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Old Wives, Saskatchewan

Old Wives
Unincorporated community
Old Wives is located in Saskatchewan
Old Wives
Old Wives
Coordinates: 50°12′00″N 106°00′02″W / 50.2°N 106.00055°W / 50.2; -106.00055
Country Canada
Province Saskatchewan
Region Southwest Saskatchewan
Census division Division No. 3
Rural Municipality Hillsborough
Post office Founded 1912-01-01 (Closed 1969-10-10)
Government
 • Governing body Hillsborough No. 132
Time zone CST
Area code(s) 306
Highways Highway 363

Old Wives is an unincorporated community in the Rural Municipality of Hillsborough No. 132, Saskatchewan, Canada.

Both the community of Old Wives and Old Wives Lake were named after a local legend that a Cree camp was attacked by a band of Blackfoot warriors and the older women could not escape. They drowned in the lake while trying to swim away to safety.

Coordinates: 50°12′00″N 106°00′02″W / 50.20000°N 106.00056°W / 50.20000; -106.00056


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