The Rural Municipality of Kellross No. 247 ( 2016 population: ) is a

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(RM) in the

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within Census Division No. 10 and Division No. 4.

History

The RM of Kellross No. 247 incorporated as a rural municipality on December 13, 1909. Its name is a blend of Kelliher and Leross.

Geography

Communities and localities

The following urban municipalities are surrounded by the RM. ;

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* Kelliher * Leross * Lestock The following unincorporated communities are within the RM. ;Localities * Enid * McDonald Hills

Demographics

In the

2021 Census of Population The 2021 Canadian census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population with a reference date of May 11, 2021. It follows the 2016 Canadian census, which recorded a population of 35,151,728. The overall response rate was 98%, which is sli ...

conducted by

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, the RM of Kellross No. 247 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 Kellross No. 247 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.

Attractions

* Kelliher & District Museum * Kellross Heritage Museum *

Touchwood Hills Post Provincial Historic Park Touchwood Hills Post Provincial Park is the location of a former Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) fur trading post that existed from 1879 to 1909 in the Touchwood Uplands of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. In 1986, the site was designated a ...

Government

The RM of Kellross No. 247 is governed by an elected municipal council and an appointed administrator that meets on the seventh day of the month of every month. The reeve of the RM is John Olinik while its administrator is Edith Goddard. The RM's office is located in Leross.

Transportation

Saskatchewan Highway 15 Highway 15 is a highway in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It runs from Highway 4, south of Rosetown, to Highway 16, southeast of Bredenbury. Highway 15 is about long. The Outlook Bridge carries Highway 15 across the South Saskatch ...

Saskatchewan Highway 35 Highway 35 is a paved undivided provincial highway in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It runs from the US Border near Port of Oungre (where it meets United States Route 85) to a dead end near the north shore of Tobin Lake. Saskatchewan H ...

Saskatchewan Highway 639 Saskatchewan ( ; ) is a province in western Canada, bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, to the northeast by Nunavut, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dak ...

* Saskatchewan Highway 731 *

Canadian National Railway The Canadian National Railway Company (french: Compagnie des chemins de fer nationaux du Canada) is a Canadian Class I freight railway headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, which serves Canada and the Midwestern and Southern United States. CN i ...

References

{{SKDivision10 K Division No. 10, Saskatchewan