List of ghost towns in Saskatchewan  From Wikipedia, the free
encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search  The following is a
list of communities that no longer exist or former
Villages/Towns that have become unincorporated hamlets in the
province of Saskatchewan, Canada.  Ghost towns are towns that
once had a considerable population, that have since dwindled in
numbers causing some or all its business to close, either due to
the rerouting of a highway, train tracks being pulled, or
exhaustion of a natural resource. One of the more famous stories
of Saskatchewan ghost towns arose around Uranium City which was
close to achieving city status and utterly collapsed upon the
closure of the Eldorado mine and the mass exodus of its
population.[1]  Initially travel began by horse and wagon or ox
and cart along trails which generally followed animal trails
across the North West Territories. Railways would not build
across the western frontier without settlement as it would be
too costly to provide train service across a