Rural Municipality of Maple Creek No. 111
Maple Creek No. 111 | |
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Coordinates: 49°42′06″N 109°38′13″W / 49.70167°N 109.63694°W | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Saskatchewan |
Rural Municipality | December 10, 1917 |
Area | |
• Land | 3,242.96 km2 (1,252.11 sq mi) |
Population (2006) | |
• Total | 1,167 |
• Density | 0.7/km2 (2/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC (UTC-6) |
This article is about the rural municipality in Canada. For other places with the same name, see Maple Creek (disambiguation)
Maple Creek No. 111 is a rural municipality of 1,167 rural residents (2006 census) in the southwestern part of Saskatchewan, Canada. The main economic industry is ranching. The RM was incorporated December 10, 1917.[1] Other urban municipalities in the area include Belanger, Maple Creek, Hatton, Cummings and Fort Walsh.[2] Located between Maple Creek No. 111 and Piapot No. 110 is the Nekaneet Cree Nation Indian reserve.
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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Area statistics
- Lat 49.701667°
- Long -109.636944°
- Time zone (est) UTC-6
Coordinates: 49°42′06″N 109°38′13″W / 49.701667°N 109.636944°W
Communities
The following communities are located in this municipality:
- Towns
- Localities[6]
- Belanger
- Cardell
- Clearsite
- Cummings
- Cypress Hills Park
- Cypress Mobile Valley Trailer Park
- Forres
- Fort Walsh
- Hatton, dissolved as a village, March 15, 1934.[7]
- Kincorth
- Mackid
- Maxwelton
- Tannahill
References
- ↑ "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
- ↑ Saskatchewan Genealogy Association, retrieved 2007-12-26
- ↑ Sask Biz, Government of Saskatchewan (2004), Tecumseh No. 65, retrieved 2007-12-27
- ↑ "2011 Community Profiles". Canada 2011 Census. Statistics Canada. July 5, 2013. Retrieved 2012-08-04.
- ↑ "2006 Community Profiles". Canada 2006 Census. Statistics Canada. March 30, 2011. Retrieved 2009-02-24.
- ↑ Standard Geographical Classification (SGC) 2001
- ↑ "Restructured Villages". Saskatchewan Ministry of Municipal Affairs. Archived from the original on March 25, 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-10.
External links
- Saskatoon Regional Economic Development Authority - SREDA
- Saskatchewan, Canada, Rand McNally 1924 Indexed Pocket Map Tourists' and Shippers' Guide
- GeoNames Query
- Post Offices and Postmasters - ArchiviaNet - Library and Archives Canada
- Maple Creek
- Saskatchewan Gen Web - One Room School Project
- Canadian Maps: January 1925 Waghorn's Guide. Post Offices in Man. Sask. Alta. and West Ontario.
- Saskatoon Gen Web
- Map of Maple Creek No. 111 at Statcan