The Rural Municipality of Mervin No. 499 ( 2016 population: ) is a rural municipality (RM) in the

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within Census Division No. 17 and Division No. 6.

History

The RM of Mervin No. 499 incorporated as a rural municipality on January 1, 1913. It absorbed the RM of Greenfield No. 529. The RM of Greenfield No. 529 was originally named the RM of Bright Sand No. 529 prior to February 2, 1926.

Geography

Communities and localities

The following urban municipalities are surrounded by the RM. ;

Towns A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an ori ...

* Turtleford ; Villages * Mervin ;Resort villages *

Kivimaa-Moonlight Bay Kivimaa-Moonlight Bay ( 2016 population: ) is a resort village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within Census Division No. 17. It is on the shores of Turtle Lake in the Rural Municipality of Mervin No. 499. History Kivimaa-Moonlight ...

The following unincorporated communities are within the RM. ;

Organized hamlet In most cases in Saskatchewan, a Hamlet (place), hamlet is an unincorporated community with at least five occupied dwellings situated on separate lots and at least 10 separate lots, the majority of which are an average size of less than one acre. S ...

s * Crystal Bay-Sunset * Evergreen Acres *

Evergreen Beach Evergreen Beach, also known as Evergreen Brightsand, is an organized hamlet in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan under the jurisdiction of the Rural Municipality of Mervin No. 499. Geography Evergreen Beach is on the eastern shore of Bri ...

* Horseshoe Bay * Kopp's Kove * Livelong *

Mowrey Beach Mowrey Beach is an organized hamlet within the Rural Municipality of Mervin No. 499, Rural Municipality (RM) of Mervin No. 499 in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It is on the northeast shore of Brightsa ...

* Parkland Beach * Powm Beach * Spruce Lake * Sunset View Beach, restructured from resort village status, January 1, 2005 * Turtle Lake South Bay ;Localities *

Aspen Cove Aspen Cove is a small fishing community in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Formerly called Aspey or Apsey Cove, Aspen Cove was named for the presence of aspen trees in the area. It first appears in the 1857 ''Census'' as Apsey Co ...

* Cleeves * Cuffley * Daysville * Diamond Willows * Eastview Beach * Elmhurst * Sandy Point * Stowlea * Thunderchild *

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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 Mervin No. 499 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 Mervin No. 499 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 Mervin No. 499 is governed by an elected municipal council and an appointed administrator that meets on the second and fourth Tuesday of every month. The

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of the RM is

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while its administrator is L. Ryan Domotor. The RM's office is located in Turtleford.

Attractions

* Turtle Lake **

Turtle Lake Provincial Recreation Site Turtles are an order of reptiles known as Testudines, characterized by a special shell developed mainly from their ribs. Modern turtles are divided into two major groups, the Pleurodira (side necked turtles) and Cryptodira (hidden necked t ...

* Brightsand Lake **

Brightsand Lake Regional Park Brightsand Lake is a lake in the Canadian Province of Saskatchewan. It is located in the Rural Municipality of Mervin No. 499 in the west-central part of the province in the aspen parkland ecoregion. Brightsand Creek–located on the western s ...

Transportation

Saskatchewan Highway 3 Highway 3 is a major provincial paved undivided highway in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It runs from the Alberta border, where it continues west as Alberta Highway 45, to the Manitoba border, and then continues east as Highway 77. Hig ...

* Saskatchewan Highway 26 * Saskatchewan Highway 303 * Saskatchewan Highway 794 * Saskatchewan Highway 795 * Saskatchewan Highway 796

References

External links

* {{SKDivision17 M * Division No. 17, Saskatchewan