Endeavour (
2016 population: ) is a village in the
Canadian province
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of
Saskatchewan
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within the
Rural Municipality of Preeceville No. 334 and
Census Division No. 9. It is on the west bank of the
Lilian River. The Endeavour railway station receives
Via Rail
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service, as well the village can be accessed via
Highway 9.
History
Endeavour incorporated as a village on April 29, 1953.
The community, originally named Annette, was renamed Endeavour after the first attempted commercial passenger flight across the Atlantic in 1930.
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population conducted by
Statistics Canada
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, Endeavour 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 Village of Endeavour 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.
In pop-culture
A feature on
Mars
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was named for the village: the crater
Endeavour,
which the rover ''
Opportunity
Opportunity may refer to:
Places
* Opportunity, Montana, an unincorporated community, United States
* Opportunity, Nebraska, an unincorporated community, United States
* Opportunity, Washington, a former census-designated place, United States
* ...
'' has been investigating since 2011.
Johnny Cash makes reference to Endeavour in his song 'The Girl in Saskatoon': "I left a little town a little south of Hudson Bay."
See also
*
List of communities in Saskatchewan
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Types ...
*
List of villages in Saskatchewan
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References
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Villages in Saskatchewan
Preeceville No. 334, Saskatchewan
Division No. 9, Saskatchewan