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Girvin, Saskatchewan

Girvin
Hamlet
King Street
King Street
Motto: Here People Count
Girvin, Saskatchewan is located in Saskatchewan
Girvin, Saskatchewan
Girvin, Saskatchewan is located in Canada
Girvin, Saskatchewan
Location of Girvin in Saskatchewan
Coordinates: 51°09′00″N 105°55′02″W / 51.15°N 105.9172°W / 51.15; -105.9172
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 / 51.15; -105.9172


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