SHAUNAVON — As you zip down Highway No. 1, headed across this great land we call Canada and into Saskatchewan, watch for historical area markers located not too far away.
One marker in particular makes it even more special to stop and see this year, as 2025 represents the 40th anniversary of its placement.
This rock marker, erected in 1985, celebrates the former hamlet of Antelope, which was located between Gull Lake and Swift Current.
The marker is situated 10 kilometres west of Provincial Road 632, on the left when travelling west.
Antelope thrived for almost 80 years (1908-1984). At its peak in the 1950s, it had a lumberyard, grocery store, post office, grain elevators, pool room, credit union, co-op and much more.
As time moved on, many would drive by Antelope in its later years, and remark on the name as they saw the empty buildings.
Eventually, the hamlet was gone.
So we reflect, remember and remind the next generation about Saskatchewan, a province made up of many pioneers. Where more and more of these markers are located now, marking the places where settlers established homes and people lived in communities.
So stop to see this marker of Antelope, where the people who may be long gone, like the hamlet itself, but are not forgotten.
