The Rural Municipality of Mervin No. 499 ( 2016 population: ) is a

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(RM) in the

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within Census Division No. 17 and Division No. 6.

History

The RM of Mervin No. 499 incorporated as a rural municipality on January 1, 1913. It absorbed the RM of Greenfield No. 529. The RM of Greenfield No. 529 was originally named the RM of Bright Sand No. 529 prior to February 2, 1926.

Geography

Communities and localities

The following urban municipalities are surrounded by the RM. ;

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Turtleford Turtleford is a town in the Rural Municipality of Mervin No. 499, in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Turtleford is located on Highway 26 near the intersection / concurrency with Highway 3 and Highway 303. The nearest cities are North ...

;

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* Mervin ;Resort villages * Kivimaa-Moonlight Bay The following unincorporated communities are within the RM. ;

Organized hamlet In most cases in Saskatchewan, a hamlet is an unincorporated community with at least five occupied dwellings situated on separate lots and at least 10 separate lots, the majority of which are an average size of less than one acre. Saskatchewan ha ...

s * Crystal Bay-Sunset * Evergreen Acres * Evergreen Beach * Horseshoe Bay * Kopp's Kove * Livelong * Mowrey Beach * Parkland Beach * Powm Beach *

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* Sunset View Beach, restructured from resort village status, January 1, 2005 * Turtle Lake South Bay ;Localities * Aspen Cove * Cleeves *

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* Daysville * Diamond Willows * Eastview Beach * Elmhurst * Sandy Point * Stowlea * Thunderchild * Turtle Cove

Demographics

In the

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conducted by

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, the RM of Mervin No. 499 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 Mervin No. 499 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 Mervin No. 499 is governed by an elected municipal council and an appointed administrator that meets on the second and fourth Tuesday of every month. The reeve of the RM is

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while its administrator is L. Ryan Domotor. The RM's office is located in Turtleford.

Attractions

* Turtle Lake * Brightsand Lake ** Brightsand Lake Regional Park

Transportation

Saskatchewan Highway 3 Highway 3 is a major provincial highway in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It runs from the Alberta border, where it continues west as Alberta Highway 45, to the Manitoba border, and then continues east as Highway 77. Highway 3 is abo ...

Saskatchewan Highway 26 Highway 26 is a provincial highway on the western side of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The southern terminus is at the junction with Highway 4 about north of North Battleford. From there, the highway runs generally north-west until ...

* Saskatchewan Highway 303 * Saskatchewan Highway 794 * Saskatchewan Highway 795 * Saskatchewan Highway 796

References

External links

* {{Authority control M * Division No. 17, Saskatchewan