Orkney, Saskatchewan
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| Orkney, Saskatchewan | |
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| — Hamlet — | |
| Orkney School and ex. Patterson elevator in background. | |
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| Coordinates: 49°08′00″N 107°55′02″W / 49.1333°N 107.9172°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Saskatchewan |
| Region | Saskatchewan |
| Census division | No. 4 |
| Rural Municipality | Val Marie |
| Established | |
| Incorporated (Village) | |
| Restructured (Hamlet) | |
| Government | |
| • Governing body | Val Marie No. 17 |
| • Reeve | |
| • Administrator | |
| • MP | David L. Anderson |
| • MLA | Wayne Elhard |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.93 km2 (0.36 sq mi) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 13 |
| Time zone | CST |
| Postal code | S0N 1V0 |
| Area code(s) | 306 |
| Highways | Highway 18 |
Orkney is a hamlet in Val Marie No. 17, Saskatchewan, Canada. The population was 13 at the 2001 Canada Census.
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[edit] Demographics
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[edit] Education
Frontier and Val Marie each have one school that covers Kindergarten through grade 12 in the Chinook School Division.
[edit] Attractions
- Frontier & District Golf Course, a 9-hole facility located in Frontier, it also features all the hallmarks of Saskatchewan golf.
- Grasslands National Park, one of Canada's newer national parks and is located in southern Saskatchewan along the Montana border.
- Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park, an interprovincial park straddling the southern Alberta-Saskatchewan border, located southeast of Medicine Hat. It is Canada's only interprovincial park.
[edit] Notable people
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[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "2001 Community Profiles". Canada 2001 Census. Statistics Canada. 2007-02-01. http://www12.statcan.ca/english/profil01/CP01/Index.cfm?Lang=E. Retrieved {{{2001_access_date}}}.
[edit] External links
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Robsart Eastend Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park |
Dollard Carmichael |
Shaunavon Admiral |
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| Claydon Frontier |
Climax Bracken Orkney |
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| Canada-U.S. border | Grasslands National Park |
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Coordinates: 49°08′00″N 107°55′02″W / 49.1333333°N 107.91722°W
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