Arran, Saskatchewan

Arran is a village in Livingston Rural Municipality No. 331, Saskatchewan, Canada, approximately 90 km northeast of Yorkton and 10 km west of the Manitoba border. Arran is located on Highway 49.HistoryThe area around Arran was part of the "North Reserve", also known as "Thunder Hill Reserve", one of the block settlement areas allocated for the Doukhobor immigrants who arrived here in 1899 from Russia's Transcaucasian provinces.A commemorative plaque marking the closure of Arran School at the end of the 1994 class year reads: ARRAN SCHOOL NO. 3480 SEC. SE. 1-34-31 BUILT - NOV. 1914 CLOSED - JUNE 1994A similar sign is posted in front of the school, reading:ARRAN, NO. 3480 first opened-Nov.30, 1914 Closed-June 30, 1994 S.E. sec. 1·34·21·W. 1stHistoric sites Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Ascension, 9.5 kilometres southeast of Arran.