Kenaston, Saskatchewan

Kenaston (2016 population: 282) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of McCraney No.

In that year the Saskatchewan Valley Land Company was formed made up of wealthy men from the United States.

By adopting spectacular methods of advertising and employing dozens of land agents, the wide open spaces between Regina and Saskatoon were peopled with hundreds of settlers in the time between 1902 and 1910.

[9] The Kenaston School opened its doors to its first fourteen pupils in August 1905, while the town was still officially known as Bonnington.

In 1910, the 40,000 gallon water tower was built by CNR in proximity to the train station and just across from the first hotel.

It's also Home to the Distance Learning Center which provides education to the province through online studies.

J. Powells Farm, Kenaston, SK (1907)
Grain elevators