Ravenscrag is an unincorporated community within the Rural Municipality of White Valley No. 49, Saskatchewan, Canada. The community is located on Highway 614, along the Frenchman River, 60 kilometres (37 mi) east of the Alberta-Saskatchewan border and about 185 kilometres (115 mi) southwest of the city of Swift Current.
Ravenscrag | |
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  Ravenscrag | |
| Coordinates: 49°30′00″N 109°16′03″W / 49.50°N 109.2675°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Saskatchewan |
| Region | Southwest |
| Census division | 4 |
| Rural Municipality | White Valley |
| Established (Post office) | 1912-08-01 (closed 1986-06-23) |
| Government | |
| • Governing body | Rural Municipality of White Valley |
| Time zone | CST |
| Postal code | S0N 2C0 |
| Area code | 306 |
| Highways | Highway 706 |
| Railways | Canadian Pacific Railway |
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History
Ravenscrag was once a community of over 100 people. Since the Great Depression, the town's population has dropped to one family.[5]
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.