The Rural Municipality of Excelsior No. 166 ( 2016 population: ) is a rural municipality (RM) in the

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of Saskatchewan within Census Division No. 7 and Division No. 3.

History

The RM of Waldeck No. 166 was originally incorporated as a rural municipality on December 13, 1909. Its name was changed to the RM of Excelsior No. 166 on March 1, 1916.

Geography

Communities and localities

The following urban municipalities are surrounded by the RM. ; Villages * Rush Lake * Waldeck ; Resort villages * Beaver Flat The following unincorporated communities are within the RM. ;Localities * Main Centre * New Main Centre * Old Beaver Flat * Old Main Centre * Prairie View

Demographics

In the

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conducted by

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, the RM of Excelsior No. 166 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 RM of Excelsior No. 166 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.

Government

The RM of Excelsior No. 166 is governed by an elected municipal council and an appointed administrator that meets on the second Wednesday of every month. The

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of the RM is Harold Martens while its administrator is Dianne Hahn. The RM's office is located in Rush Lake.

Transportation

;RailCanadian Maps: January 1925 Waghorn's Guide. Post Offices in Man. Sask. Alta. and West Ontario.
/ref> * C.P.R. West. -- serves Uren, Ernfold, Morse, Herbert, Rush Lake, Waldeck, Aikins, Swift Current ;Roads * Highway 628—intersects with

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—serves Waldeck, Rush Lake, and Herbert

References

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