The Rural Municipality of Spiritwood No. 496 (
2016 population: ) is a
rural municipality
A rural municipality is a classification of municipality, a type of local government, found in several countries.
These include:
* Rural municipalities in Canada, a type of municipal status in the Canadian provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, ...
(RM) in the
Canadian province
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of
Saskatchewan
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within
Census Division No. 16 and
Division No. 6. Located in the north-central portion of the province, it is west of the City of
Prince Albert.
History
The RM of Spiritwood No. 496 incorporated as a rural municipality on December 9, 1929.
It absorbed the RM of Shell Lake No. 495.
The RM of Shell Lake No. 495 was originally named the RM of Shell River No. 495 prior to November 30, 1935.
Geography
The RM of Spiritwood No. 496 is adjacent to the RMs of
Big River No. 555 to the north,
Medstead No. 497 to the west,
Meeting Lake No. 466 to the south, and
Canwood No. 494 (formerly Thompson No. 494) to the south.
Communities and localities
The following
urban municipalities are surrounded by the RM.
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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 or ...
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Spiritwood
Spiritwood is a town in the boreal forest of central Saskatchewan, Canada with a population of approximately 1,000.
Its location is 125 km west of Prince Albert and about 110 km northeast of North Battleford at the junction of Highway ...
;
Villages
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...
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Shell Lake
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Resort villages
*
Echo Bay
*
Big Shell
The following unincorporated communities are within the RM.
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Organized hamlet
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 ...
s
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Spruce Bay
;Localities
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Bapaume
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The inhabitants of this commune are known as ''Bapalmois'' or ''Bapalmoises''.
Geography
Bapaume is a far ...
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Capasin
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Leoville
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Mildred
*
Norbury
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Etymology
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Penn
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Ranger
The RM also surrounds the
Witchekan Lake First Nation Reserves and
Pelican Lake First Nation
Pelican Lake First Nation ( cr, ᒐᐦᒐᐦᑭᐤ ᓵᑲᐦᐃᑲᓂᕽ ''cahcahkiw-sâkahikanihk'', meaning: ''at the Pelican Lake'') is a member of the Federation of Saskatchewan First Nations, the body that represents 74 First Nations in Sask ...
Reserves (
191,
191A,
191B,
191C).
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population
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conducted by
Statistics Canada
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, the RM of Spiritwood No. 496 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 Spiritwood No. 496 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 Spiritwood No. 496 is governed by an elected municipal council and an appointed administrator that meets on the second Tuesday of every month.
[ The reeve of the RM is Shirley Dauvin while its administrator is Colette Bussiere.][ The RM's office is located in Spiritwood.][
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Transportation
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*Big River Branch C.N.R—serves Prince Albert, Shellbrook, Clonfert, Canwood, Polwarth, Mattes, Debden, Eldred, Dumble, Bodmin, Big River.
;Roads
* Highway 24—serves Spiritwood
Spiritwood is a town in the boreal forest of central Saskatchewan, Canada with a population of approximately 1,000.
Its location is 125 km west of Prince Albert and about 110 km northeast of North Battleford at the junction of Highway ...
and Leoville
* Highway 3—intersects Highway 24 and serves Belbutte, Spiritwood
Spiritwood is a town in the boreal forest of central Saskatchewan, Canada with a population of approximately 1,000.
Its location is 125 km west of Prince Albert and about 110 km northeast of North Battleford at the junction of Highway ...
and Shell Lake
* Highway 793—intersects Highway 24 and serves Big River
* Highway 696—intersects Highway 24 and serves Pelican Lake First Nation Indian Reserve 191B
* Highway 3—runs east west here and intersects Highway 24 and serves Spiritwood
Spiritwood is a town in the boreal forest of central Saskatchewan, Canada with a population of approximately 1,000.
Its location is 125 km west of Prince Albert and about 110 km northeast of North Battleford at the junction of Highway ...
and Mildred
* Highway 378—runs North south here and intersects Highway 3 south of Spiritwood
Spiritwood is a town in the boreal forest of central Saskatchewan, Canada with a population of approximately 1,000.
Its location is 125 km west of Prince Albert and about 110 km northeast of North Battleford at the junction of Highway ...
See also
*List of rural municipalities in Saskatchewan
A rural municipality (RM) is a type of incorporated municipality in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. A rural municipality is created by the Minister of Municipal Relations by ministerial order via section 49 of ''The Municipalities Act ...
References
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Spiritwood
Spiritwood is a town in the boreal forest of central Saskatchewan, Canada with a population of approximately 1,000.
Its location is 125 km west of Prince Albert and about 110 km northeast of North Battleford at the junction of Highway ...
Division No. 16, Saskatchewan