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Masefield
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 49°09′06″N 107°48′16″W / 49.151714°N 107.804353°W / 49.151714; -107.804353
Country	Canada
Province	Saskatchewan
Region	Southwest
Census division	4
Rural Municipality	Val Marie
Government
• Reeve	Mike Waldner
• Administrator	Cathy Legault
• Governing body	Val Marie No. 17
Population
• Total	0
Time zone	CST
Postal code	S0N 2T0
Area code	306
Highways	Highway 18

Masefield is an unincorporated community within the Rural Municipality of Val Marie No. 17, Saskatchewan, Canada. The community is located on Highway 18, about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) southwest of Val Marie.

Etymology

Masefield was named after John Masefield, a contemporary English poet.

History

Masefield once contained a store, lumber yard, pool hall, cafe, and blacksmith shop, as well as a three-room schoolhouse and three grain elevators. Crop failures began in 1925, causing many residents to take out new farms at Hays, Alberta, where a new irrigation project was being installed. Although no business operates in the community today, its name survives in the nearby Masefield Pasture, which is co-operatively managed.

Demographics

In 2006, Masefield had a population of 0 living in 0 dwellings, a 0% increase from 2001. The community had a land area of 0.00 km (0 sq mi) and a population density of 0/km (0/sq mi).

See also

• List of communities in Saskatchewan

References

1. National Archives, Archivia Net, Post Offices and Postmasters, archived from the original on October 6, 2006
2. Government of Saskatchewan, MRD Home, Municipal Directory System, archived from the original on November 21, 2008
3. Canadian Textiles Institute. (2005), CTI Determine your provincial constituency, archived from the original on September 11, 2007
4. Commissioner of Canada Elections, Chief Electoral Officer of Canada (2005), Elections Canada On-line, archived from the original on April 21, 2007
5. ^ Prairie Footprints Then & Now. Val Marie History Book Committee. 2008. pp. 41–47. ISBN 978-1-55383-209-6.

v t e Places adjacent to Masefield, Saskatchewan
Shaunavon Val Marie Mankota Orkney Masefield Grasslands National Park Montana Montana Rosefield

v t e Division No. 4, Saskatchewan
Towns	Eastend Maple Creek Shaunavon
Villages	Bracken Cadillac Climax Consul Frontier Val Marie
Rural municipalities	Arlington 79 Bone Creek 108 Carmichael 109 Frontier 19 Grassy Creek 78 Lac Pelletier 107 Lone Tree 18 Maple Creek 111 Piapot 110 Reno 51 Val Marie 17 White Valley 49 Wise Creek 77
First Nations	Nekaneet Cree
Indian reserves	Nekaneet Cree Nation
Unincorporated communities	Organized hamlets Darlings Beach Special service areas Admiral Carmichael Hamlets Orkney Piapot Simmie Altwan Battle Creek Beaver Valley Belanger Bench Blank's Beach Blumenhof Blumenort Canuck Cardell Carnagh Chambery Claydon Clearsite Crane Lake Crichton Cross Cummings Cypress Hills Park Divide Dollard Driscol Lake East Fairwell Edgell Forres Fort Walsh Frenchville Garden Head Gergovia Govenlock Hatton Hillandale Illerbrun Instow Kealey Springs Kincorth Klintonel Knollys Lac Pelletier Leghorn Loomis Mackid Masefield Maxwelton Merryflat Monchy Nashlyn Neighbour Neuhoffnung Notukeu Olga Oxarat Palisade Rangeview Ravenscrag Robsart Roche Plain Rosefield Scotsguard Senate Sidewood Skull Creek South Fork Staynor Hall Stone Supreme Tannahill Treelon Tyro Vesper Vidora West Plains Willow Creek
See also: Municipalities in Saskatchewan Census divisions of Saskatchewan Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities

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