The Rural Municipality of Barrier Valley No. 397 ( 2021 population: ) is a

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(RM) in the

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within Census Division No. 14 and Division No. 4. It is located in the east-central portion of the province.

History

The RM of Barrier Valley No. 397 incorporated as a rural municipality on October 29, 1917. In 1924, the RM named a new

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Archerwill Archerwill ( 2021 population: ) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Barrier Valley No. 397 and Census Division No. 14. The village is approximately north of Wadena, south of Tisdale and ...

" using a

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s Archie Campbell and Ervie Hanson, and

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William Pierce.

Geography

Communities and localities

The following urban municipalities are surrounded by the RM. ;

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The following unincorporated communities are within the RM. ;Localities * Algrove * Dahlton * Lightwoods * McKague * Wallwort

Demographics

In the

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conducted by

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, the RM of Barrier Valley No. 397 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 Barrier Valley No. 397 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 Barrier Valley No. 397 is governed by an elected municipal council and an appointed administrator that meets on the second Thursday of every month. The reeve of the RM is Wayne Black while its administrator is Glenda Smith. The RM's office is located in Archerwill. Until 1981, the RM's office was located in McKague.Pederson, Laurette, ed. (1984). ''The Past to the Present''.

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, Saskatchewan: Turner-Warwick Publications Inc., page 3.

Transportation

;Rail * Wadena-to- Tisdale

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;Roads *

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—serves Archerwill, McKague, Wallwort * Highway 349—serves Archerwill, Dahlton * Highway 652—serves Archerwill * Highway 773—serves McKague

References

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