Prairie River is a

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in the

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province of

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. The former

Prairie River railway station The Prairie River station, located in the hamlet of Prairie River within the rural municipality of Porcupine No. 395, Saskatchewan, was built by the Canadian Northern Railway The Canadian Northern Railway (CNoR) was a historic Canadian tra ...

is now used to house the Prairie River Museum. The hamlet sits on an inactive

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line that was built and originally operated by the

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. Prairie River was also the junction for the

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, which transported wood for the mills in the area. The location is 1510 ft (460 meters) above sea level, and is located in the Central Standard time zone, or CST. It does not observe daylight saving time. The telephone area codes for the area are (306) and (639). Memorable people include

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, a former CFL

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player (57).

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by

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, Prairie River had a population of 70 living in 37 of its 42 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 55. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.

References

Designated places in Saskatchewan Organized hamlets in Saskatchewan Porcupine No. 395, Saskatchewan {{saskatchewan-geo-stub