The Rural Municipality of Lake Alma No. 8 ( 2016 population: ) is a rural municipality (RM) in the

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of Saskatchewan within Census Division No. 2 and Division No. 2. Located in the southeast portion of the province, it is adjacent to the United States border, neighbouring Sheridan County in Montana and Divide County in North Dakota.

History

The RM of Lake Alma No. 8 incorporated as a rural municipality on May 5, 1913.

Geography

Communities and localities

The following urban municipalities are surrounded by the RM. ; Villages *

Lake Alma Lake Alma is a special service area within the Rural Municipality of Lake Alma No. 8, Saskatchewan, Canada that held village status prior to August 2018. The community shares its name with the nearby Alma Lake and surrounding rural municipa ...

The following unincorporated communities are within the RM. ;

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s * Beaubier ;Localities *

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Sandoff Lake IBA

Sandoff Lake SK 015 () is an

Important Bird Area An Important Bird and Biodiversity Area (IBA) is an area identified using an internationally agreed set of criteria as being globally important for the conservation of bird populations. IBA was developed and sites are identified by BirdLife Int ...

(IBA) of Canada located in the RM of Lake Alma, about south of the village of Lake Alma. The IBA site encompasses Sandoff Lake and the surrounding shoreline totalling . Sandoff Lake is an endorheic, salt lake with an irregularly shaped shoreline with multiple small islands. The lake has a significant population of

piping plover The piping plover (''Charadrius melodus'') is a small sand-colored, sparrow-sized shorebird that nests and feeds along coastal sand and gravel beaches in North America. The adult has yellow-orange-red legs, a black band across the forehead from e ...

s and, as such, the eastern two-thirds of the north shore is designated as a critical piping plover habitat. This designation protects the lake from development below the high water mark.

Demographics

In the

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conducted by

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, the RM of Lake Alma No. 8 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 Lake Alma No. 8 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 Lake Alma No. 8 is governed by an elected municipal council and an appointed administrator that meets on the second Thursday of every month. The

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of the RM is Rodney Robinson while its administrator is Myrna Lohse. The RM's office is located in Lake Alma.

References

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* Division No. 2, Saskatchewan Important Bird Areas of Saskatchewan