Craik, Saskatchewan
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Craik is a progressive town in south central Saskatchewan, Canada, incorporated on August 1, 1907. It is strategically located along Provincial Highway 11 (Louis Riel Trail), 140 km southeast of Saskatoon and 117 km northwest of Regina. The town slogan is "Friendliest Place by a Dam Site".
The town's economy is based almost exclusively on agriculture, although efforts by the Town and RM of Craik No. 222 have been made to attract and develop industry related to the principles of sustainability, including a flax mill and a hemp mill to be built in 2006-2007. Craik used to be part of the Davidson School Division, but after amalgamations of school divisions it joined the Prairie South School Division. Craik is home to a kindergarten to grade 12 public school, as well as an RCMP detachment and Health Care Centre.
Local news coverage is provided by the Craik Weekly News and the Davidson Leader.
Craik is home to the Craik Sustainable Living Project, which is working to build a sustainable community.
According to the Canada 2006 Census[1]:
| • Population: | 408 (-2.4% from 2001) |
| • Land area: | 5.41 km² (2.09 sq mi) |
| • Population density: | 75.5 inhabitants per square kilometre (196 /sq mi) |
| • Median age: | 46.8 (males: 41.8, females: 50.8) |
| • Total private dwellings: | 225 |
| • Dwellings occupied by permanent residents: | 181 |
| • Mean household income: | $32,006 |
[edit] Location relative to other communities in Saskatchewan
| North: Davidson | Girvin | ||
| West: Lake Diefenbaker | Craik | East: Last Mountain Lake |
| South: Moose Jaw | Aylesbury |
[edit] Notable Craikers
Notable persons who were born, grew up or lived in Craik:
- Jim Archibald - ice hockey player [1] [2]
- Kenton Dulle - ice hockey player [3] [4]
- Jim Edwards - umpire hall of fame [5]
- Kim Ehman - film maker [6]
- Tommy John Ehman - singer-songwriter [7]
- Garnet Exelby - ice hockey player [8] [9]
- Terry Garvin - author [10] [11]
- Sherry Johnson - poet [12]
- Chris Neiszner - ice hockey player [13]
- Jim Nodge - artist [14]
- Chad Reich - ice hockey player [15] [16]
- Jeremy Reich - ice hockey player [17]
- Alexander (Alex) Edward Spalding - writer, poet and Inuktitut linguist [18]
- Ernie Spencer - Assistant Deputy Minister of Agriculture [19]
- Alexander White - Navy war hero [20]
- Thomas Orval Wilson - R.C.A.F war hero [21]
[edit] External links
- http://www.craik.ca - the official Town of Craik home page
- http://craikecovillage.ca - the Craik Sustainable Living Project
- http://www.ourroots.ca/e/toc.asp?id=3142 - Craik History Book online
