Broadview is a community in Saskatchewan along the #1 highway, the Trans Canada Highway, east of Regina. The local economy is based mainly on agriculture. It is also the administrative headquarters of the

Rural Municipality of Elcapo No. 154 The Rural Municipality of Elcapo No. 154 ( 2016 population: ) is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within Census Division No. 5 and Division No. 1. It is located in the southeast portion of the province. ...

History

The

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(NWMP) set up a divisional post in Broadview in 1885. Sergeant Bill, a goat from Broadview served as the mascot for the

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, during

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. The goat received a decoration, and after its passing resides now in the Broadview Museum. The

Broadview railway station Broadview station is a former railway station in Broadview, Saskatchewan, Canada. The building was constructed by Canadian Pacific Railway in 1913. The one story, brick railway station is of a Romanesque Revival style. It was built along the CP ...

was designated a historic railway station in 1992.

Geography

Broadview is located in the Indian Head Plain of the Aspen Parkland ecoregion. The physiographic region is the Qu'Appelle plains in the Saskatchewan Plains physiographic region. Broadview is within the topographical area of Weed Hills. The bedrock geology belongs to that of the Mannville Group, a

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unit of

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age in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin formed during the lower

period. The area is characterised by lush rolling grasslands, interspersed with poplar bluffs (in prairie Canadian terminology poplar groves surrounding sloughs) and open sloughs. The Cowessess, Kahkewistahaw, Ochapowace

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are within of Broadview. Highway 201 provides access to Bird's Point Resort (Saskatchewan) located at

Round Lake (Saskatchewan) Round Lake is the last part of a chain of eutrophic prairie lakes connected by the Qu'Appelle River in Saskatchewan, formed by glaciation, 10,000 years ago. The lake harbours recreational activities including camping, boating, and fishing. C ...

in the Qu'Appelle Valley.

Climate

Broadview 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 freez ...

, with extreme seasonal temperatures. It has hot summers and cold winters, with the average daily temperatures ranging from in January to in July. Annually, temperatures exceed on an average in late July Typically, summer lasts from late June until late August, and the humidity is seldom uncomfortably high. Winter lasts from November to March, and varies greatly in length and severity. Spring and autumn are both short and highly variable. On February 1, 1996, a record windchill of was recorded around 11:00 in the morning. Creating the windchill were northwesterly winds blowing at combined with a temperature of . The highest temperature ever recorded in Broadview was on 21 June 1910 and 5 July 1937. The coldest temperature ever recorded was on 20 January 1943.

Demographics

In the

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conducted by Statistics Canada, Broadview 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.

Government

The town of Broadview has a

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as the highest ranking government official. The town also elects

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s to form the municipal council. Currently the mayor is Sidney Criddle, and is serving with councillors Lori Stephan, Esther Bonk, Brent Bagshaw, Terry Fitzgerald, Tracy Strachan. The town administrator is Mervin Schmidt. Provincially, Broadview is within the constituency of Moosomin served by their

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Steven Bonk Steven Bonk is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan in the 2016 provincial election. Federally the Souris--Moose Mountain riding is represented by their

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, Robert Kitchen.

Economy

The Mainline Regional Economic Development Authority provides assistance and business advice for Broadview and the rural municipality of Elcapo NO. 154. Highway 201 provides access to the Qu'Appelle Valley, north, which contains

Crooked Lake Provincial Park Crooked Lake Provincial Park is a recreational provincial park in the south-east region of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It is located along the north-eastern shore of Crooked Lake in the Qu'Appelle Valley in the RM of Grayson No. 1 ...

at Crooked Lake and

Bird's Point Resort Bird's Point ( 2016 population: ) is a resort village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within Census Division No. 5. It is on the shores of Round Lake in the Rural Municipality of Fertile Belt No. 183. It is in the eastern portion of ...

at Round Lake.

Infrastructure

Transportation

Broadview is located on the #1 highway, the Trans Canada Highway, east of the provincial capital city of Regina at the junction with Highway 201 north and Highway 605 south. Broadview was the western terminus of the

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in 1882, and later went on to become a major divisional point for the CPR. Broadview was located on the CPR West line between Regina (Indian Head subdivision) and

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(Broadview subdivision). The line ran through Wolseley, Summerberry, Grenfell, Oakshela, Broadview, it continued east through

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, Whitewood and Burrows. At Broadview in 1925, the time zone changed from Central Standard Time to Mountain Standard Time. The Canadian Pacific Railway station building was declared a historic railway station in 1992 The original grade which the 1882 rail was built upon was abandoned in favour of a better grade, and an historical marker commemorates the old rail track.

Department of Transportation aerodrome

The Broadview aerodrome was located approximately three miles south of the town. In approximately 1942 the aerodrome was listed at with a Var. 16 degrees E and elevation of 2030'. The aerodrome was listed as a Turf, all way field with three runways were listed as follows: A review of Google Maps on 11 June 2018 shows a large cleared area around the coordinates referenced. There is no other visible trace of the airfield.

Education

Currently Broadview school serves an enrolled population of about 150 students between Kindergarten to Grade 12 is a part of Prairie Valley School Division No. 208. Broadview school division office is located in Broadview. Broadview School #5 was established 1885, followed by Meadow Lea #55, Forest Farm #90, Spring Lake #153, Spring Lake #153, Clifton #278, Highland #437, River Ayr 534, Northwood #2988, Elcapo #3013, Kingsley #3916, Weed Creek #4352, Logwood #4924. Historically Cowesses Day School was situated near Broadview. The Highland One Room Schoolhouse is preserved in the Broadview museum.

Points of interest

The Broadview Recreation Site is located from town. Broadview Historical Museum opened July 15, 1972. Celebration Park comes equipped with baseball diamonds, tennis courts, rodeo ground, horseshoe pits, and a children's playground. Broadview also features a natural ice-skating and hockey rink, Broadview Curling Club and the nine-hole Broadview Golf Club.

Museum

The Broadview Historical Museum, which opened on July 15, 1972, features the Highland One Room Schoolhouse a reconstructed sod house, the Delorme family's one-room log cabin, extensive indoor and outdoor installations of numerous Cree and settler archives, artifacts and war memorabilia, including Sergeant Bill, "Saskatchewan's most famous goat". Archival photos and documents include agricultural, military, settler, and Cree history and heritage including genealogical resources.

Notable person

John Hall Archer was born 1914 near Broadview, becoming the first president of the

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and provincial archivist. The

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and the

Saskatchewan Order of Merit The Saskatchewan Order of Merit (french: Ordre du Mérite de la Saskatchewan) is a civilian honour for merit in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Instituted in 1985 by Lieutenant Governor Frederick Johnson, on the advice of the Cabinet und ...

have been conferred upon him, and the U of R library is named in his honour. Roy Sydney Baker-Falkner lived with his parents in Broadview from when was about 2 years old, and where his father was Secretart to the Great War Veterans Association. The family subsequently settled in British Columbia in the mid 1920s and Roy went on to be one of the top Second World War Naval Aviators from Canada and UK., and one of the few Canadians who took part in the

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Location

References

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