Girvin | |
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Hamlet | |
King Street
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Motto: Here People Count | |
Location of Girvin in Saskatchewan | |
Coordinates: 51°09′00″N 105°55′02″W / 51.15°N 105.9172°W | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Saskatchewan |
Region | Saskatchewan |
Census division | 11 |
Rural Municipality | Arm River |
unincorporated (Hamlet) | December 19, 2005 |
Area | |
• Total | 3.8 km2 (1.5 sq mi) |
Population (2006) | |
• Total | 20 |
• Density | 5.3/km2 (14/sq mi) |
Postal code | S0G 1X0 |
Area code(s) | 306 |
Highways |
Highway 11 Highway 749 |
Waterways | |
Girvin is a former village of 20 people in Saskatchewan, Canada. It is located midway between Regina and Saskatoon on Highway 11. The village was formally dissolved in 2005; its remaining population is now counted as part of the rural municipality of Arm River.
Prior to December 19, 2005, Girvin was incorporated as a village, and was restructured as a hamlet under the jurisdiction of the Rural municipality of Big Arm on that date.
Built in the 1906, it is known as the only pump house in Saskatchewan making it a Provincial historic site of Saskatchewan on September 14, 1994, the pump house was constructed to provide access to water for horses used to haul grain to Girvin.
Coordinates: 51°09′00″N 105°55′02″W / 51.15°N 105.9172°W