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Sonningdale, Saskatchewan
Sonningdale is a hamlet in Rural Municipality of Eagle Creek No. 376, Saskatchewan, Canada. The hamlet is located on Highway 376 about northwest of Saskatoon and southeast of North Battleford. The hamlet with a population of less than 50 people as of January 2010. School students are bused to the nearby town of Maymont, which is about 20 kilometers north. Sonningdale has a church, post office, community complex, seniors centre, a library, and a firehall. The two story school had an enrollment of 33 in 2005, and was closed in June 2006. Two relocatable classrooms were moved away in 2009. Notable people * Darren Hill: A Saskatoon City Councillor first elected in 2006. He is up for reelection November 2020. Darren has been a board/executive member of Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association (SUMA) since 2007. He has also been a board member/standing policy committee member of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) since 2007. Darren was elected as Third Vic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamlet (place)
A hamlet is a human settlement that is smaller than a town or village. Its size relative to a Parish (administrative division), parish can depend on the administration and region. A hamlet may be considered to be a smaller settlement or subdivision or satellite entity to a larger settlement. The word and concept of a hamlet has roots in the Anglo-Norman settlement of England, where the old French ' came to apply to small human settlements. Etymology The word comes from Anglo-Norman language, Anglo-Norman ', corresponding to Old French ', the diminutive of Old French ' meaning a little village. This, in turn, is a diminutive of Old French ', possibly borrowed from (West Germanic languages, West Germanic) Franconian languages. Compare with modern French ', Dutch language, Dutch ', Frisian languages, Frisian ', German ', Old English ' and Modern English ''home''. By country Afghanistan In Afghanistan, the counterpart of the hamlet is the Qila, qala (Dari language, Dari: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saskatoon
Saskatoon () is the largest city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It straddles a bend in the South Saskatchewan River in the central region of the province. It is located along the Trans-Canada Highway, Trans-Canada Yellowhead Highway, and has served as the cultural and economic hub of central Saskatchewan since its founding in 1882 as a Temperance movement, Temperance colony. With a Canada 2021 Census, 2021 census population of 266,141, Saskatoon is the List of cities in Saskatchewan, largest city in the province, and the List of census metropolitan areas and agglomerations in Canada, 17th largest Census Metropolitan Area in Canada, with a 2021 census population of 317,480. Saskatoon is home to the University of Saskatchewan, the Meewasin Valley Authority (which protects the South Saskatchewan River and provides for the city's popular riverbank park spaces), and Wanuskewin Heritage Park (a National Historic Site of Canada and UNES ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Struan, Saskatchewan
Struan is an unincorporated community in Eagle Creek Rural Municipality No. 376, Saskatchewan, Canada. The locality is located at the intersection of Highway 376 and Highway 784 about northwest of Saskatoon. The community is named for Struan, Perthshire in Scotland, which had been the home of postmaster George R. Peters. See also * List of communities in Saskatchewan Communities in the Province of Saskatchewan, Canada include incorporated municipalities, unincorporated communities and First Nations communities. Types of incorporated municipalities include urban municipalities, rural municipalities and nort ... References Eagle Creek No. 376, Saskatchewan Unincorporated communities in Saskatchewan {{Saskatchewan-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biggar, Saskatchewan
Biggar is a town in central Saskatchewan, Canada. It is located on Highway 14, west of Saskatoon, the province's most populous city. Biggar has become well known for its unusual town slogan, an Olympic athlete, and a world-record deer. The town was featured on American morning newsmagazine ''The Today Show'' in February 2010 as part of an ongoing Canadian-oriented segment during the 2010 Winter Olympics. History Biggar was incorporated as a village in 1909. It was named after William Hodgins Biggar, general counsel of the Grand Trunk Pacific (GTP) railway which had come through the area in 1908. Prior to that, the major means of transportation was via the nearby Swift Current-Battleford Trail. The Grand Trunk Pacific Railway (GTP) made Biggar a divisional point on its line, building a large station and roundhouse. The population grew as Biggar became a home terminal where train crews were changed.McLennan, David (2008), ''Our Towns: Saskatchewan communities from Abbey t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radisson, Saskatchewan
Radisson is a town in the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. It was named after Pierre-Esprit Radisson (1636–1710), an explorer who was instrumental in the creation of Hudson's Bay Company. Former NHL player Bill Hajt was born in Radisson. Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Radisson had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. Transportation The community is served by Radisson Airport which is located adjacent to Radisson. Climate See also * List of communities in Saskatchewan * List of towns in Saskatchewan A town is a type of incorporated urban municipality in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. A resort village or a village can be incorporated as a town by the Minister of Municipal Affairs via section 52 of ''The Municipalities Act'' if: *Reques ... References External links * Towns ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cando, Saskatchewan
Cando is a hamlet in Rosemount Rural Municipality No. 378, Saskatchewan, Canada. In 2006 the village had a population of 68 people. It previously held the status of village until December 31, 2005. The hamlet is located 48 km south of the City of North Battleford on highway 4. The community was served by Canadian National Railway's Porter Subdivision. The rail line was originally built by the Grand Truck Pacific from Oban to Battleford. The community is situated along the remains of the historic Swift Current-Battleford Trail. The portion of the line from Battleford to Cando was closed in 1974, leaving the portion to Cando from Oban. Once the elevator at Cando closed the remainder of the line was abandoned in the late 1980s. This hamlet was named after Cando, North Dakota, the original home of Charles Alexander Coulton Edwards, the first postmaster. History Prior to December 31, 2005, Cando was incorporated as a village, and was restructured as a hamlet under the jurisdiction ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fielding, Saskatchewan
Fielding, Saskatchewan is an unincorporated area in the rural municipality of Mayfield No. 406, Saskatchewan, in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Fielding is located on Saskatchewan Highway 16, the Yellowhead in north western Saskatchewan. Fielding post office first opened in 1905 at the legal land description of Sec.18, Twp.41, R.11, W3. The population is smaller than a hamlet, and is counted within the Mayfield No. 406, Saskatchewan. Fielding is located just south east of North Battleford, Saskatchewan. Fielding is located within of Glenburn Regional Park and within of the Radisson Lake Game Preserve. Area statistics *Lat (DMS) 52°31′00″ N *Long (DMS) 107°32′00″ W *Dominion Land Survey Sec.18, Twp.41, R.11, W3 *Time zone (cst) UTC−6 Location See also *List of communities in Saskatchewan *List of rural municipalities in Saskatchewan A rural municipality (RM) is a type of incorporated municipality in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. A ru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maymont, Saskatchewan
Maymont ( 2016 population: ) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Mayfield No. 406 and Census Division No. 16. It is north-west of the city of Saskatoon. The village of Maymont was named for May Montgomery. She was a niece to William Mackenzie (of Mackenzie and Mann, railway construction contractors, who built the Canadian Northern Railway through the area in 1905). Montgomery had asked her uncle to name the village ''Montgomery'', but he said he could not because a town in Manitoba already had that name. So, he took her first name and the first syllable of her last name and combined them to form the name ''Maymont''. Like many other communities in Saskatchewan along the railway line in the early 1900s, Maymont had a grain elevator. Today, Maymont is one of the few towns in Saskatchewan that still has a grain elevator. History Maymont incorporated as a village on June 24, 1907. Demographics In the 2021 Census of P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spinney Hill, Saskatchewan
Spinney may refer to: *A copse or thicket People *Art Spinney (1927–1994), American football guard * Caroll Spinney (1933–2019), American puppeteer and cartoonist * Edgar Keith Spinney, (1851–1926), Canadian politician *Franklin C. Spinney (born 1945), American military analyst, author of the "Spinney Report" *George Wilbur Spinney (1889–1948), president of Bank of Montreal Places *Spinney (Kettering BC Ward), an electoral ward in Northamptonshire, England *Spinney Abbey, a former monastery in Cambridgeshire, England *Spinney Hill, an area of Northampton, England *Spinney Hills, an area of Leicester, England *Spinney Hills, East Quogue, a leisure area in New York state *Spinney Mountain State Park, a state park in Colorado *The Spinney Local Nature Reserve, a reserve in Carshalton, London *Round Spinney, a locality in Northampton, England Other uses * Spinneys, a supermarket chain *''Empire Spinney'', a ship built in 1941 See also *Spiny (other) Spiny may ref ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baljennie, Saskatchewan
Baljennie is an unincorporated community in Glenside Rural Municipality No. 377, Saskatchewan, Canada. Its first post office opened in 1891. History Baljennie was named by an early resident, Stephen ('Sandy') Warden, after his daughter Jean, and was originally spelt Baljeanie.''Saskatchewan History'', vol I, 1 (1948), 28. Warden, a former officer of the North-West Mounted Police, had established a ranch in the area in the early 1880s, which subsequently became a staging post for mail coaches travelling between Saskatoon and Battleford. A school was opened at Baljennie in August 1912.School's centennial celebrated ''Battleford News-Optimist'', 07-09-12 The Can ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hell On Wheels (TV Series)
''Hell on Wheels'' is an American/Canadian Western television series about the construction of the first transcontinental railroad across the United States, which broadcast in the United States and Canada on the cable channel AMC, from November 6, 2011 to July 23, 2016. The series, which features Anson Mount, Colm Meaney, Common, and Dominique McElligott, chronicles the Union Pacific Railroad and its laborers, mercenaries, prostitutes, surveyors, and others who lived, worked, and died in the mobile encampment, called "Hell on Wheels", that followed the railhead west across the Great Plains. In particular, the story focuses on Cullen Bohannon (Mount), a former Confederate soldier who initially joins the railroad to track down Union soldiers who murdered his wife and young son during the American Civil War. In the process he becomes a foreman and eventually chief engineer on the railroad. The series was created and produced by Joe and Tony Gayton, and developed by Endemol USA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wynonna Earp
Wynonna Earp is a horror Western comic book miniseries created and owned by Beau Smith. The series was initially published by Image Comics, and from 2003 by IDW Publishing. Plot summary Wynonna is a present-day descendant of the famous lawman Wyatt Earp, and she is the top agent for a special unit known within the US Marshals as the Monster Squad. She battles such supernatural threats as Bobo Del Rey and his redneck, trailer-trash vampires who are pushing a new killer designer drug called "Hemo", and the Egyptian mafia's mummy hitman, Raduk, Eater of the Dead, who is out to do in all the other crime bosses. In her subsequent adventures, she finished some outstanding Earp family business while dealing with Hillbilly Gremlins and Zombie Mailmen alongside her fellow marshals. Publication Comicbook ''Wynonna Earp'' was originally released by Image Comics as a five-issue series: Issue #1 "Red Necks, White Corpuscles and Blue Ribbon Beer", on December 1, 1996 Issue #2 "The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
