Kandahar, Saskatchewan

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Kandahar is a small hamlet near Wynyard, Saskatchewan, Canada, named by Canadian Pacific Railway executives in the late 1800s for a British military victory in Kandahar, Afghanistan. In 1925, Kandahar was listed as a Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. Station on the Minnedosa, Saskatoon, Edmonton Section, CPR. From 1910 to 1913, the spelling of the post office was Candahar.

It is located near the south shore of Big Quill Lake, the largest inland body of salt water in Canada. Until the 1970s it was a thriving town with various stores and attractions, including a popular steak house. However, in the late 1980s the village's only school closed, and the population has steadily decreased since.

The one room school house was named Kandahar School District #3333.

On Monday, July 17, 2006, The Leader Post, a popular Saskatchewan newspaper, published an article about Kandahar, Saskatchewan.

[edit] Area statistics

• Lat (DMS) 51° 46' 00" N
• Long (DMS) 104° 21' 00" W
• Dominion Land Survey Sec. 21 Tsp.32 Rge. 17 W2

Time zone (est) UTC-6

	North: Quill Lake
West: Dafoe	Kandahar | Candahar	East: Wynyard
	South: Product | Copeland

[edit] External links

• The Canadian Army: News: Headlines: Training in Kandahar, Saskatchewan
• Saskatchewan Gen Web - One Room School Project
• Post Offices and Postmasters - ArchiviaNet - Library and Archives Canada
• Kamsack Gen Web Region
• Saskatchewan, Canada, Rand McNally 1924 Indexed Pocket Map Tourists' and Shippers' Guide
• GeoNames Query
• Canadian Maps: January 1925 Waghorn's Guide. Post Offices in Man. Sask. Alta. and West Ontario.
• Welcome to Kandahar
• Kandahar's History