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Archerwill

Coordinates: 52°26′23″N 103°51′41″W / 52.43972°N 103.86139°W / 52.43972; -103.86139 (Archerwill, Saskatchewan)
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Archerwill
Village
Motto: 
"Where You're A Stranger Only Once"
CountryCanada
Provinces and territories of CanadaSaskatchewan
Census division14
Rural Municipalities (R.M.)Barrier Valley No. 397
Founded1924
Post Office FoundedMarch 16, 1925
Incorporated (Village)January 1, 1947
Government
 • MayorMyrna Christianson
 • Governing bodyArcherwill Village Council
 • M.P., Yorkton—MelvilleCathay Wagantall (2015)
 • M.L.A., Kelvington-WadenaHugh Nerlien (2016)
Area
 • Land0.83 km2 (0.32 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total200[1]
 • Density242.1/km2 (627/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
Postal code
S0E 0B0
Area code(s)306 / 639
Highways Hwy 35 / Hwy 349
RailwaysCanadian Pacific
WaterwaysBarrier Lake, Barrier River, George Williams Lake, Marean Lake, Carps Lake, Nut Lake
[2][3][4]

Archerwill (population 200[1]) is a village in east-central Saskatchewan, Canada, approximately 55 km (34 mi) north of Wadena, 52 km (32 mi) south of Tisdale and 70 km (43 mi) southeast of Melfort. Since 1981[5] Archerwill has been the administrative centre of the Rural Municipality of Barrier Valley.

History

The community is named, in a syllabic abbreviation, after the secretary-treasurer and two councilors of the executive governing council of the R.M. of Barrier Valley in 1924. They were: Archie Campbell and Ervie Hanson, councilors; and William Pierce, secretary-treasurer.[6]

Archerwill is located on the Wadena-to-Tisdale branch line of the Canadian Pacific Railway. However, the nearly 55-year-old railway station[7] was torn down in the early 1980s; and the nearly 60-year-old Saskatchewan Wheat Pool and UGG elevators[8] were torn down in the 1990s.

The Archerwill Café (probably built in the late 1920s),[9] most recently operating as Diner Thirty Five, burned down in a fire on June 23, 2016. The actions of the Archerwill Volunteer Fire Department, along with the Rose Valley Volunteer Fire Department – who arrived from 17 kilometres (11 mi) away – saved the adjacent Archerwill Hotel and the post office.[10]

Demographics

Canada census – Archerwill community profile
2011
Population200 (+8.1% from 2006)
Land area0.83 km2 (0.32 sq mi)
Population density242.1/km2 (627/sq mi)
Median age45.2 (M: 45.3, F: 45.0)
Private dwellings99 (total) 
Median household income
References: 2011[11] earlier[12][13]

Amenities

Archerwill has a Co-op grocery store, Co-op lumber yard/hardware store, Co-op gas station/convenience store[14] and a Co-op fertilizer plant. Archerwill also has an elementary school,[15] a post office,[9] a credit union,[16] an indoor ice skating rink/curling rink,[17] a community hall,[17] a public library,[18] a volunteer fire department/fire hall, a restaurant, a hotel/bar and a greenhouse/garden centre.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/index.cfm?Lang=E (accessed December 17, 2012).
  2. ^ National Archives, Archivia Net, Post Offices and Postmasters, retrieved June 27, 2009
  3. ^ Government of Saskatchewan, MRD Home, Municipal Directory System, archived from the original on January 15, 2016, retrieved 2009-06-27 {{citation}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ Commissioner of Canada Elections, Library of Parliament (2008), Riding history for Yorkton—Melville (1966– ), retrieved October 28, 2008
  5. ^ Pederson 1984, page 3.
  6. ^ Pederson 1984, page 10; Barry, People Places, page 19.
  7. ^ Pederson 1984, pages 151–152.
  8. ^ Pederson 1984, pages 10, 153 and 155.
  9. ^ a b Pederson 1984, page 11.
  10. ^ Anderson, Karen (July 4, 2016). "Archerwill News". Wadena News. Vol. 108, no. 26. p. 8.
  11. ^ "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. March 21, 2019. Retrieved December 17, 2012.
  12. ^ "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. August 20, 2019.
  13. ^ "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. July 18, 2021.
  14. ^ Pederson 1984, pages 14 and 162.
  15. ^ Pederson 1984, pages 9, 16, and 79–80.
  16. ^ Pederson 1984, pages 165–166.
  17. ^ a b Pederson 1984, page 17.
  18. ^ Archerwill Public Library on X
  • Pederson, Laurette, ed. (1984). The Past to the Present. North Battleford, Saskatchewan: Turner-Warwick Publications Inc.
  • Barry, Bill (1998), People Places : The Dictionary of Saskatchewan Place Names, Regina, Saskatchewan: People Places Publishing Ltd, ISBN 1-894022-19-X

52°26′23″N 103°51′41″W / 52.43972°N 103.86139°W / 52.43972; -103.86139 (Archerwill, Saskatchewan)

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