Kyle is a

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in the Rural Municipality of Lacadena No. 228 in the

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. The town had a population of 423 in the 2006 Census. The village was named for its original settler, Jeremiah Kyle, in 1923. Kyle is north of

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, and is situated along the remains of the historic Swift Current-Battleford Trail, south-west of

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, west of Regina and north of Saskatchewan Landing Provincial Park on Highway 4.

Demographics

In the

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conducted by

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, Kyle 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.

Attractions

The town is well-known locally both for being the site of a 12,000-year-old

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discovery during road construction in 1964 (the bones of which are now on display at the

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in Regina), and being the nearest community to La Reata Ranch, a working

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that doubles as a resort allowing guests to experience a real cowboy lifestyle first-hand. Near the town of Kyle is the Clearwater Lake Regional Park. On the road to it stands one of the last few

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s in

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, which remains a very popular evening attraction for both young and old in the summer months. That drive-in is one of the few remaining in Saskatchewan. The others include the Jubilee Drive-in Theatre in Manitou Beach, the Prairie Dog Drive-in Theatre in Carlyle, the Moonlight Movies Drive-in in Pilot Butte, and the Twilite Drive-in Theater in Wolseley.

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* * {{Coord, 50.831690, -108.037370, region:CA-SK_type:city(500), display=title Lacadena No. 228, Saskatchewan Towns in Saskatchewan

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