Strawberry Ridge, Saskatchewan
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Strawberry Ridge is a residential subdivision located in the Rural Municipality of Aberdeen
Aberdeen No. 373, Saskatchewan
Aberdeen No. 373 is a rural municipality in north-central Saskatchewan, Canada on the South Saskatchewan River encompassing 673.43 square kilometers in area. It is located in census Division No. 15. The rural municipality has within its boundaries the towns of Aberdeen, Clarkboro, Edenburg which...

 No. 373, in 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. It is named after the Strawberry Hills upon which it sits, the hills having been named as a result of an abundance of wild strawberries
Wild Strawberries
Wild Strawberries may refer to:* Wild strawberries, a common name for Fragaria vesca* Other uncultivated species in the genus Fragaria* Wild Strawberries , a 1957 film by Ingmar Bergman* Wild Strawberries , a Canadian pop music group...

 to be found in the region.

Strawberry Ridge is located on land which is rather unsuitable for agricultural purposes. Some of the land had been broken earlier in the 20th century, but by mid-century, it was used primarily for pasturing beef cattle
Cattle
Cattle are the most common type of large domesticated ungulates. They are a prominent modern member of the subfamily Bovinae, are the most widespread species of the genus Bos, and are most commonly classified collectively as Bos primigenius...

. A portion of the area was originally granted by the Crown to Veterans after the First World War. This is a rather late date for a Crown Grant in the area, and is indicative of the marginal nature of the land.

There are presently approximately 10 residences on a portion of a quarter-section (1/2 mile square). Each house is situated on approximately 10 acres (40,000 m²) of land. Strawberry Ridge lies immediately north of Strawberry Hills.
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