The Rural Municipality of Gravelbourg No. 104 ( 2016 population: ) is a

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(RM) in the

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within Census Division No. 3 and Division No. 2. It is located in the southwest portion of the province.

History

The RM of Gravelbourg No. 104 incorporated as a rural municipality on December 9, 1912. Its preceding local improvement district was established in 1908.

Geography

Wood River and Notukeu Creek are two natural features in the RM. The lake resort of Gaumond Bay is on Thomson Lake near Thomson Lake Regional Park.

Communities and localities

The following urban municipalities are surrounded by the RM. ;

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Gravelbourg Gravelbourg () is a small multicultural town in south-central Saskatchewan, Canada. It is located just west of the Wood River at the junction of provincial Highway 43 and Highway 58, approximately 125 kilometres from Moose Jaw, Swift Curre ...

The following unincorporated communities are within the RM. ;Localities * Bateman *

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Historic sites

There are there are seven Saskatchewan historical sites on the

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in the RM. * St. Elizabeth Mission * Bateman United Church * Baker Homestead Site * Eason's Grove Site * Wamsley Bridge Site * Trapper's Cabin Site * Cripple Creek Crossing Site

Demographics

In the

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conducted by

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, the RM of Gravelbourg No. 104 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 Gravelbourg No. 104 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 Gravelbourg No. 104 is governed by an elected municipal council and an appointed administrator that meets on the second Wednesday of every month. The reeve of the RM is Guy Lorrain while its administrator is Patricia Verville. The RM's office is located in Gravelbourg.

References

{{Authority control G Gravelbourg No. 104, Saskatchewan Division No. 3, Saskatchewan