form this school district. From all records, the school literally was out of sight. Roscoe School # 1100, NE 1/4 Sec 23, Township 2, Range 3, W2 Karl Emil Kijak had the homestead grant on this lot Openshaw is shown just NE of the Roscoe School It was located on Highway 9 south, across from a Biberdorf farm at one time. Unknown School No 1 NE 1/4 Sec 19, Tsp 2, Rge 3, W2, 4 miles E of Openshaw Highway 9 runs N & S	Tsp 2, Most of Rge 2, W2 Marconi School # 1313, NW 1/4 Sec 10, Township 2, Range 2, W2 Map shows the symbol on the SW 1/4? John Thomson had the homestead grant on this lot a Mr. Hugh Hammel donated the acre of land for the school Opened in Aug 1905, Charles Knickle first teacher named after Marconi inventor of the wireless In the mid 40's the school was moved to SE 1/4 Sec 10, Tsp 2, Rge 1, W2
Tsp 1, Portion Rge 4, W2 McColl School # 2539, NE 1/4 Sec 12, Township 1, Range 4, W2 James Milne had the homestead grant on this lot It was located on his farm land, as his son Albert Milne attended this school	Tsp 1, Rge 3, W2 Elcott, unincorporated area, 1843 ft elevation SW 1/4 Sec 24, Township 1, Range 3, W2 Latitude- 49° 03' 00" N Longitude- 102° 18' 02" W At one time there was a Elevator, and a GTP Railway station. The station burnt down Feb 1919. My Elcott web page Parkfield, (not shown on map, but hot spot activated) SE Sec 31, Township 1, Range 3, W2 just North of the Souris River Here was a Post Office run by Luke David Thompson, out of his home, b- Oct 1868 probably in Watertown SD, US d- Nov 1958 and his wife Dora Thompson, nee Morris Luke immigrated to Canada in ca 1900. Stony Run School # 1051, SW 1/4 Sec 15, Township 1, Range 3, W2 Highway 9 runs N & S	Tsp 1 , Most of Rge 2, W2 Northgate, unincorporated area, 1841 ft elevation established in 1913 with the coming of the Railroad Sec 6, Township 1, Range 2, W2 Latitude- 49° 00' 00" N Longitude- 102° 16' 02" W I have a web page for Northgate Souris River, unincorporated area, 1705 ft elevation Sec 30/31, Township 1, Range 2, W2 Latitude- 49° 05' 00" N Longitude- 102° 16' 02" W My Souris River web page Kopperud Lutheran Church / Cemetery, set up the Norwegian Synod SE Section 18, Tsp 1, Rge 2, W2 Boscurvis Methodist (United) Church 5 mi E of Elcott, on NW Sec 14, Tsp 1, Rge 2, W2 St. Peter German Lutheran Church 3 mi E and 2 mi N of Elcott, on SE Sec 32, Tsp 1, Rge 2, W2 Scout Hill School # 617, SW 1/4 Sec 22, Township 1, Range 2, W2 Henry Angus Evans had the homestead grant on this lot Rivière Des Lacs Lake Lake between SK, Canada and ND, USA It is thought the lake was part of the Souris River at one point, and a land slide caused the Souris River to change direction, creating this Lake.

Common Waterways

Souris River (aka, Mouse River, St. Pierre)
Tributary of the Assiniboine River,
Originates in Yellow Grass marshes, north of Weyburn, SK.
Goes down to Minot, ND, USA, then back up into Manitoba, Canada
ending at the Assiniboine River.
The mouth of the Souris was the site of Two Rivers School
and a short lived village called Souris Mouth, and/or Two Rivers.
which today, is just a couple miles, NE of Treesbank Manitoba
700 km (435 mi) in length and drains about 17,600 square miles
2 dams are on this river now, Rafferty and Alameda

Moose Mountain Creek
a Tributary of the Souris River
Moose Mountain Park area drains into the Souris, via this creek.
It is shown running north by Rapeard
The mouth of the creek at the Souris River, is just west of Oxbow.

Highway 18 on this old 1927 map
running East and West
from Bienfait to the Manitoba border,
is quite a bit different today
The Highway has been shortened up considerably

Reference Key to
Roads, Railways etc.

Reference Key to
Buildings, Altitude etc.

Township Map
Showing Section #'s

Close-up map of Northgate area
showing Kopperud Lutheran Church. with cemetery nearby,
set up by the Norwegian Synod,
first service in the area, Mar 29, 1903,
one book says at Lars O. Mellom home.
This Church was built in 1910
with regular services until the mid 50's.

Also shown on this small map is the Coalmine location
set up in the 30's by Julius O. Mellow,
and the Konopaki brothers from Bienfait

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