Senate, Saskatchewan
| Senate, Saskatchewan | |
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| Unincorporated community | |
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| Coordinates: 49°15′40″N 109°48′29″W / 49.261°N 109.808°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Saskatchewan |
| Region | Southwest Saskatchewan |
| Census division | 4 |
| Rural Municipality | Reno |
| Established | 1910 |
| Village established | 1914-1994 |
| Dissolved | January 1, 1994 |
| Government | |
| • Administrator | Lacelle Kim |
| • Governing body | Reno No. 51 |
| Population (1940) | |
| • Total | 63 |
| Time zone | CST |
| Postal code | S0N 2G0 |
| Area code(s) | 306 |
| Highways |
  Hwy 13 / Hwy 21 (Red Coat Trail) |
| Railways | Great Western Railway |
Senate is an unincorporated community in Reno Rural Municipality No. 51, Saskatchewan, Canada. The village had a population of 63 around 1940. If The townsite is located on Hwy 21 & Hwy 13 also known as the historic Red Coat Trail, about 20 km east of the Alberta-Saskatchewan border and is about 200 km southwest of Swift Current, Canada.
Prior to January 1, 1994, Senate was incorporated as a village, and was dissolved into an unincorporated community under the jurisdiction of the Rural municipality of Reno on that date.
Paul Kalmring's family ran a corner store and gas station for most of the time between 1916 and 1983 in the tiny community, named after federal senators of the day when the community was created in 1914. Kalmring's family moved to the area when Paul was two, and his father soon purchased a convenience store and gas station.
Senate's population peaked at 63 in the 1940s and was a stopping point for the Canadian Pacific Railway. For a few years, Senate even had its own train ticket agent.
The west had just been opened up to waves of European settlers seeking prosperity, and at first, the future appeared promising for Senate and several others along Highway 13, or what is now know today as the Red Coat Trail.
During Senate's best years, the community boasted two elevators, a five-room hotel and restaurant, blacksmith shop, lumberyard and Kalmring's general store and gas station. For leisure, the citizens of Senate also built a tennis court and a baseball diamond across the train tracks.
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