Hawarden is a village on Highway 19 in the Rural Municipality of Loreburn No. 254, north of Strongfield, Loreburn and Elbow. It takes its name from Hawarden Castle in Flintshire, Wales, the country home of William Gladstone, the British politician who served four times as prime minister. The village incorporated on July 16, 1909, and its main street was named Gladstone Street.
The Canadian Bank of Commerce opened in 1909, but it burned down on December 12, 1911, along with much of Gladstone Street. A new bank building went up in 1922, and it is one of only two known existing buildings of its architectural type in Saskatchewan.
Over the years Hawarden has been home to an elementary school, Perry Industries, an indoor skating rink, two churches, two convenience stores, a café, and four grain elevators. Today the village has a post office, the Hawarden Hall, a playground and a bar. Residents marked the village's 100th anniversary in 1999 with a parade, local performers and fireworks. Since 2001 the Hawarden Winter Warriors have hosted an annual vintage snowmobile rally that starts at the hall. Bert's Boxing Day Classic, a hockey tournament held in memory of Brendan Ringdal, was played in Hawarden until 2010, when the rink closed and it moved to Kenaston.
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