Country Canada Census division Division No. 3 Time zone CST Area code 306 | Region Southwest Saskatchewan Rural Municipality Hillsborough Province Saskatchewan | |
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Post office Founded 1912-01-01 (Closed 1969-10-10) | ||
Old Wives is an unincorporated community in the Rural Municipality of Hillsborough No. 132, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Contents
Map of Old Wives, SK, Canada
History
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.
References
Old Wives, Saskatchewan Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA