Eyre, Saskatchewan

Unincorporated Hamlet in Saskatchewan, Canada

51°16′00″N 109°49′03″W / 51.2667250°N 109.8174518°W / 51.2667250; -109.8174518Country

SaskatchewanRegionSouthwest SaskatchewanCensus division8Rural MunicipalityChesterfieldEstablished1910Post Office EstablishedAugust 1, 1914Post Office ClosedDecember 9, 1963Postal code

Area code306HighwaysHighway 44^[1]

Eyre^[2] is a ghost town in Chesterfield Rural Municipality, Saskatchewan, Canada. Originally established by the Jewish Colonization Association. The Jewish block settlement was established in 1910 mostly of immigrants from Russia and some from the United States.^[3]

References

^ National Archives, Archivia Net, Post Offices and Postmasters, archived from the original on October 6, 2006, retrieved August 1, 2011
^ "Canadian Geographical Names Data Base Search - Eyre". Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved August 1, 2011.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Feldman, Anna, JEWISH RURAL SETTLEMENTS, Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan - University of Regina, retrieved August 1, 2011