Eyebrow, Saskatchewan
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Village of Eyebrow | |
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Former Saskatchewan Wheat Pool elevator | |
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Coordinates: 50°43′55″N 106°11′06″W / 50.732°N 106.185°W | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Saskatchewan |
Region | Saskatchewan |
Census division | 7 |
Rural Municipality | Eyebrow |
Post office Founded | N/A |
Incorporated (Village) | N/A |
Incorporated (Town) | N/A |
Government | |
• Mayor | Don Linton |
• Administrator | Joy Harms |
• Governing body | Eyebrow Village Council |
Area | |
• Total | 2.70 km2 (1.04 sq mi) |
Population (2006) | |
• Total | 135 |
• Density | 50.0/km2 (129/sq mi) |
Time zone | CST |
Postal code | S0H 1L0 |
Area code(s) | 306 |
Highways | Highway 42 Highway 367 |
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Eyebrow is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The mayor is Don Linton. The town originated at the location that is now the abandoned village of Eskbank several kilometers south. Eyebrow is located at the intersection joining Highway 367 and Highway 42.
The village gets its name from an eyebrow shaped hill above Eyebrow Lake. The lake is a prairie lake located in the Qu'Appelle Valley near the village of Tugaske. It is 9 km long and 1 km wide. It supports a bird sanctuary.
Former NHL Player Mark Smith was raised near Eyebrow.
The ERHL or Eyebrow Rec. Hockey League is a local outdoor hockey league consisting of three teams: the Blazers, Puck Hogs and Eskimos.
Demographics
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See also
- List of communities in Saskatchewan
- Villages of Saskatchewan
Tugaske | Eyebrow Lake Davidson | Craik | ||
Lake Diefenbaker, Riverhurst, Central Butte | Chamberlain | |||
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Darmody | Eskbank, Mortlach | Brownlee |
External links
- Village of Eyebrow
- Saskatchewan City & Town Maps
- Saskatchewan Gen Web - One Room School Project
- Post Offices and Postmasters - ArchiviaNet - Library and Archives Canada
- Saskatchewan Gen Web Region
- Online Historical Map Digitization Project
- GeoNames Query
- 2006 Community Profiles
Footnotes
- ↑ National Archives, Archivia Net, Post Offices and Postmasters
- ↑ Government of Saskatchewan, MRD Home, Municipal Directory System (– Scholar search)
- ↑ Canadian Textiles Institute. (2005), CTI Determine your provincial constituency
- ↑ Commissioner of Canada Elections, Chief Electoral Officer of Canada (2005), Elections Canada On-line
- ↑ "2006 Community Profiles". Canada 2006 Census. Statistics Canada. March 30, 2011. Retrieved 2009-02-24.
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Coordinates: 50°43′55″N 106°11′06″W / 50.732°N 106.185°W
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