Armley is an unincorporated community in the Rural Municipality of Connaught No. 457, Saskatchewan, Canada. Approximately halfway between Tisdale and Nipawin, northwest of the intersection of Highway 35 and Highway 335. Armley was the site of the Humboldt Broncos bus crash, killing 16 hockey players and personnel from a team in the city of Humboldt.
Armley, Saskatchewan | |
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  Armley, Saskatchewan | |
| Coordinates: 53°07′01″N 104°02′02″W / 53.117°N 104.034°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Saskatchewan |
| Region | Central Saskatchewan |
| Census division | 14 |
| Rural Municipality | Connaught |
| Government | |
| • Reeve | Ian Boxall |
| • Administrator | Jaime Orr |
| • Governing body | Cannaught No. 457[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.00 km2 (0.00 sq mi) |
| • Density | 0.0/km2 (0/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CST |
| Postal code | S0E 1T0 |
| Area code | 306 |
| Highways | Highway 3 Highway 35 |
| Railways | Canadian Pacific Railway |
| [2][3][4][5] | |
History
editComing into existence in the early 1900s as the farming region was settled, Armley reached its peak during the 1920s with the arrival of the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1924.
With the decline in the rural population of Saskatchewan and the consolidation of businesses and services in larger centres, the townsite now only contains a local community hall and a handful of houses. The former general store, church, post office, hotel and grain elevators are no longer in operation.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Connaught No. 457 Archived October 4, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ 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
Homestead to Heritage
Armley History Book Committee
Friesen Printers, 1987
ISBN 0-88925-773-6