Southey is a town in the

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. It is on

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, approximately 55 km north of Regina, the capital city of the province of Saskatchewan. Southey is named after a famous

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poet,

Robert Southey Robert Southey ( or ; 12 August 1774 – 21 March 1843) was an English poet of the Romantic school, and Poet Laureate from 1813 until his death. Like the other Lake Poets, William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Southey began as a ...

. Additionally, most of the streets of Southey are named after English and Scottish poets.

Demographics

In the

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conducted by Statistics Canada, Southey 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. According to the 2011 census, Southey's median age was 39.9 years (males:37.4 yrs., females:42.0 yrs.) It had the median household income was $71,585.

History

The vast prairie land of the

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was opened for settlement during the latter part of the 1880s and 1890s. Prior to this, the whole area was home to the First Nations people and their culture. Settlement by Europeans and Americans followed the river valleys and then the westward movement of the railway. The first early settlement in the Southey area consisted of ranchers north and south of the present townsite. H.B. Chandler, one of the first settlers, filed on land on the south side of town in 1903. When the railway arrived in the area, he applied for the site to be named “Southey”, after Robert Southey, one of his favourite English poets. From this point on, the town grew and developed with the appearance of the first stores, school, banks, elevators, barber shop, hardware and implement dealers, restaurants, lumber yard, telephone system, sidewalks, fire brigades, and others in the 1905 - 1912 period. This growth allowed Southey to be incorporated in 1907–08. Subsequently, streets were named after other British writers and poets, so it is possible to travel down streets named Keats, Browning, Burns, Byron, Coleridge, Frost, Kipling, Milton, and others. In 1988 Southey celebrated its 80th anniversary and in 2008 the town had a 100th year celebration.

Sports and recreation

Southey has a

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rink, swimming pool, nearby golf courses, and an

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at the Southey Communiplex. The Southey Marlins of the senior men's Highway Hockey League play there, except right now the team is on a hiatus.

Education

The Robert Southey School is a K-12 school incorporating over 100 years of history. In 2006 Southey School celebrated its centenary.

Churches

The people of Southey and District have four main centres for religious congregations: *Southey Baptist Church *Southey Emmanuel Lutheran Church *Southey St James Roman Catholic Church *Southey United Church

Southey Cable

The Southey Cable Company is owned and operated by the Town of Southey under the guidance of the Southey Cable Committee.

Notable people

Donna Kriekle Donna Kriekle (born 1945) is a Canadian artist who lives in Regina, Saskatchewan. Kriekle was born in Southey, Saskatchewan. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Regina in 1969, where she studied with Arthur McKay, Ted ...

, artist

Gallery

File:SoutheyA2.jpg, West side of Southey File:SoutheyB2.jpg, Southey, west of Main Street File:SoutheyC2.jpg, Southey, east of Main Street File:SoutheyNLacLagune2tn9.jpg, The elevators of Southey in 1987 File:SoutheyElevatorsOct92tn9.jpg, Elevators in 1992 File:Southey elevator.jpeg, Silhouette of last remaining elevator

References

External links

* {{coord, 50.945, N, 104.503, W, display=title, type:city_region:CA_source:GNS-enwiki Towns in Saskatchewan Cupar No. 218, Saskatchewan Division No. 6, Saskatchewan