A tiny town located around an hour’s drive south-west of Saskatoon, Bents was aided by a railway expansion into the Canadian Prairies in the 1930s, which brought a number of settlers to the area. It was short-lived, however, as the rail service was halted in the 1970s due to financial difficulties, causing many of the town’s inhabitants to leave. Nowadays, several structures remain, including two large grain buildings, a general store and a few homes.

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