Loomis, Saskatchewan

Unincorporated community in Saskatchewan, Canada

49°07′19″N 109°26′28″W / 49.122°N 109.441°W / 49.122; -109.441CountryCanadaProvinceSaskatchewanRegionSouthwest SaskatchewanCensus division4Rural MunicipalityFrontierIncorporated (Village)NeverGovernment

• AdministratorBarb Webber • Governing bodyFrontier No. 19Population

(2006)

• Total2Time zoneCSTPostal code

S0N 2G0

Area code306HighwaysHighway 18
Highway 614^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Loomis, also known as Echo, is an unincorporated community in Frontier Rural Municipality No. 19, Saskatchewan, Canada. The community is located on the intersection of Highway 18 and Highway 614, about 70 km southeast of the community of Robsart and about 38 km south of the town of Eastend.

History

Loomis had a few small businesses and storefronts along the main street, with four grain elevators that have since been demolished, and a school that still stands as of today. Since the late thirties, Loomis has slowly died in population and only one family remains.

References

^ National Archives, Archivia Net, Post Offices and Postmasters, archived from the original on October 6, 2006
^ Government of Saskatchewan, MRD Home, Municipal Directory System, archived from the original on November 21, 2008
^ Canadian Textiles Institute. (2005), CTI Determine your provincial constituency, archived from the original on September 11, 2007
^ Commissioner of Canada Elections, Chief Electoral Officer of Canada (2005), Elections Canada On-line, archived from the original on April 21, 2007