Wilcox, Saskatchewan
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Wilcox is a small village in Saskatchewan, Canada. Located approximately 41 kilometers (25 mi) south of Regina, Wilcox is most famous for being the home of the Athol Murray College of Notre Dame, a boarding school for students in grades 8-12. The village is also home to the Notre Dame Hounds ice hockey team in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League. In 1902, the post office formed in the Provisional District of Assiniboia West of the North West Territories and the Federal Electoral District then named Qu'Appelle. Saskatchewan became a province in 1905.
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[edit] Historical education
The one room school house named WILCOX School District #1633 formed at Tsp 13 Rge 21 W of the 2 Meridian.
[edit] Notable Wilcox'ers
Finance Minister Ralph Goodale
[edit] Area statistics
- Lat (DMS) 50° 06' 00" N
- Long (DMS) 104° 44' 00" W
- Dominion Land Survey Sec.19, Twp.13, R.20, W2
- Time zone (est) UTC-6
North: Dana | Rouleau | ||
West: Hearne | Wilcox | East: Riceton |
South: Corinne | Milestone |
[edit] External links
- Saskatchewan Gen Web - One Room School Project
- Post Offices and Postmasters - ArchiviaNet - Library and Archives Canada
- Moose Jaw Gen Web Region
- Saskatchewan, Canada, Rand McNally 1924 Indexed Pocket Map Tourists' and Shippers' Guide
- GeoNames Query
- Notre Dame College | Home of the Hounds
- Hockey School: Wilcox, Saskatchewan