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Rural Municipality Of Blucher No. 343
The Rural Municipality of Blucher No. 343 ( 2016 population: ) is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within Census Division No. 11 and Division No. 5. It is located in the north-central portion of the province on the South Saskatchewan River. History The RM of Blucher No. 343 incorporated as a rural municipality on December 13, 1909. In 1958, the Patience Lake Mine was the first potash mine built in Canada. Geography Numerous water bodies are located in the RM of Blucher No. 343. The larger lakes include Cheviot Lake, Bradwell Reservoir, Crawford Lake, Judith Lake, and Patience Lake. Communities and localities The following urban municipalities are surrounded by the RM. ;Towns * Allan ;Villages * Bradwell * Clavet The following unincorporated communities are located within the RM. ;Special service areas *Elstow (dissolved as a village, December 31, 2014) ; Unincorporated hamlets * Blucher * Cheviot Demographics In the 2021 C ...
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List Of Rural Municipalities In Saskatchewan
A Rural municipality (Canada), rural municipality (RM) is a type of incorporated municipality in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Saskatchewan. A rural municipality is created by the Minister of Municipal Relations by ministerial order via section 49 of ''The Municipalities Act''. Saskatchewan has 296 rural municipalities, which are located in the central and southern portions of the province. They had a cumulative population of  and an average population of in the 2016 Canadian Census, 2016 Census of Population. Saskatchewan's largest and smallest rural municipalities are the Rural Municipality of Corman Park No. 344, RM of Corman Park No. 344 and the Rural Municipality of Glen McPherson No. 46, RM of Glen McPherson No. 46 with populations of 8,568 and 72 respectively. The northern half of the province does not lie within any rural municipality, but is rather administered by the provincial government through the Northern Saskatchewan Adm ...
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Area Codes 306 And 639
Area codes 306, 639, and 474 are telephone area codes in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for the entire Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Area code 306 is one of the original North American area codes assigned in 1947. Area codes 639 and 474 were added to the numbering plan area in creation of an overlay complex for the entire province in 2013 and 2021, respectively. The incumbent local exchange carrier is SaskTel. History When the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) created the first nationwide telephone numbering plan in the second half of the 1940s, the United States and Canada were divided into 86 numbering plan areas. Saskatchewan received area code 306 in 1947. By the mid-2000s, area code 306 came under the threat of central office code exhaustion because of demand for telecommunication services from the proliferation of cell phones and other mobile devices requiring unique telephone numbers, particularly in Regina and Saskatoon. In long-term nationw ...
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Elstow, Saskatchewan
Elstow is a special service area within the Rural Municipality of Blucher No. 343 in Saskatchewan, Canada. It dissolved from village status on December 31, 2014. It was originally incorporated as a village on December 17, 1908. Demographics See also * List of communities in Saskatchewan Communities in the province of Saskatchewan, Canada, include Incorporation (municipal government), incorporated municipalities, Unincorporated area#Canada, unincorporated communities and First Nations in Canada, First Nations communities. Types ... References Special service areas in Saskatchewan Former villages in Saskatchewan Populated places disestablished in 2014 Division No. 15, Saskatchewan {{SKDivision15-geo-stub ...
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Special Service Area
Communities in the province of Saskatchewan, Canada, include Incorporation (municipal government), incorporated municipalities, Unincorporated area#Canada, unincorporated communities and First Nations in Canada, First Nations communities. Types of incorporated municipalities include urban municipalities, List of rural municipalities in Saskatchewan, rural municipalities and northern municipalities. Urban municipalities are further classified into four sub-types – City, cities, towns, villages and resort villages. Northern municipalities, which are located in the Northern Saskatchewan Administration District (NSAD), are further classified into three sub-types – northern towns, northern villages and northern hamlets. Rural municipalities are not classified into sub-types. Types of unincorporated communities include Hamlet (place), hamlets and organized hamlets within rural municipalities and northern settlements within the NSAD. The administration of rural municipalities, tow ...
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Clavet, Saskatchewan
Clavet ( ) (Canada 2016 Census, 2016 population: ) is a village in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Blucher No. 343 and Division No. 11, Saskatchewan, Census Division No. 11. The village is located along an old section of the Yellowhead Highway, about 15 kilometres southeast of the city of Saskatoon. History In 1908, the Village of French was established covering the south half of Section 16 and the southwest quarter of Section 15. J.T. Dawson was overseer and Alfred Rogers and C.H. Goodrich were councillors elected in February 1909. Carl H. Phillips was designated as secretary-treasurer. On March 9, 1909, the name of French was changed to Clavet. The Village of Clavet did not experience successful civic affairs. In October 1909, W.C. Sutherland, Deputy Commissioner, recommended disorganization of the village because two council members had moved away, the secretary-treasurer had resigned, and the ...
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List Of Villages In Saskatchewan
A village is a type of incorporated urban municipality in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. A village is created from an organized hamlet by the Minister of Municipal Affairs by ministerial order via section 51 of ''The Municipalities Act'' if the community has: *been an organized hamlet for three or more years; *a population of 100 or more; *50 or more dwellings or businesses; and *a taxable assessment base that meets a prescribed minimum. Saskatchewan has 250 villages that had a cumulative population of 41,514 and an average population of 166 in the 2016 census. Saskatchewan's largest village is Caronport with a population of 994, while Ernfold, Keeler, Krydor, Valparaiso and Waldron are the province's smallest villages with populations of 15 each. A village council may request the Minister of Municipal Affairs to change its status to a town if the village has a population of 500 or more. List Restructured villages The following is a list of forme ...
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Allan, Saskatchewan
Allan is a town in west central Saskatchewan, Canada, about 65 kilometres south-east of Saskatoon. History Allan was incorporated as a village on June 9, 1910, though the first homesteaders, consisting of nine families travelling together, first started arriving in 1903. It was incorporated as a town in 1965. Those nine families finally settled in what is now the district of Allan in early June 1903 after rejecting several previous land claims with which they were unhappy. Sports and recreation Allan & District Communiplex The town of Allan renamed the hockey rink in the Allan & District Communiplex to the Logan Schatz Memorial Rink in 2019. This was done in remembrance to Logan Schatz, the Humboldt Broncos captain who was from Allan and died in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash. Schatz is remembered as a natural leader, a good skater, and will be forever remembered by Allan and its surrounding communities. The facility was built in 1982 Allan has a senior men's hocke ...
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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 A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ... can be incorporated as a town by the Minister of Municipal Affairs via section 52 of ''The Municipalities Act'' if: *Requested by the council of the resort village or village; and *the resort village or village has a population of 500 or more. Saskatchewan has 146 towns that had a cumulative population of 137,725 and an average population of 943 in the 2011 Census. Saskatchewan's largest and smallest towns are Kindersley and Scott with populations of 4,678 and 75 respectively. A city can be created from a town by the Minister of Municipal Affairs by ministerial order via section 39 of ''The Cit ...
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List Of Municipalities In Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan is the Population of Canada by province and territory, sixth-most populous Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province with 1,132,505 residents as of Canada 2021 Census, 2021 and is the fifth-largest in land area at . In 2021, Saskatchewan's 774 municipality, municipalities covered of the province's land mass and were home to of its population. These 774 municipalities are local government "creatures of provincial jurisdiction" with natural persons power. One of the key purposes of Saskatchewan's municipalities are "to provide services, facilities and other things that, in the opinion of council, are necessary or desirable for all or a part of the municipality". Other purposes are to: "provide good government"; "develop and maintain a safe and viable community"; "foster economic, social and environmental well-being" and "provide wise stewardship of public assets." The Government of Saskatchewan's Ministry of Municipal Relations recognizes three gen ...
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Patience Lake
Patience Lake is a lake in the central part of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The lake is east of Saskatoon in the Rural Municipality of Blucher No. 343. The lake serves as a groundwater discharge region for higher elevations to the east and west. At the south end of the lake, Nutrien operates a solution mine that produces 331,000 tonnes of potash Potash ( ) includes various mined and manufactured salts that contain potassium in water- soluble form.
annually and has an approximately region of the lake sectioned off with an earth dyke that is used to store brine tailings and saturated KCl solution. The potash mine was originally established as an underground mine, but due to flooding in 1988 it was converted to a solution mine.


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Bradwell Reservoir
Bradwell Reservoir is a man-made reservoir in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan in the Rural Municipality of Blucher No. 343. The reservoir was built as part of the South Saskatchewan River Project. That project involved the damming of the South Saskatchewan River with the Gardiner and Qu'Appelle River Dams creating Lake Diefenbaker. From Lake Diefenbaker, a series of aqueducts were built allowing for irrigation and the creation of several reservoirs, including Bradwell Reservoir. The reservoir is owned and operated by the Saskatchewan Water Security Agency. Bradwell Reservoir supplies water to the Nutrien Allan Potash Mine near Allan. Description Bradwell Reservoir was created in 1967 with the construction of two dams — Bradwell West Dam at high and Bradwell East Dam at high. The total water volume at full supply is . Water is supplied via the aqueduct from Lake Diefenbaker, which is about to the south-west. Upstream from Bradwell Reservoir is Bradwell National Wi ...
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Cheviot Lake
Cheviot Lake is a lake in the central part of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan, south-east of Saskatoon. The lake is located in the Rural Municipality of Blucher No. 343. It is a small lake predominantly surrounded by agricultural farm land. See also *List of lakes of Saskatchewan This is a list of lakes of Saskatchewan, a province of Canada. The largest and most notable lakes are listed at the start, followed by an alphabetical listing of other lakes of the province. Larger lake statistics "The total area of a lake ... References Lakes of Saskatchewan Blucher No. 343, Saskatchewan Division No. 11, Saskatchewan {{Canada-lake-stub ...
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