Eskbank, Saskatchewan

Eskbank is an unincorporated community in the Rural Municipality of Eyebrow No. 193, Saskatchewan, Canada. The community is about south of Highway 42 on Range Road 20, approximately northwest of the city of Moose Jaw. It is located on the former Grand Trunk Pacific Central Butte Subdivision from Moose Jaw to Riverhurst.

History

Today, nothing remains of Eskbank. A historical plaque, placed in 2009, denotes the town's former location. The post office of Eyebrow Hill was established 1 June 1904 in the home of John William Hudson and was renamed "Eskbank" on 1 June 1908 after Eskbank, Scotland. The post office closed on 30 June 1964. The last remaining buildings were burned by the rural municipality in 1975. The derelict Saskatchewan Wheat Pool grain elevator built in 1924 by McCabe and closed in 1984 was deliberately burned on 9 November 2009.