Archerwill, Saskatchewan

Village of Archerwill
Motto: "Where You're A Stranger Only Once"
Coordinates:
Country Canada
Provinces and territories of Canada Saskatchewan
Census division 14
Rural Municipalities (R.M.) Barrier Valley No. 397
Founded 1924
Post Office Founded March 16, 1925
Incorporated (Village) January 1, 1947
Government
 • Mayor Robert Wilson (2009)
 • Governing body Archerwill Village Council
 • Federal Electoral District of Yorkton-Melville M.P. Garry Breitkreuz (2011)
 • Provincial Constituency of Kelvington-Wadena M.L.A. June Draude (2011)
Area
 • Land 0.83 km2 (0.32 sq mi)
Population (2011)
 • Total 492
 • Density 592.8/km2 (1,537.5/sq mi)
Time zone CST (UTC-6)
Postal code S0E 0B0
Area code(s) 306
Highways Hwy 35 / Hwy 349
Railways CPR
Waterways Barrier Lake, Barrier River, Echo Lake
Website www.archerwill.com
[1][2][3][4]

Archerwill (population 492[5]) is a village in east-central Saskatchewan, Canada, approximately 55 km (34 mi) north of Wadena, 52 km (32 mi) south of Tisdale and 70 km (43 mi) southeast of Melfort. Since 1981,[6] Archerwill has been the administrative centre of the Rural Municipality of Barrier Valley.

The community is named after the secretary-treasurer and two councilors of the R.M. of Barrier Valley in 1924. They are: Archie Campbell and Ervie Hanson, councilors; and William Pierce, secretary-treasurer.[7]

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Archerwill has a Co-op grocery store, lumber yard/hardware store and gas station.[8] Archerwill also has an elementary school,[9] post office,[10] credit union,[11] indoor skating rink/curling rink,[12] community hall,[12] library, fire hall, a restaurant, and a hotel bar.

Archerwill is located on a Wadena-to-Tisdale branch line of the Canadian Pacific Railway. However, the railway station[13] was torn down in the early 1980s; and the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool and UGG elevators[14] were torn down in the 1990s.

Demographics

Canada census – Archerwill, Saskatchewan Community Profile
  2006

Population:
Land area:
Population density:
Median age:
Total private dwellings:
Mean household income:

185 (-14.0% from 2001)
0.83 km2 (0.32 sq mi)
223.9 /km2 (580 /sq mi)
38.8 (males: 40.3, females: 38.0)
97
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References: 2006[15]

See also

Melfort Tisdale, Algrove Barrier Lake Resort Beach, Marean Lake Resort Beach, Greenwater Lake Provincial Park, Porcupine Plain
Naicam Nobleville, R.M. of Kelvington No. 366, Birch River, Manitoba, Swan Lake (Manitoba)
   Archerwill    
St. Front, Watson Nora, Rose Valley,

Wadena

 Kelvington

Footnotes

  1. ^ National Archives, Archivia Net, Post Offices and Postmasters, http://www.collectionscanada.ca/databases/post-offices/001001-119.01-e.php, retrieved 2009-06-27 
  2. ^ Government of Saskatchewan, MRD Home, Municipal Directory System, http://www.municipal.gov.sk.ca/index.html, retrieved 2009-06-27 
  3. ^  
  4. ^ Commissioner of Canada Elections, Library of Parliament (2008), Riding history for Yorkton—Melville (1966– ), http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/HFER/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=857, retrieved 2008-10-28 
  5. ^ Sanderson, Anne (January 26, 2011). "Health statistics put confusing light on rural populations". Wadena News: p. 3. 
  6. ^ Pederson 1984, page 3.
  7. ^ Pederson 1984, page 10; Barry, People Places, page 19.
  8. ^ Pederson 1984, pages 14 and 162.
  9. ^ Pederson 1984, pages 9, 16, and 79-80.
  10. ^ Pederson 1984, page 11.
  11. ^ Pederson 1984, pages 165-166.
  12. ^ a b Pederson 1984, page 17.
  13. ^ Pederson 1984, pages 151-152.
  14. ^ Pederson 1984, pages 10, 153 and 155.
  15. ^ "2006 Community Profiles". Statistics Canada. Government of Canada. 2009-02-24. http://www12.statcan.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/prof/92-591/index.cfm?Lang=E. Retrieved 2009-02-24. 

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