Old Wives, Saskatchewan
| Old Wives | |
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| Unincorporated community | |
 Old Wives
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| Coordinates: 50°12′00″N 106°00′02″W / 50.2°N 106.00055°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Saskatchewan |
| Region | Southwest Saskatchewan |
| Census division | Division No. 3 |
| Rural Municipality | Hillsborough |
| Post office Founded | 1912-01-01 (Closed 1969-10-10) |
| Government | |
| • Governing body | Hillsborough No. 132 |
| Time zone | CST |
| Area code(s) | 306 |
| Highways | Highway 363 |
Old Wives is an unincorporated community in the Rural Municipality of Hillsborough No. 132, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Both the community of Old Wives and Old Wives Lake were named after a local legend that a Cree camp was attacked by a band of Blackfoot warriors and the older women could not escape. They drowned in the lake while trying to swim away to safety.
Coordinates: 50°12′00″N 106°00′02″W / 50.20000°N 106.00056°W
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