Rural Municipality of Wood River No. 74

Wood River No. 74
Coordinates: 49°39′00″N 106°35′52″W / 49.65000°N 106.59778°W
Country Canada
Province Saskatchewan
Rural Municipality December 9, 1912
Area
 • Land 838.45 km2 (323.73 sq mi)
Population (2006)
 • Total 387
 • Density 0.7/km2 (2/sq mi)
Time zone UTC (UTC-6)
Wood River No. 74
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.

— Tecumseh No. 65 [3]

Statistics

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Coordinates: 49°39′00″N 106°35′52″W / 49.650000°N 106.597778°W

References

  1. ↑ "MRD Municipal Status Information", Ministry of Municipal Affairs (Government of Saskatchewan), archived from the original (– SCHOLAR SEARCH) on 2008-03-25, retrieved 2007-12-26
  2. ↑ Saskatchewan Genealogy Association, retrieved 2007-12-26
  3. ↑ Sask Biz, Government of Saskatchewan (2004), Tecumseh No. 65, retrieved 2007-12-27
  4. ↑ "2006 Community Profiles". Canada 2006 Census. Statistics Canada. March 30, 2011. Retrieved 2009-02-24.

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