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Expanse
Expanse
Hamlet
	Expanse Expanse
	Coordinates: 49°59′06″N 105°50′41″W / 49.9851°N 105.8447°W
Country	Canada
Province	Saskatchewan
Rural municipality	Lake Johnston No. 102
Post office Founded (Lake Johnston)	1908-09-01
Post office renamed Expanse	1912-05-01
Government
• Reeve	Ivan Costley
• Administrator	Sherry Green
• Governing body	Lake Johnston No. 102
• MLA	Dave Marit
• MP	Jeremy Patzer
Area
• Total	0 km2 (0 sq mi)
Population (2006)
• Total	0
• Density	0/km2 (0/sq mi)
Time zone	CST
Postal code	S0H 3G0
Area code	306
Highways	Highway 2

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Expanse, Saskatchewan is an unincorporated area in the Rural Municipality of Lake Johnston No. 102, in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Expanse is just south of Old Wives Lake on a grid road. The grid connects to Highway 2 near Ardill in south central Saskatchewan. Just to the south of Highway 2 is Lake of the Rivers. Expanse is too small to be enumerated as a separate entity during the census taking, so it was a part of the population given for RM of Lake Johnston No. 102.

Today the former community school, a private residence, a Historical marker and a few foundations are all that remain of Expanse's prosperous pioneer days.

History

Population history
(1916–1931)
Year	Pop.	±%
1916	168	—
1921	126	−25.0%
1926	106	−15.9%
1931	102	−3.8%
Source: Government of Canada^[6]

The post office was formed on September 1, 1908, under the name Lake Johnston with postmaster Frank E. Crosby and was located at Sec.12, Twp.12, R.29, W of the 2nd meridian. A. S. MacDonald was the successor on May 1, 1912, and the post office now changed names to Expanse.

Taken from the town's Historical marker, erected in 1994 by the Rural municipality of Johnston Lake and the Saskatchewan History & Folklore Society Inc.:

Canadian Pacific Railway purchased the townsite in 1911 and named it Expanse. Incorporated as a village in 1912, the first village meeting was held January 7, 1913. Expanse was the fifth town on the CPR line south of the city of Moose Jaw. It was the end of the CPR track for the south part of the province from July 1912 until 1914. As an "end of Track" Boom Town, homesteaders got supplies and brought grain to Expanse from as far south as the United States border. Expanse was disorganized as a village in 1935.

References

^ Lake Johnston No. 102
^ 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 July 28, 2007
^ 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
^ "Census of Saskatchewan 1936 (see page 96)" (PDF). Government of Canada. Retrieved October 26, 2024.

Notes

Lake Johnston—Sutton Historical Society; ISBN 0-88925-089-8 WebPAC PRO © Innovative Interfaces, Inc., University of Saskatchewan Online Library Database, retrieved August 6, 2007

[1] Lake Johnston No. 102

[2] National Archives, Archivia Net, Post Offices and Postmasters, archived from the original on October 6, 2006

[3] Government of Saskatchewan, MRD Home, Municipal Directory System, archived from the original on July 28, 2007

[4] Canadian Textiles Institute (2005), CTI Determine your provincial constituency, archived from the original on September 11, 2007

[5] Commissioner of Canada Elections, Chief Electoral Officer of Canada (2005), Elections Canada On-line, archived from the original on April 21, 2007

[SKcensus1921-36-6] "Census of Saskatchewan 1936 (see page 96)" (PDF). Government of Canada. Retrieved October 26, 2024.

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-'''Expanse, Saskatchewan''' is an [[unincorporated area]] in the [[rural municipality]] of [[Lake Johnston No. 102, Saskatchewan|Lake Johnston No. 102]], in the [[Canada|Canadian]] [[province]] of [[Saskatchewan]]. Expanse is located just to the south of [[Old Wives Lake]] on a grid road. The grid connects to [[Saskatchewan Highway 2|Highway 2]] near [[Ardill, Saskatchewan|Ardill]] in south central Saskatchewan. Just to the south of [[Saskatchewan Highway 2|Highway 2]] is Lake of the Rivers. Expanse is too small to be enumerated as a separate entity during the census taking, so it was a part of the population given for [[rural municipality]] [[Lake Johnston No. 102, Saskatchewan|Lake Johnston No. 102]].
+'''Expanse, Saskatchewan''' is an [[unincorporated area]] in the [[Rural Municipality of Lake Johnston No. 102]], in the [[Provinces and territories of Canada|Canadian province]] of [[Saskatchewan]]. Expanse is just south of [[Old Wives Lake]] on a grid road. The grid connects to [[Saskatchewan Highway 2|Highway 2]] near [[Ardill, Saskatchewan|Ardill]] in south central Saskatchewan. Just to the south of [[Saskatchewan Highway 2|Highway 2]] is [[Lake of the Rivers]]. Expanse is too small to be enumerated as a separate entity during the census taking, so it was a part of the population given for [[RM of Lake Johnston No. 102]].
 Today the former community school, a private residence, a [[Historical marker]] and a few [[Foundation (engineering)|foundations]] are all that remain of Expanse's prosperous [[Settler|pioneer]] days.
 ==History==
+{{Stack|{{Historical populations
+| title       = Population history<br/>(1916–1931)
+| type        = Canada
+| align       = right
+| footnote    = ''Source: [[Government of Canada]]''<ref name=SKcensus1921-36>{{cite web | url=https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2017/statcan/CS98-1936FS-1.pdf | title=Census of Saskatchewan 1936 (see page 96) | publisher=[[Government of Canada]] | access-date=October 26, 2024}}</ref>
+|[[1916 Canadian census|1916]]|168
+|[[1921 Canadian census|1921]]|126
+|[[1926 Canadian census|1926]]|106
+|[[1931 Canadian census|1931]]|102
+}}}}
 The post office was formed on September 1, 1908, under the name Lake Johnston with postmaster Frank E. Crosby and was located at Sec.12, Twp.12, R.29, W of the [[Dominion Land Survey|2nd meridian]]. A. S. MacDonald was the successor on May 1, 1912, and the post office now changed names to Expanse.
 ''Taken from the town's Historical marker, erected in 1994 by the Rural municipality of Johnston Lake and the [[Saskatchewan History & Folklore Society Inc.]]:''
-[[Canadian Pacific Railway]] purchased the townsite in 1911 and named it Expanse. [[Municipal corporation|Incorporated]] as a Village in 1912, the first village meeting was held January 7, 1913.
+[[Canadian Pacific Railway]] purchased the townsite in 1911 and named it Expanse. [[Municipal corporation|Incorporated]] as a village in 1912, the first village meeting was held January 7, 1913. Expanse was the fifth town on the CPR line south of the city of [[Moose Jaw]]. It was the end of the CPR track for the south part of the province from July 1912 until 1914. As an "end of Track" [[Boom Town]], [[Homestead principle|homesteaders]] got supplies and brought grain to Expanse from as far south as the [[Canada–United States border|United States border]]. Expanse was disorganized as a village in 1935.
-Expanse was the fifth town on the C.P.R. line south of the City of [[Moose Jaw]]. It was the end of the C.P.R. track for the south part of the Province from July 1912 until 1914. As an “end of Track” [[Boom Town]], [[Dominion Lands Act|homesteaders]] got supplies and brought grain to Expanse from as far south as the United States [[Border]]. The Village of Expanse was disorganized as a village in 1935.
-==Sites of interest==
-Two nearby conservation areas;
-* [[Old Wives Lake|Old Wives Lake Bird Sanctuary]] (Refuge d'oiseaux du lac Old Wives)
-* [[Isle of Bays Wildlife Refuge]] are both located within 16 [[Kilometers|km]] 10&nbsp;mi north of Expanse.
-==Area statistics==
-* '''Lat (DMS)''' 49° 59' 00" N
-* '''Long (DMS)''' 105° 51' 00" W
-* '''[[Dominion Land Survey]]''' Section 12 - Township 12 - Range 29 West of the 2nd Meridian
-* '''Time zone (cst)''' UTC−6
 ==See also==
 * [[List of communities in Saskatchewan]]
-* [[Hamlets of Saskatchewan]]
+* [[List of hamlets in Saskatchewan]]
 ==References==
-{{reflist}}
+{{Reflist}}
-;Notes
+== Notes ==
-Lake Johnston—Sutton Historical Society; ISBN 0-88925-089-8 {{Citation | last =WebPAC PRO © Innovative Interfaces, Inc. | first = | author-link = | last2 = | first2 = | author2-link = | title =University of Saskatchewan Online Library Database | date = | year = | url=http://sundog.usask.ca/| accessdate = 2007-08-06 }}
+*Lake Johnston—Sutton Historical Society; {{ISBN|0-88925-089-8}} {{Citation | last =WebPAC PRO © Innovative Interfaces, Inc. | title =University of Saskatchewan Online Library Database | url=http://sundog.usask.ca/| access-date = 2007-08-06 }}
-==External links==
-* [https://web.archive.org/web/20061006045957/http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/post-offices/001001-100.01-e.php Post Offices and Postmasters - ArchiviaNet - Library and Archives Canada]
-* [http://www.worldofstock.com/closeups/PRU1139.php Stock Photograph of The Lone Building Left In The Ghost Town Of Expanse]
 {{Geographic location
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  | South = [[Ardill, Saskatchewan|Ardill]]
  | Southeast = [[Mitchellton, Saskatchewan|Mitchellton]]
+ }}
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+[[Category:Division No. 3, Saskatchewan]]