Aiktow, SK
Details
The hamlet only existed for a few short years from
Most of the buildings were picked up and moved to Grainland around 1925 - 1927. https://cdm22007.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p22007coll8/id/942723 https://cdm22007.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p22007coll8/id/942758 https://cdm22007.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p22007coll8/id/942838
Some personal history accounts show people still living there in 1948. https://cdm22007.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p22007coll8/id/131763
In the hamlet there was a store (owned by Jack Gulch) , two grain elevators (later moved to Grainland), a dance hall and section crew. https://cdm22007.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p22007coll8/id/131733
The CRP telegraph index listed Aiktow in 1898 as station number 7483.
It is still listed on a Saskatchewan Wheat Pool map of the Outlook area from 1924.
Location
Land Location | SE S05 T24 R04 W3M |
Rural Municipality | 255 - Maple Bush |
GPS Location | 51° 0' 51.45" N, 106° 31' 16.79" W |