Redvers is a town in southeast
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan ( ; ) is a province in western Canada, bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, to the northeast by Nunavut, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dak ...
, Canada. It is the first town one passes through travelling west from Manitoba on the
Red Coat Trail
The Red Coat Trail is a route that approximates the path taken in 1874 by the North-West Mounted Police in their March West from Fort Dufferin to Fort Whoop-Up.
Route description
A number of highways in southern Manitoba, Saskatchewan, an ...
, the path taken by the
North-West Mounted Police on their
March West
The March West was the initial journey of the North-West Mounted Police (NWMP) to the Canadian Prairies, Canadian prairies, made between July 8 and October 9, 1874.
It was the result of the force being deployed to what is now southern Alberta in ...
in 1874, and now modern
Highway 13
The following roads may be referred to as Route 13 or Highway 13. For a list of roads named A13, see List of A13 roads.
International
* Asian Highway 13
* European route E13
* European route E013
Afghanistan
*The Kabul–Behsud Highway - ...
. A statue of a Mountie on a horse can be seen just west of the intersection of Highway 13 and
Highway 8.
The town has a public school, hospital, two banks, and other businesses and services. Like most towns in the area, its economy is based on
farming
Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled peopl ...
,
oil drilling
An oil well is a drillhole boring in Earth that is designed to bring petroleum oil hydrocarbons to the surface. Usually some natural gas is released as associated petroleum gas along with the oil. A well that is designed to produce only gas may ...
, and various services.
History
![Views of Redvers, Saskatchewan (HS85-10-21843)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8f/Views_of_Redvers%2C_Saskatchewan_%28HS85-10-21843%29.jpg)
The town was named after General Sir
Redvers Buller
General Sir Redvers Henry Buller, (7 December 1839 – 2 June 1908) was a British Army officer and a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forc ...
in 1897. Buller was then fighting in the
Second Boer War
The Second Boer War ( af, Tweede Vryheidsoorlog, , 11 October 189931 May 1902), also known as the Boer War, the Anglo–Boer War, or the South African War, was a conflict fought between the British Empire and the two Boer Republics (the South ...
, and had earlier in his career commanded a company to quell the
Red River Rebellion
The Red River Rebellion (french: Rébellion de la rivière Rouge), also known as the Red River Resistance, Red River uprising, or First Riel Rebellion, was the sequence of events that led up to the 1869 establishment of a provisional government by ...
. The town was incorporated in 1904. Its centennial was celebrated on 30 July 2004.
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
Statistics Canada, Redvers 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.
Sports
Redvers is home to the Redvers Rockets, a senior men's
hockey
Hockey is a term used to denote a family of various types of both summer and winter team sports which originated on either an outdoor field, sheet of ice, or dry floor such as in a gymnasium. While these sports vary in specific rules, numbers o ...
team in the
Big 6 Hockey League. It is also home to the Redvers A's of the Saskota Baseball League.
Climate
Notable Redvers people
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Dean Kennedy
Edward Dean Kennedy (born January 18, 1963) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. Kennedy played in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1982 to 1995 for the Los Angeles Kings, New York Rangers, Buffalo Sabres, Winnipeg Jets and E ...
- former NHL player.
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Val Sweeting
Valerie Sweeting (born July 9, 1987 in Redvers, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian curler from Lottie Lake, Alberta She currently plays third for Team Kerri Einarson. Sweeting skipped Alberta to a silver medal at the and Scotties Tournament of H ...
- Curler
See also
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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 nor ...
*
List of towns in Saskatchewan
A town is a type of incorporated urban municipality in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. A resort village or a village can be incorporated as a town by the Minister of Municipal Affairs via section 52 of ''The Municipalities Act'' if:
*Req ...
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Block settlement
A block settlement (or bloc settlement) is a particular type of land distribution which allows settlers with the same ethnicity to form small colonies. This settlement type was used throughout western Canada between the late 19th and early 20th ...
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Redvers Airport
Redvers Airport was located northeast of Redvers, Saskatchewan, Redvers, Saskatchewan, Canada. The airport, previously operated by the Rural Municipality of Antler No. 61, was abandoned as of February 16, 2006.
See also
* List of airports ...
References
2021 Municipal Directory (http://www.mds.gov.sk.ca/apps/Pub/MDS/muniDetails.aspx?cat=2&mun=2175)
External links
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Towns in Saskatchewan
Antler No. 61, Saskatchewan
Division No. 1, Saskatchewan