Wood River No. 74, Saskatchewan
| Wood River No. 74 |
| Coordinates: |
| Country |
Canada |
| Province |
Saskatchewan |
| Local improvement district |
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| Rural Municipality |
December 9, 1912 |
| Government |
| • Reeve |
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| Area |
| • Land |
838.45 km2 (323.7 sq mi) |
| Population (2006) |
| • Total |
387 |
| • Density |
0.7/km2 (1.8/sq mi) |
| Time zone |
UTC (UTC-6) |
RM of Wood River No. 74, Saskatchewan
This article is about the rural municipality in Canada. For other places with the same name, see Wood River (disambiguation)
Wood River No. 74 is a rural municipality of 422 rural residents (2006 census) in the southwestern part of Saskatchewan, Canada. The RM was incorporated December 9, 1912.[1] Other urban municipalities in the area include Lafleche, Melaval, and Woodrow.[2]
A rural municipality is an administrative district consisting of an elected reeve, councillors, administrator who provide essential services within their area.
| A person could work for the municipality and have his earnings put toward the taxes on his land; at one time, money collected in each Division stayed in that Division....The RM has as its responsibilities for many areas: agricultural programs and concerns in general; tax collections for needs of the municipality - road construction and maintenance; protective services - pest control, fire protection, weed control, environmental development, cultural and educational services; medical and veterinary needs and so forth. |
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— Tecumseh No. 65 [3]
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Statistics
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Canada census – Wood River No. 74, Saskatchewan Community Profile
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2006 |
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Population:
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387 (- 5% from 2001)
838.45 km2 (323.73 sq mi)
0.5 /km2 (1.3 /sq mi)
N/A (males: N/A]], females: N/A)
234
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Area statistics
- Lat 49.650000°
- Long -106.597778°
- Time zone (est) UTC-6
References
- ^ "MRD Municipal Status Information" (– Scholar search), Ministry of Municipal Affairs (Government of Saskatchewan), archived from the original on 2008-03-25, http://web.archive.org/web/20080325234139/http://www.municipal.gov.sk.ca/div/munadvisory/incorp/rmincorpdatenum.html, retrieved 2007-12-26
- ^ Saskatchewan Genealogy Association, http://www.saskgenealogy.com/cemetery/cem_rmname.asp, retrieved 2007-12-26
- ^ Sask Biz, Government of Saskatchewan (2004), Tecumseh No. 65, http://www.saskbiz.ca/communityprofiles/communityprofile.asp?CommunityID=1003, retrieved 2007-12-27
- ^ "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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