St. Boswells Gallery
Historical and current photos
The last grain elevator in St. Boswells closed in 1975, and was demolished in 1983.
Source: Glen Bain Historical Society
The northwest side of St. Boswells in the 1920s.
Source: Glen Bain Historical Society
The southeast side of Main Street in the 1920s.
Source: Glen Bain Historical Society
A school parade to honor King George V's silver anniversary in 1935.
Source: Glen Bain Historical Society
St. Boswells School in 1923. It closed in 1959 and was torn down in 1962.
Source: Glen Bain Historical Society
A car in St. Boswells is decorated for the celebration of the Diamond Jubilee of Confederation in 1927.
Source: Glen Bain Historical Society
A map of the townsite of St. Boswells.
Source: Glen Bain Historical Society
Former St. Boswells resident Robert Copeland at the old townsite.
© Johnnie Bachusky
A St. Boswells sign no longer has a town to mark the former community. Only the sidewalks of the downtown core remained in 1991.
© Johnnie Bachusky
The water from St. Boswells' well was considered for decades the best in the region. Today it is the only attraction for visitors to the former townsite.
© Johnnie Bachusky
The MacDonald shed at St. Boswells.
© Johnnie Bachusky
The Barbed wire rims the abandoned St. Boswells' townsite. Pedestrian traffic on the sidewalks are for ghosts only.
© Johnnie Bachusky
A few trees and sidewalks hang on to the outer perimeters of St. Boswells' long abandoned 1st Avenue.
© Johnnie Bachusky