Rural Municipality of Mountain View No. 318
The Rural Municipality of Mountain View No. 318 is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within Census Division No. 12 and SARM Division No. 6.
The Herschel Museum, located in a former church
Ancient Echoes Interpretive Centre in the RM of Mountain View No. 31
Teacher and students outside of Wynona school near Stranraer in1909
Teacher outside of Wynona school, near Stranraer Saskatchewan 1909
Herschel is a special service area in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It is the seat of the Rural Municipality of Mountain View No. 318 and held village status prior to December 31, 2006. The population was 30 people in 2016. The community is located 37 km northwest of the town of Rosetown at the intersection of Highway 31 and Highway 656, along a now abandoned section of the Kerrobert-Rosetown Canadian Pacific Railway line. Herschel is the home of the Ancient Echoes Interpretive Centre. The Vancouver-based backpack manufacturer Herschel Supply Co., founded by Lyndon and Jamie Cormack in 2009, adopted the name of Herschel, the town where three generations of their family grew up.
Herschel was named after British astronomer Sir John Frederick William Herschel
Ancient Echoes Interpretive Centre in Herschel, Saskatchewan
The Herschel Museum, located in a former church
A buffalo jump and pemmican processing site in the Coalmine Ravine near Herschel
