Claybank, Saskatchewan
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Claybank is a small hamlet in southern Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....

, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 at the foot of the Dirt Hills. The community takes it's name from the rich clay deposits found in the area. Claybank is best known for its National Historic Site, the Claybank Brick Plant
Claybank Brick Plant
Claybank Brick Plant was a brickworks factory for the manufacturing of bricks from clay located with a quarry for clay on site. The Claybank Brick plant has been conserved as a part of Saskatchewan's industrial heritage with its official announcement June 29, 1997 as a National Historic Site of...

, which closed in 1989 but remains one of the finest examples of 20th Century industry. It is part of the Rural Municipality of Elmsthorpe No. 100
Elmsthorpe No. 100, Saskatchewan
Elmsthorpe No. 100 is a rural municipality in south-eastern Saskatchewan, Canada encompassing 843.12 square kilometers in area. The rural municipality maintains it's office in Avonlea, Saskatchewan. The communities of Truax, Claybank and Crystal Hill are within the rural municipality...

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