The Ghost Town of Bents Saskatchewan Photo Gallery by Mike Stobbs at pbase.com

The Ghost Town of Bents Saskatchewan

This is a silent walk around the ghost town of Bents Saskatchewan. No captions here the images will speak to you has you walk though this town and see it from my eyes. Your comments are most welcome Mike

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Guest		30-Sep-2024 00:09
I was there a few years ago. Feels unsettlingly as so many personal belongings were just left behind.

Gord Colwell		01-Nov-2022 16:01
Actually it was my Great Grandparents.

Gord Colwell		01-Nov-2022 15:58
I have a 4 "x 6" " Farmers Pocket ledger " " Compliments of M. A. Longworth "Bents Sask. Is there a place for this their ? My great Grandparents farmed near Harris in the late 1800 's and thinking this was theirs.

Guest		09-Nov-2016 21:12
I wish to visit this place as I still run the original homested in Scotland The bents been in my family foe over 400 years and it's the place that this town is named after.

Kaylee Parney		27-Apr-2016 06:01
Please understand that it is very unsafe, we don't want anyone hurt, so there are no trespassing signs for a reason.

Kaylee Parney		27-Apr-2016 05:59
Yes it is a very beautiful place to know that my relatives grew up there, but unfortunately it is unsafe. There are no trespassing signs for everyone's safety. Please understand this as we don't want anyone hurt.

militaire		25-Sep-2015 13:09
WOOOOOOOOOW !!!!!

Stacy		15-Sep-2015 03:41
This is excellent. And I really respect the information and the willingness of the landowners to make this available. I've been out here once with a group for photos and our leader got permission. There are a few unsafe places like wells and we knew about them going in. Was also nice to not feel as if we were trespassing. Thank you very much for the opportunity.

Catholique		02-Sep-2015 09:11
Thank you for sharing these amazing pictures.

Ronna Drozda		07-Feb-2015 23:21
Mike longworth would like to visit Bents if you give the ok email ronna_drozda@yahoo.com

Ronna Drozda		07-Feb-2015 23:18
Mike longworth would love to visit Bents if you give the ok email ronna_drozda@yahoo.com

doug		02-Nov-2014 01:22
I have been their a few times in the last 10yrs,incredible place lost in time. Over the years some things seem to deteriorate and more things seem missing. For me it would seem wrong to disturb anything. It is too bad that place could not be preserved, as it is the early essence of the settlers and prairie history.

Katie V.		02-Jun-2014 04:25
How does one get ahold of Ken or Mike? I'd like permission to photograph Bents. I'm only in Saskatchwan for a few days and fell in love with the photos I've seen.

Guest		20-May-2014 01:42
Is there a no trespassing sign? Are we not allowed to enter the property?

Char		06-May-2014 00:04
Hi I'm hoping to visit Bents this weekend. How do I contact the owners?

KNM		29-Apr-2014 04:48
Does anyone have any information on how to get ahold of the landowners

KNM		29-Apr-2014 04:48
Does anyone have any information on how to get ahold of the landowners

Guest		09-Nov-2013 21:29
Please contact Ken Parney or Mike Longworth for permission to be in bents as they are the landowners.

Guest		09-Nov-2013 21:10
Bents, Saskatchewan was named after Bents, Scotland of which the first residents of this ghost town immigrated from. My grandfather grew up in the residence above the general store that his father owned. People left the town in the 60's to move to larger towns such as Biggar, Perdue, Harris and Tessier.

Gerry Pocha		03-Nov-2013 01:29
Just back from Bents today! What an amazing place!Swings and teddy bears and that grand old building that was a post office! Great place....

Gerry Pocha		03-Nov-2013 01:27
Just Back from Bents today! Still standing and deserted .What a jewel to photograph...

Smoky		27-Oct-2012 00:13
interesting comments! but quit lynching the photographer! photos would have been taken prior to 15 jun 2006. Were no trespaasing signs up then? We've not heard from Mr. Parney here. And you can be sure many people have photographed various sites around that town. Just read back to all the comments and the great memories people have. Quit spoiling it.

Guest		27-Oct-2012 00:12
interesting comments! but quit lynching the photographer! photos would have been taken prior to 15 jun 2006. Were no trespaasing signs up then? We've not heard from Mr. Parney here. And you can be sure many people have photographed various sites around that town. Just read back to all the comments and the great memories people have. Quit spoiling it.

Mike longworth		13-Oct-2012 21:56
I own some of the property shown and there was no permission granted. This is all private property and trespassers could get hurt as everything is very old and could collapse and as in many old yard sites there are old wells and with all the rain in the last 3 years they are all caveing in. Thank Mike Longworth

Mike Stobbs		11-Jul-2012 16:46
As a matter of fact I have called Ken and got premission to capture images here.......

Guest		11-Jul-2012 16:09
Yeah....There is no common courtesy left.....Insane.

Guest		11-Jul-2012 16:03
Great big NO TRESSPASSING signs now.....

Guest		07-Jun-2012 04:19
I can tell stories and stories, i lived in Bents,from age 18, the history and the charictars that lived there are very unique my house on the hill still stands, I can still hear the music from that dance hall, the hardwood floors crackling to the footsteps that echoed through the night, the laughter, the good old rumbles that happened nearly every dance, people peeing outside my window as my window was a few feet from the hall, the trains rumbling through, grain trucks up and down the hill, and the wonderful people coming to the store, the glorous sandpit, the top of the hill covered in crocous everyspring, the calving every spring,the horses, and my 1st. cigar at a tender age, and 1st sip of vodka out of the drawer in the unique postoffice i still have a box there,oh ya it has history that little ghost town...

Renderdc		03-Jan-2012 07:01
I shot BENTS. what a fantastic place. The General Store/Post Office was pretty unique.

Jimbo		29-Dec-2011 17:46
Great shots. I'm heading out to Bents in about 30mins to take some photos with a friend whos a pro-photographer. We hope the town is still standing.

michlle g		12-Nov-2011 05:53
Wht did no one stay at Bents? Why did everyone leave?

Janessa		18-Jul-2011 16:14
Do you need the landowner's permission to visit Bents? If so, any contact info would be appreciated, thanks :)

Brenda		28-May-2011 05:44
As wonderful as the pictures all are, the comments are equally. Informative and educational to read. Thanks for showing us!

Bsmith		27-Feb-2011 15:51
Why is it I no longer seem to be able to search and find anything about Tennex Saskatchewan anymore My mother was born there along with her brother and sisters . Her mother and father had a homestead there. The Family name was Logan.

Bsmith		27-Feb-2011 15:50
Why is it I no longer seem to be able to search and find anything about Tennex Saskatchewan anymore My mother was born there along with her brother and sisters . Her mother and father had a homestead there. The Family name was Logan.

mariebird		03-Jul-2010 03:13
iwas there with my brother ans sisterinlaw and my sister took picture of the old home went in side look the old tractor and the old washmachine it was nice there too hope go again with my girls

Shannon		03-Jul-2010 01:03
Attempting to do research for a book I'd like to write on the history of Bents. If you have any information, please contact me at seym.s@sasktel.net

George		28-Jun-2010 19:19
Hi Shannan, post your contact.

Shannon		24-Jun-2010 17:32
Attempting to do research for a book I'd like to write on the history of Bents. If you have any information, please contact me.

Richard Bents		15-Apr-2010 22:51
Fantastic pictures, moving, poignant, and telling, thank you for sharing your art. I would really like to know how the town was named. - Richard Bents

Mike St.George		10-Jun-2009 22:33
My father, George Edgar St.George, then 18 or 19 years old, two other St.Georges ( Robert Oliver and Hercules Frank ), and his Brother-in-law, Edgar Coleman, all of Ottawa, each obtained land under the Sask. Land Grant program in 1912 & 13. Their land was about five or so miles west of Bents which was named Piche at the time. ( It's actually peesh-ay but I don't know how to make an accent grave on the keyboard ). According to Archives Canada / "Post Offices and Postmasters " the Piche post office was established " 1908-09-18 " and the name was changed to Bents " 1930-05-01 ". My father played for the Zealandia Maple Leafs hockey team ( Zealandia is about 12 or so miles south of Bents on Rt. 7 ) of the Goose Lake Hockey League. Goose Lake is a very large wetlands lake up Rt. 7 towards Saskatoon on the south side of Rt. 7 near Tessier. His team won the championship in 1910,11, 12 and I have a team photo. They all returned to Ottawa eventually but I have not yet found out when. I find it fascinating to look at the photos of the interior of the general store, etc., and imagine him there. Mike St.George stgeorge82abn@comcast.net

Tyro Tyson		03-Nov-2008 22:46
Hi, I was born on a farm 3 1/2 miles north of Bents. It was in 1933, we were so poor I was homemade.

Jack C LaRocque		22-Aug-2008 17:17
Nice Photos. Lived in Bents 1939-42. Dad (same name Bought for Pool. Other buyer Norm Potter. Mike Longworth had the store. Did you know a Harvard Trainer crashed right behind the town (3 Places) Christmas Eve 1940. Air Force didn't get plane or pilot out till Jan 3. Thanks for letting me see the Photos. Iwas an industrial photographer for 38 years.

Rick Bricker		23-Jul-2008 04:37
Most interesting gallery.Bents will now be on my itinerary this fall on my visit to Saskatoon. For you GPS folks...Bents is Latitude 51.816796851 Longitude 107.734626938. 90 km. from Saskatoon.

Guest		19-Jul-2008 21:12
Bents SK is N.Eof Zelandia SK.or NW of Harris SK

Terry O'Donnell		19-Jul-2008 18:51
Terry O'Donnell I was the last elevator agent in Bents SK Nice to see thase pictures posted. One of the elevators is gone and the small house we lived in.

george		06-May-2008 18:32
Hi there. Lovely photos. I am a direct descendant of one of the familys who emigrated to Saskatchewan in 1905. As one of the first settlers at this place when the railway came through they were allowed to choose the name of the settlement. They named it Bents, the name of the farm they emigrated from in Scotland, UK. I still farm at Bents Farm, West Calder, Nr Edinburgh, Scotland. These people were my Great ggrand parents. I have a picture of their original sod house at Bents, Saskatchewan & correspondence from them. I remember letters addressed to here from Bents, Harris, SK. George Elder Duncan

Bob.C.		18-Apr-2008 01:25
Where is Bents?

Tony		04-Mar-2008 15:22
i spent the best years of my youth at Bents with my Gramma and Grampa Levasseur -i am writing a fantasy "book" which includes places and names of the people i knew beautiful pictures -let me know if i can be of help to anyone's memory of the place thanks tony

natasha mack		15-Feb-2008 23:13
i didnt seen much in this pictures but i know when i see a ghost town... and my dad is ghost hunter....there's a few places in melville saskatchewan are haunted..

Brent		06-Sep-2007 15:43
Where is this place??

Monte Dodge		30-Aug-2007 02:30
voted! Nice work. You shoot much of the same stuff I enjoy..... Great job.

Bob M		20-Aug-2007 15:26
Hi Mike Just to let you know I was in Bents yesterday. Most everything is still as your pictures show. I took some pictures but would be repeating most of what you show. Some of the buildings are becoming dangerous and you have to be very careful even outside in the back. We discovered an old well that is totally open. Anyway thanks for your pictures it got me interested to go and have alook for myself. Bob M

Jason		17-Jul-2007 08:48
Harry, you want turkey vultures? go to Robsart, Sask. much larger town (was) and the wildlife has already moved in

Harry		13-Jul-2007 03:05
have any turkey vultures taken up home,. Where exactly is Bent?

Guest		13-Dec-2006 16:50
Where are you from and how did you learn about Bents?

Guest		16-Sep-2006 17:41
Very Nice Gallery!

Don Beech		15-Sep-2006 18:55
I went here in August 2006 and took a few pictures. ( and getting directions from Harris wasn't an easy task !!! ). There was no breeze that day and everthing was so quiet. Would have loved to see it years ago. Your pictures are great and I really enjoyed them.

Richard Calmes		15-Sep-2006 14:54
You have some excellent shots! Well composed! V

Guest		14-Sep-2006 15:05
Wonderful gallery...voted!

Guest		13-Sep-2006 20:14
Mike Great galleries. This one really hits home for me (a fellow ghost town hunter) Superb.. Voted! Steve

Steve		14-Aug-2006 04:23
I wish we could here the buildings talking, what stories they could tell. Wonderful gallery!

Marisa Livet		04-Aug-2006 15:58
I agree, Mike, there is not any need of captions, on the opposite ( even though I would have deleted the number of the photos as title, it’s just a detail…). Images speak by themselves and it’s a very evocative gallery I deeply enjoy. Marisa

Ken Nyeste		31-Jul-2006 00:56
Very nice pictures Mike. I visited Bents on a couple of occasions about 8-10 years ago and only took a couple of pictures. Your pictures sure bring back the memories of that place. Bents is a classic Saskatchewan Ghost Town for sure. Thanks.

Lesley Draper		12-Jul-2006 03:44
Mike, you have taken some beautiful photos!! I really enjoyed them, and looked at all the "Ghost Towns"....seems such a shame that sooner or later vandals will have broken most of it to pieces. My Husband also enjoyed them...I hope the Saskatchewan Governent will pick up on this site and help you with it! I am in B.c, but if we need to go for a leisure trip..we now know were to go. It could be the "Trail of Broken Hearts!" Best wishes with all your work, Lesley Draper

Guest		15-Jun-2006 23:17
Fantastic gallery! I'd love to visit this place.

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