The Rural Municipality of Lumsden No. 189 ( 2016 population: ) is a rural municipality (RM) in the

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of Saskatchewan within Census Division No. 6 and Division No. 2. It is located in the south-east portion of the province.

History

The RM of Lumsden No. 189 incorporated as a rural municipality on December 9, 1912. It is named after Hugh D. Lumsden who was the chief surveyor on the project in 1887 to take the railroad from Regina to

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Geography

Communities and localities

The following

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are surrounded by the RM. ; Towns * Lumsden * Regina Beach ; Villages * Buena Vista *

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; Resort villages *

Lumsden Beach Lumsden Beach ( 2016 population: ) is a resort village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan, Canada, within Census Division No. 6. It is on the shores of Last Mountain Lake in the Rural Municipality of Lumsden No. 189. History Lumsden ...

The following unincorporated communities are within the RM. ; Organized hamlets * Deer Valley

Transportation

* Saskatchewan Highway 6 * Saskatchewan Highway 11 * Saskatchewan Highway 20 *

Saskatchewan Highway 54 Highway 54 is a provincial highway in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It runs from Highway 11, west of Lumsden, to Regina Beach along Last Mountain Lake. Highway 54 is approximately long. References 054 The Type 054 (NATO Codena ...

* Saskatchewan Highway 99 *

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Demographics

In the

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conducted by

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, the RM of Lumsden No. 189 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 Lumsden No. 189 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 Lumsden No. 189 is governed by an elected municipal council and an appointed administrator that meets on the second and fourth Thursday of every month. The

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of the RM is Kent Farago while its administrator is Monica Merkosky. The RM's office is located in Lumsden.

Hidden Valley Wildlife Refuge

Hidden Valley Wildlife Refuge () is a designated provincial wildlife refuge owned and operated by the charitable Nature Regina. The refuge is in the Qu'Appelle Valley on the south side of the Qu'Appelle River near

. It is open to the public and access is from Highway 729. The refuge has multiple walking and hiking paths that traverse the wooded hills and coulees of the Qu'Appelle Valley. Nature Regina originally leased the land in 1945. Nine years later, in 1954, it acquired the land. "The purpose of the Hidden Valley Sanctuary is to preserve and protect wild fauna and flora and the surface itself in a natural form".

References

External links

* {{Authority control Lumsden * Division No. 6, Saskatchewan