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Obscure locations in the area of Empress Cemetery

Empress, Alberta, Canada

While researching the people buried in the Empress Cemetery, I learned about some named locations around Empress that you could call "obscure". There may be nothing at the locations anymore, but the names were important in the past, and were mentioned in official records.

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Map of the area around the Empress Cemetery

CGNDB = Canadian Geographical Names Database Map = Alberta Homestead Maps - circa 1918 (Courtesy of the University of Lethbridge)
Arneson, AB	51.1866667, -110.075	CGNDB		Map 64A (page 7)
Atlee, AB	50.8416667, -110.9502778	CGNDB	Wikipedia
Cappon, AB	51.1008333, -110.6030556	CGNDB	Wikipedia
Cavendish, AB (aka Pancras)	50.8155556, -110.4552778	CGNDB	Wikipedia	Map #54A (page 7)
Estuary, SK	50.93539, -109.8183	CGNDB	Wikipedia
Prussia, SK (now Leader, SK)	50.8889827, -109.5419457	CGNDB	Wikipedia
Ruddington, AB	50.806717, -110.261692			Map #53A (page 5)
Sharrow, AB	50.9122222, -110.1766667	CGNDB		Map #53A (page 5)
Social Plains, AB	50.733333, -110.18333	CGNDB		Map #53 (page 4)
Vandyne, AB	51.05, -110.31667	CGNDB		Map #64 (page 6)

Social Plains & Ruddington, Alberta
Generally, an area of farms:

North of the South Saskatchewan River,
South of Empress, Bindloss, Cavendish, and Buffalo,
West of the Saskatchewan border,
East of ???

Ruddington was never official, though it was given on one death record I found (1920).

The Social Plains school still exists and has been turned into the Social Plains Community Hall.
Social Plains Community Hall: 50.7173138, -110.1900169
Off the Beaten Path with Chris & Connie: Social Plains

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