Caswell Hill is a district in the city of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. It derives its name from an early homesteader Robert Caswell one of the Temperance Colonists of 1883. It is an area of beautiful character homes first built ca. 1905, tiny war-time houses, and newer houses. Caswell is a thriving and diverse community nestled between two economic areas, the downtown core, and the stores lining 33rd Street West.
Caswell Hill is bounded by 22nd Street to the south, H Avenue to the west, 33rd Street to the north, and Idylwyld Drive to the east.[2]
Layout
Streets are laid out east and west, avenues are laid out running north and south. Streets increment in number as travel heads northward. Avenues increment alphabetically as travel proceeds west. The whole of the Caswell Hill community is also laid out in a grid pattern.[3]
Provincially, the area is mostly within the constituency of Saskatoon Centre. It is currently represented by Betty Nippi-Albright of the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party, first elected in 2020.[6] The northern tip of the neighbourhood northeast of 32nd Street and Avenue I lies within the constituency of Saskatoon Westview.[7]
In Saskatoon's non-partisan municipal politics, King George lies within ward 2. It is currently represented by Hilary Gough, first elected in 2016.[8]
Ashworth Holmes School (but later renamed Prince of Wales School [10]) opened for classes in 1909. It was constructed on Ashworth Holmes Hill (present-day site of Mayfair Pool).
Caswell School, public elementary school. It was constructed 1910 and again named for Robert W. Caswell who had farmed at this location.[11]
Small shops, cafes, and amenities line both sides of 33rd Street West.
Area parks
Ashworth – Holmes Park (12.68 acres) derived its name from John H. Holmes and John Ashworth. These realtors of the early 1900s purchased most of the land now named the Caswell Hill Subdivision. (Their purchase was bordered by Idylwyld to Avenue H and 22nd to 29th Streets) They subdivided the land and sold it, but donated 10 acres (40,000 m2) to the City which became this park area. [This isn't actually possible, because the Ashworth-Holmes park lies outside of the bounds mentioned above. It is bound by 30th and 31st Streets.]
Swimming facilities
Mayfair Swimming Pool – 1025 Ave F North – pool with mini waterslide
Transportation
City transit
Caswell Hill is serviced by City Transit Bus Routes and since 1913, has housed the city's original streetcar building at Avenue C and 24th Street. The city transit headquarters afterwards adopted these buildings for bus warehouse garages and offices between Avenue C and D at 24th Street. A seven million CA$ consultant plan has been approved by the Saskatoon planning and operations committee to relocate the transit bus barns. The Caswell neighbourhood will be revitalized by renovating the 13-acre (53,000 m2) area with a community for artists and musicians enhanced with a music festival.[12]
Idylwyld Drive has had many titles: Avenue A, (Highway 11 and most currently Louis Riel Trail. It is a main thoroughfare through the city connecting Regina, Saskatoon and Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. It also connects west Saskatoon with the bedroom communities of Warman and Martensville
Life
Caswell Community Association provides leisure activities for various age groups and operates out of Caswell School[13]
