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Saskatchewan Highway 32
Highway 32 is a highway in southwestern Saskatchewan, connecting Leader and Swift Current. It is about long, connecting several rural communities along the route including Abbey, Cabri, Cantaur and Success. History The first travel in this area was by foot, two wheeled ox carts and horse drawn freight wagons using trails on the sod. The first train arrived in Lancer in 1913. The late 1920s and 1930s saw the automobile arrive to a few families in the area. Maintenance The winter of 2000 saw resurfaced on this highway. The road west of Cabri to the east of Shackleton was repaired. In 2005, were resurfaced. Construction work began on highway 32 at the entrance to Success and continued west for . Wheel ruts and surface detoriation were levelled and filled and a microsurface treatment was put into place to restore resistance to skidding. The highway has become infamous for its extremely poor condition, which can primarily be attributed to a substandard pavement design (not bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leader, Saskatchewan
Leader is a town in southwestern Saskatchewan, Canada, located approximately directly east of Calgary, Alberta and is near the border between Saskatchewan and Alberta. It has a population of 863 as of 2016. History Before settlement, the Leader area was a hunting ground of prehistoric humans. A Midland Folsom point was discovered that the University of Saskatchewan dated back 8,000 to 9,000 years before present. Leader lies in the traditional territory of the Nekaneet Cree Nation, Nekaneet First Nation, who were signatories to Treaty 4. Homesteaders began arriving in large numbers in 1907; most were Bessarabia Germans, German immigrants from the country of Prussia or southern Russian Empire, Russia. A Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) detachment opened in 1909, and ensured all the settlers had adequate supplies to last the winter. By 1911, the Canadian Pacific Railway purchased a quarter section of land as the prospective site for a settlement. The railway arrived in 1913 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ambulance
An ambulance is a medically equipped vehicle which transports patients to treatment facilities, such as hospitals. Typically, out-of-hospital medical care is provided to the patient during the transport. Ambulances are used to respond to medical emergencies by emergency medical services (EMS). For this purpose, they are generally equipped with flashing emergency vehicle lighting, warning lights and siren (noisemaker), sirens. They can rapidly transport paramedics and other first responders to the scene, carry equipment for administering emergency medicine, emergency care and transport patients to hospital or other definitive care. Most ambulances use a design based on vans or pickup trucks. Others take the form of Motorcycle ambulance, motorcycles, buses, limousines, Air medical services, aircraft and Water ambulance, boats. Generally, vehicles count as an ambulance if they can transport patients. However, it varies by jurisdiction as to whether a Patient transport, non-emerge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World War I
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fighting occurring throughout Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Pacific, and parts of Asia. An estimated 9 million soldiers were killed in combat, plus another 23 million wounded, while 5 million civilians died as a result of military action, hunger, and disease. Millions more died in genocides within the Ottoman Empire and in the 1918 influenza pandemic, which was exacerbated by the movement of combatants during the war. Prior to 1914, the European great powers were divided between the Triple Entente (comprising France, Russia, and Britain) and the Triple Alliance (containing Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy). Tensions in the Balkans came to a head on 28 June 1914, following the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP; french: Gendarmerie royale du Canada; french: GRC, label=none), commonly known in English as the Mounties (and colloquially in French as ) is the federal police, federal and national police service of Canada. As police services are the constitutional responsibility of provinces and territories of Canada, the RCMP's primary responsibility is the enforcement of federal criminal law, and sworn members of the RCMP have jurisdiction as a Law enforcement officer, peace officer in all provinces and territories of Canada.Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act', RSC 1985, c R-10, s 11.1. However, the service also provides police services under contract to eight of Canada's Provinces and territories of Canada#Provinces, provinces (all except Ontario and Quebec), all three of Canada's Provinces and territories of Canada#Territories, territories, more than 150 municipalities, and 600 Indigenous peoples in Canada, Indigenous communities. In addition to en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadian Pacific Railway
The Canadian Pacific Railway (french: Chemin de fer Canadien Pacifique) , also known simply as CPR or Canadian Pacific and formerly as CP Rail (1968–1996), is a Canadian Class I railway incorporated in 1881. The railway is owned by Canadian Pacific Railway Limited, which began operations as legal owner in a corporate restructuring in 2001. Headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, the railway owns approximately of track in seven provinces of Canada and into the United States, stretching from Montreal to Vancouver, and as far north as Edmonton. Its rail network also serves Minneapolis–St. Paul, Milwaukee, Detroit, Chicago, and Albany, New York, in the United States. The railway was first built between eastern Canada and British Columbia between 1881 and 1885 (connecting with Ottawa Valley and Georgian Bay area lines built earlier), fulfilling a commitment extended to British Columbia when it entered Confederation in 1871; the CPR was Canada's first transcontinental railway. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cantuar, Saskatchewan
Cantuar ''Follow "Cantuar" link for more information'' is an unincorporated community in Rural Municipality of Swift Current No. 137, Saskatchewan, Canada. The site is still used as a freight station by the Great Sandhills Railway. The community is located approximately northwest of the City of Swift Current at the intersection of Highway 32 and Highway 332. See also * List of communities in Saskatchewan * List of hamlets in Saskatchewan * Lists of ghost towns in Canada * List of ghost towns in Saskatchewan The following is a list of communities that no longer exist or former Villages/Towns that have become unincorporated hamlets in the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. Ghost towns are towns that once had a considerable population, that have since ... References Swift Current No. 137, Saskatchewan Unincorporated communities in Saskatchewan Ghost towns in Saskatchewan {{SKDivision8-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pennant, Saskatchewan
Pennant ( 2016 population: ) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Riverside No. 168 and Census Division No. 8. History Pennant incorporated as a village on July 29, 1912. Climate Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Pennant 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. In the 2016 Census of Population, the Village of Pennant recorded a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016. See also * List of communities in Saskatchewan * Villages of Saskatchewan A village is a type of incorporated urban municipality in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. A village is created from an organized hamlet by the Minister of Municipal Affairs by mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battrum, Saskatchewan
Battrum is an unincorporated community in Riverside Rural Municipality No. 168, Saskatchewan, Canada. The community is located approximately northwest of the City of Swift Current on Highway 32. 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 ... Riverside No. 168, Saskatchewan Unincorporated communities in Saskatchewan {{Saskatchewan-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portreeve, Saskatchewan
Portreeve is an unincorporated in the Rural Municipality of Clinworth No. 230, Saskatchewan, Canada. It previously held the status of village until December 31, 1972. The hamlet is located approximately northwest of the City of Swift Current on Highway 32. History Prior to December 31, 1972, Portreeve was incorporated as a village, and was restructured as an unincorporated community under the jurisdiction of the Rural Municipality of Clinworth No. 230 on that date. Demographics Notable people *Clint Dunford, Canadian Politician. * Otto Albert Dunning, World War One Veteran 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 Clinworth No. 230, Saskatchewan Former villages in Saskatchewan Unincorpora ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lemsford, Saskatchewan
Lemsford is an unincorporated hamlet in Clinworth Rural Municipality No. 230, Saskatchewan, Canada. It previously held the status of village until January 1, 1951. The hamlet is located 42 km east of the Town of Leader at the intersection of Highway 32 and Highway 649, the hamlet is also serviced by the Great Western Railway. History Prior to January 1, 1951, Lemsford was incorporated as a village, and was restructured as a hamlet under the jurisdiction of the Rural municipality of Clinworth on that date. Infrastructure * Lemsford Ferry, located 21 km north of Lemsford on highway 649. * Great Western Railway, a Canadian short line railway company operating on former Canadian Pacific Railway trackage in southwest Saskatchewan. See also * List of communities in Saskatchewan * Hamlets of Saskatchewan In most cases in Saskatchewan, a hamlet is an unincorporated community with at least five occupied dwellings situated on separate lots and at least 10 separate lots ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sceptre, Saskatchewan
Sceptre ( 2021 population: ) is a special service area in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Clinworth No. 230 and Census Division No. 8. It held village status between 1913 and 2022. History Sceptre incorporated as a village on April 30, 1913. It restructured on January 1, 2023, relinquishing its village status in favour of becoming a special service area under the jurisdiction of the Rural Municipality of Clinworth No. 230. Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Sceptre 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. In the 2016 Census of Population, Sceptre had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016. Arts and culture Sceptre is home to various w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prelate, Saskatchewan
Prelate ( 2016 population: ) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Happyland No. 231 and Census Division No. 8. Located just of Highway 32 it is 12 km (8 miles) east of Leader and 146 km (90 miles) northwest of Swift Current. History Prelate was first settled in 1908. Prelate incorporated as a village on October 25, 1913. ;Historical sites *St. Angela's Convent and St. Angela's Academy of Prelate was founded in 1919. The boarding school for girls was run by the Ursuline Sisters until it closed in 2007. *Saints Peter and Paul Church (Blumenfeld Church) located 15 km south of Prelate is a Municipal Heritage Property. Built in 1915, the church served the Catholics of German descent of the Prelate area. The grounds feature a fieldstone shrine and wrought iron crosses mark some of the graves in the cemetery. Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Prelate had a population ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
