Ravenscrag is an unincorporated community within the Rural Municipality of White Valley No. 49, Saskatchewan, Canada. The community is located on Highway 706, along the Frenchman River, east of the Alberta–Saskatchewan border, and about southwest of the city of Swift Current.
History
Ravenscrag was once a community of over 100 people. Since the Great Depression, the town's population has dropped to one family.Our Roots History of Ravenscrag Retrieved on 2008-12-14 It once had "three general stores, two livery barns, a large stockyard and many other businesses".
The settlement gave its name to the Ravenscrag Formation, a stratigraphical unit of the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin, defined in 1918 by N.B. Davis at Ravenscrag Butte. The formation lies north-east of the community.
See also
Scottish place names in Canada List of communities in Saskatchewan Lists of ghost towns in Canada List of ghost towns in Saskatchewan
References