Leroy is a town in the
province
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of
Saskatchewan
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, Canada.
From 1905 to 1913 the area, now known as LeRoy, was a Local Improvement District. In 1913 the Local Improvement District was constituted as the Rural Municipality of Roach #339, as meetings were held at the home of James Roach. In 1914, it became the RM of Ayr #339, containing the Bogend Post Office, established in 1905, and Bogend School in 1907.
In August 1919 a
Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) blueprint showed the crossing of the proposed rail line to be built through the RM, so planning began for a town in that RM in the same year. The area was named Bogend and on January 21, 1920 it was renamed LeRoy. LeRoy was incorporated as a village on December 5, 1922. In March 1963 proclamation received declaring LeRoy a town.
Sports and recreation
The LeRoy Memorial Arena is home to the Leroy Braves of the Long Lake Hockey League. Leroy also has a curling rink, ball diamonds nearby, and golf at the reginal park, amongst other activities.
Leroy Leisureland Regional Park () was founded in 1972 and is located four miles west of Leroy. It is nestled among 70 acres of well treed rolling land with a Lanigan Creek running through it, a man-made sand swimming pool with a slide, a playground, beach volleyball, one horse shoe pit, and table tennis. There is a nine-hole grass green golf course and 34 campsites with 30-amp power. The golf clubhouse and concession were built in 1992, and in 1999, there was a grass green upgrade to the golf course.
Four miles south of town is
Jansen Lake Jansen may refer to:
People
* Jansen (surname), a Dutch surname, cognate of Johnson
* Pearl Jansen, a former South African beauty queen
Places
* Jansen, Saskatchewan, Canada
* Jansen, Colorado, United States
* Jansen, Nebraska, United States
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and to the east are the
Quill Lakes
The Quill Lakes is a wetland complex in Saskatchewan, Canada that encompasses the endorheic basin of three distinct lake wetlands: Big Quill Lake, Middle Quill Lake, and Little Quill Lake. On May 27, 1987, it was designated a wetland of inte ...
.
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population conducted by
Statistics Canada
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, Leroy 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.
Climate
See also
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List of communities in Saskatchewan
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Types of incorporated municipalities include urban municipalities, rural municipalities and nort ...
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List of towns in Saskatchewan
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Towns in Saskatchewan
Division No. 10, Saskatchewan
Leroy No. 339, Saskatchewan