Baljennie is an unincorporated community in Glenside Rural Municipality No. 377, Saskatchewan, Canada. Its first post office opened in 1891.[6]

Baljennie
Unincorporated community
Baljennie
Coordinates: 52.321°N 107.535°W / 52.321; -107.535
Country	Canada
Province	Saskatchewan
Region	West-central
Census division	12
Rural Municipality	Glenside
Government
• Reeve	Wade Parkinson
• Administrator	Cheryl Forbes
• Governing body	Glenside No. 377[1]
Time zone	CST
Area code(s)	306
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History

Baljennie was named by an early resident, Stephen ('Sandy') Warden,[7] after his daughter Jean, and was originally spelt Baljeanie.[8] Warden, a former officer of the North-West Mounted Police, had established a ranch in the area in the early 1880s, which subsequently became a staging post for mail coaches travelling between Saskatoon and Battleford.[8] A school was opened at Baljennie in August 1912.[9]

The Canadian Pacific Railway extended its line northward from Asquith to Baljennie in 1931.[10] The line between Sonningdale and Baljennie was closed in June 1977.[11]

Baljennie had a population of 76 at the time of the 1951 census,[12] but declined in later years. The school was closed in 1970 and was turned into a community centre.[9] The community's last business closed in 1991, and its derelict Anglican church was destroyed by fire three years later.[13] After several years during which Baljennie was effectively a ghost town, a number of families moved to the town site from 2007 onwards.[13]

Notable people

• Arthur James Bater, politician

Cultural references

In her 1976 song "Coyote", Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell, who grew up in Saskatoon, sings "I looked the coyote right in the face/On the road to Baljennie near my old hometown".

See also

• List of communities in Saskatchewan

References

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