Anerley, Saskatchewan

Unincorporated community in Saskatchewan, Canada

51°13′12″N 107°11′24″W / 51.220°N 107.190°W / 51.220; -107.190CountryCanadaProvinceSaskatchewanRegionSouthwest SaskatchewanCensus division15Rural Municipality Fertile ValleyEstablished1908Incorporated (Village)1912Population

(2006)

• Total12Time zoneCSTArea code306HighwaysHighway 13
Highway 18WaterwaysAnerley Lakes
Milden Lake
Stockwell Lake^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Anerley is an unincorporated community in the western region of Saskatchewan located about 4 km north of Highway 44, about 20 km southwest of the Outlook and is about 125 km south west of Saskatoon.

History

Anerley before the railway was a well-established community, but when the Canadian Northern Railway laid down tracks from Saskatoon, the post office and Anerley School district were skidded into the town site by a large steam-powered tractor. The school had been on the site where Hillcrest Cemetery is now located. During the move sparks from the tractor started a small prairie fire, that was soon put out by the townsfolk.^[5]

In 1912 the Canadian Northern Railway (later Canadian National Railway) brought in lines from Saskatoon, soon after the first two grain elevators were built. A third elevator was built in 1928 by Saskatchewan Wheat Pool.

Notable people

William Higgitt (November 10, 1917 – April 2, 1989) was the 15th Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) commissioner (October 1, 1969 – December 28, 1973; succeeding Malcolm Lindsay) and president of the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) (1972–1976; succeeding Paul Dickopf).

References

^ National Archives, Archivia Net, Post Offices and Postmasters, archived from the original on October 6, 2006
^ Government of Saskatchewan, MRD Home, Municipal Directory System, archived from the original on November 21, 2008
^ Canadian Textiles Institute. (2005), CTI Determine your provincial constituency, archived from the original on September 11, 2007
^ Commissioner of Canada Elections, Chief Electoral Officer of Canada (2005), Elections Canada On-line, archived from the original on April 21, 2007
^ Saskatchewan ghost towns http://www.ourroots.ca/e/page.aspx?id=3601111