Meyronne is a
special service area
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in the
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province
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of
Saskatchewan
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.
History
Known history of the Wood Mountain area goes back to the trek by the NWMP in 1874 and the founding of the Wood Mountain Post that same year. Land in the area was opened for homesteading in 1908. When the railway went through in 1913, the settlement moved to its present site.
It was reorganised from a village into a special service area on September 5, 2006.
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population conducted by
Statistics Canada
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, Meyronne had a population of 20 living in 9 of its 13 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 35. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
Infrastructure
Saskatchewan Transportation Company
The Saskatchewan Transportation Company (STC) was a Crown corporation in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan responsible for operating intercity bus routes in the province from 1946 to 2017. Created in 1946 by an Order in Council giving the com ...
provides intercity bus service to Meyronne.
STC Route Map
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 ...
* List of hamlets in 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, the majority of which are an average size of less than one acre. Saskatchewan has ...
References
Designated places in Saskatchewan
Former villages in Saskatchewan
Pinto Creek No. 75, Saskatchewan
Special service areas in Saskatchewan
Populated places disestablished in 2006
Division No. 3, Saskatchewan
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