Marsden is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It gained notoriety shortly after the impact of the Buzzard Coulee meteorite near the village in November 2008.
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Canada census – Marsden, Saskatchewan Community Profile
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234 (-15.2% from 2001)
0.94 km2 (0.36 sq mi)
249.4 /km2 (646 /sq mi)
40.3 (males: 35.5, females: 42.5)
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[edit] Arts and culture
Marsden is also the host of the annual Quad War, a Society for Creative Anachronism event. It is a Renaissance/Middle Ages full costume festival and war. It attracts approximately 500 people, mostly society members from Alberta and Saskatchewan. It is usually held in the first week of August.
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- ^ National Archives, Archivia Net, Post Offices and Postmasters, http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/post-offices/001001-100.01-e.php
- ^ Government of Saskatchewan, MRD Home, Municipal Directory System, http://www.municipal.gov.sk.ca/index.html [dead link]
- ^ Canadian Textiles Institute. (2005), CTI Determine your provincial constituency, http://www.textiles.ca/eng/nonAuthProg/redirect.cfm?path=IssPolContacts§ionID=7601.cfm
- ^ Commissioner of Canada Elections, Chief Electoral Officer of Canada (2005), Elections Canada On-line, http://www.elections.ca/home.asp
- ^ "2006 Community Profiles". Canada 2006 Census. Statistics Canada. 2009-02-24. http://www12.statcan.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/prof/92-591/index.cfm?Lang=E. Retrieved 2009-02-24.
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Coordinates: 52°50′42″N 109°48′29″W / 52.845°N 109.808°W / 52.845; -109.808
Hwy 40
Marsden 
