Melfort, Saskatchewan

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Melfort is a small Canadian city in Saskatchewan, approximately 95 km (60 mi) southeast of Prince Albert. Melfort's first post office was established August 1, 1892 in the provisional district of the North West Territories. According to The World Gazetteer, its population as of 2004 was 5,400. Melfort became Saskatchewan's 12th city in 1980; although it had achieved the necessary 5,000 population a number of years earlier, residents were reluctant to give up their status as a town, and for a time, the town of Melfort was actually larger than the city of Melville. Western Canadian icon Grant MacEwan grew up in Melfort, as well as Canadian Sr. Women's Figure Skating Silver Medalist Nicole Watt.

Contents 1 Railways 2 Hockey 3 Statistics 4 Historical Education 5 Notable people from Melfort 6 External links 7 Area statistics

[edit] Railways

In 1925, Melfort was listed as a Canadian Pacific Railways Ltd. C.P.R. Rail Station on the Lanigan - Naicam Branch Line. Melfort was also a Canadian National Railways C.N.R. Rail Station on the Swan River - Prince Albert Branch Line and the Humboldt - Melfort - Ridgdale Branch line.

[edit] Hockey

Hockey is a key part of Saskatchewan's lifestyle and community, and Melfort is no exception. The Melfort Mustangs play in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League. The Mustangs are well known in Canadian hockey circles in many ways - for instance Marc Habscheid, past coach of Canada's World Junior team, started his coaching career with the Mustangs in 1996.

[edit] Statistics

According to the Canada 2001 Census:

Population:	5,559 (-3.5% from 1996)
Land area:	14.78 km²
Population density:	376.1 people/km²
Median age:	40.4 (males: 38.9, females: 41.8)
Total private dwellings:	2,440
Mean household income:	$34,014

[edit] Historical Education

There were three namings of one room school houses which used Melfort. Melfort School District # 54 later called Tiger Lily #54 17 near Pleasantdale, Saskatchewan. Pleasantdale post office was previously named Windgap and was located at Twp.41, R.18, W2 CA A ). Melfort School District # 318 established in 1904 at Clemens, RR1, Melfort. Melfort School District # 1037 was the last one room school house to use this name.

[edit] Notable people from Melfort

• Grant MacEwan, former university professor and Calgary mayor
• Nicole Watt, Canadian Sr. Women's Figure Skating silver medalist
• Arthur Hill, actor
• Grant Jennings, National Hockey League player (retired)
• Lorne Henning, National Hockey League player and coach
• Steven Woods, high-tech entrepreneur

[edit] External links

• City of Melfort
• Country School Memories Melfort and District Museum Melfort, Saskatchewan
• GeoNames Query
• Canadian Maps: January 1925 Waghorn's Guide. Post Offices in Man. Sask. Alta. and West Ontario.
• Saskatoon Gen Web
• Melfort Journal

[edit] Area statistics

• Lat (DMS) 52° 52' 00" N
• Long (DMS) 104° 37' 00" W
• Dominion Land Survey Sec.7, Twp.45, R.18, W2

Time zone (est) UTC-6

	North: Choiceland
West: Prince Albert	Melfort	East: Tisdale
	South: Watson

	Saskatchewan
Census Divisions:	1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - 11 - 12 - 13 - 14 - 15 - 16 - 17 - 18
SARM Divisions:	1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6
Cities:	Estevan - Flin Flon (part) - Humboldt - Lloydminster (part) - Melfort - Melville - Moose Jaw - North Battleford - Prince Albert - Regina - Saskatoon - Swift Current - Weyburn - Yorkton
See also:	List of rural municipalities in Saskatchewan, SARM

Coordinates: 52°52′N 104°36′W