The Rural Municipality of Riverside No. 168 ( 2016 population: ) is a

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(RM) in the

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within Census Division No. 8 and Division No. 3.

History

The RM of Riverside No. 168 incorporated as a rural municipality on January 1, 1913. ;Historical properties There is one historical building located within the RM. *''St. John's Norwegian Lutheran Church'' - (Also called St. John's Lutheran Church and Cemetery) the building was erected in 1919 by Norwegian pioneers to the area. The site is located 15 km south of Cabri

Geography

The north boundary of the RM is one of the arms of

Lake Diefenbaker Lake Diefenbaker is a reservoir and bifurcation lake in Southern Saskatchewan, Canada. It was formed by the construction of Gardiner Dam and the Qu'Appelle River Dam across the South Saskatchewan and Qu'Appelle Rivers respectively. Construc ...

Communities and localities

The following urban municipalities are surrounded by the RM. ;

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 ori ...

* Cabri ;

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 ...

* Success The following unincorporated communities are within the RM. ;Localities * Battrum

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by

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, the RM of Riverside No. 168 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 Riverside No. 168 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 Riverside No. 168 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 Richard Bye while its administrator is Brandi Prentice. The RM's office is located in Pennant.

Cabri Regional Park

Cabri Regional Park () is a

regional park A regional park is an area of land preserved on account of its natural beauty, historic interest, recreational use or other reason, and under the administration of a form of local government. Definition A regional park can be a special park distri ...

on the southern shore of

that was created in 1976. The park has a campground, beach access, a marina, 3-hole disk golf, boat launch, picnic area, and hiking trails. The campground has over 100 sites, potable water, showers / washrooms, camp kitchen, and a sewer dumping station.

Transportation

Saskatchewan Highway 32 Highway 32 is a highway in southwestern Saskatchewan, connecting Leader and Swift Current. It is about long, connecting several rural communities along the route including Abbey, Cabri, Cantaur and Success. History The first travel in this are ...

* Saskatchewan Highway 332 * Saskatchewan Highway 738

References

{{Authority control Riverside No. 168, Saskatchewan

Riverside Riverside may refer to: Places Australia * Riverside, Tasmania, a suburb of Launceston, Tasmania Canada * Riverside (electoral district), in the Yukon * Riverside, Calgary, a neighbourhood in Alberta * Riverside, Manitoba, a former rural m ...