Eastend, Saskatchewan

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Eastend is a town in southwest Saskatchewan, Canada. It is situated approximately 80 kilometres from the Montana border and 100 kilometres from the Alberta border. The town is best known for the nearby discovery of a Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton nicknamed "Scotty" in 1994. The town has used the discovery of this fossil as the main centrepiece in the construction of a museum called the T. rex Discovery Centre, which opened on May 30, 2000. The centre is closely affiliated with the Royal Saskatchewan Museum, and contains the RSM Fossil Research Station. A former resident of Eastend is the writer Wallace Stegner, who lived in the town between 1917 and 1921. Eastend is also home to well known southwest country and western dance band, The Ranchmen.

[edit] Notable Eastenders

Wallace Stegner- writer who lived in Eastend from 1917 and 1921
Sharon Butala - Canadian author who resides on a ranch outside of Eastend.

[edit] Statistics

According to the Canada 2001 Census:

Population:	576 (-6.5% from 1996)
Land area:	2.71 km²
Population density:	212.8 people/km²
Median age:	52.3 (males: 49.8, females: 54.3)
Total private dwellings:	333
Mean household income:	$39,131