Kandahar, Saskatchewan

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Kandahar is a small hamlet on Highway 16 near Wynyard, Saskatchewan, Canada, named by Canadian Pacific Railway executives in the late 1800s for a British military victory in Kandahar, Afghanistan. In 1925, Kandahar was listed as a Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. Station on the Minnedosa, Saskatoon, Edmonton Section, CPR. From 1910 to 1913, the spelling of the post office was "Candahar". The hamlet is too small to be enumerated on its own, so its population belongs to the Rural Municipality of Big Quill No. 308

It is located near the south shore of Big Quill Lake, the largest inland body of salt water in Canada. Until the 1970s it was a thriving town with various stores and attractions, including a popular steak house. However, in the late 1980s the village's only school closed, and the population has steadily decreased since.

The one room school house was named Kandahar School District #3333.

On Monday, July 17, 2006, the Regina Leader-Post published an article about Kandahar.

Area statistics

*Lat (DMS) 51°46′00″ N
*Long (DMS) 104°21′00″ W
*Dominion Land Survey Section 21, Township 32, Range 17 West of the 2nd MeridianTime zone (CST) UTC−6

Location

External links

* [http://www.army.forces.gc.ca/lf/English/6_1_1.asp?id=1432 The Canadian Army: News: Headlines: Training in Kandahar, Saskatchewan ]
* [http://www.rootsweb.com/~cansk/school/ Saskatchewan Gen Web - One Room School Project ]
* [http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/post-offices/001001-100.01-e.php Post Offices and Postmasters - ArchiviaNet - Library and Archives Canada]
* [http://www.rootsweb.com/~skkamsac/ Kamsack Gen Web Region]
* [http://www.rootsweb.com/~canmaps/RandMcNally1924/index.html Saskatchewan, Canada, Rand McNally 1924 Indexed Pocket Map Tourists' and Shippers' Guide]
* [http://geonames.nrcan.gc.ca/search/search_e.php GeoNames Query ]
* [http://www.rootsweb.com/~canmaps/1925Waghorn/ Canadian Maps: January 1925 Waghorn's Guide. Post Offices in Man. Sask. Alta. and West Ontario. ]
* [http://www.quill-lakes.com/kandahar/ Welcome to Kandahar]
* [http://www.quill-lakes.com/kandahar/Kanhistory.htm Kandahar's History]

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