Assiniboia is a town in the

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. It is about south-southwest of

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beside Highway 2 and Highway 13.

History

The

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's description of the area around Assiniboia is Sec.18, Twp.8, R.29, W2. It was first settled by people of English, French, Romanian, Scottish, and Scandinavian descent. From 30 March 1908 to 23 November 1912, the post office at this location was named Leeville, Saskatchewan. The settlement of Assiniboia originated on 12 October 1912, when the

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put 980 lots up for sale at the townsite as it built a branch line through southern Saskatchewan. The community grew rapidly and on 22 December 1912, it was incorporated as a village. In 1913, the population rose from 400 to 1,400, and the community was incorporated as a town. The town's name comes from the former

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, in which the town is located. During the

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, town officials employed out-of-work men to construct the Assiniboia sewer system. Unfortunately, the town could not afford to operate it until 1948. The RCAF Station Assiniboia World War II airfield, (now operated as the Assiniboia Airport) is located north of Assiniboia. It was used for elementary flight school training during the

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years of 1942-1944.

Assiniboia Regional Park

Assiniboia Regional Park () is a

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that was founded in 1977 and is operated from three locations around the town. There's a 9-hole golf course south of town, Willows Dam east of town, and Centennial Park in town. The Centennial Park location has a campground with 17 campsites and modern showers and washrooms. Some of the other amenities at the park include an outdoor pool, picnic area, playground, potable water, tennis courts, sani-dump, and ball diamonds. About east along Highway 13 is Willows Dam, also known as Willows Reservoir. The reservoir has a boat launch for fishing and commonly caught fish include

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and

perch Perch is a common name for freshwater fish from the genus ''Perca'', which belongs to the family Percidae of the large order Perciformes. The name comes from , meaning the type species of this genus, the European perch (''P. fluviatilis'') ...

. No motorised boats are allowed on the lake. The Assiniboia Regional Park Golf Course is a 9-hole golf course located south of the campground that features grass greens, par 36 with blue tees totalling 2,768 yards and red tees totalling 2,548 yards. There is also a licensed club house with food and a pro shop.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by

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, Assiniboia 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.

Climate

Assiniboia has a

humid continental climate A humid continental climate is a climatic region defined by Russo-German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1900, typified by four distinct seasons and large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers, and cold ...

( Dfb).

Education

* Seventh Avenue School (kindergarten - grade 4) * Assiniboia Elementary School (grades 5 - 8) * Assiniboia Composite High School (grades 9 - 12) * Southeast Regional College - Assiniboia Campus (post-secondary)

References

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* * * {{Authority control Towns in Saskatchewan Division No. 3, Saskatchewan Lake of the Rivers No. 72, Saskatchewan