Archerwill
Archerwill | |
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Village | |
Motto: "Where You're A Stranger Only Once" | |
Country | Canada |
Provinces and territories of Canada | Saskatchewan |
Census division | 14 |
Rural Municipalities (R.M.) | Barrier Valley No. 397 |
Founded | 1924 |
Post Office Founded | March 16, 1925 |
Incorporated (Village) | January 1, 1947 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Myrna Christianson |
• Governing body | Archerwill Village Council |
• M.P., Yorkton—Melville | Cathay Wagantall (2015) |
• M.L.A., Kelvington-Wadena | Hugh Nerlien (2016) |
Area | |
• Land | 0.83 km2 (0.32 sq mi) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 200[1] |
• Density | 242.1/km2 (627/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
Postal code | S0E 0B0 |
Area code(s) | 306 / 639 |
Highways | ![]() ![]() |
Railways | Canadian Pacific |
Waterways | Barrier 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
2011 | |
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Population | 200 (+8.1% from 2006) |
Land area | 0.83 km2 (0.32 sq mi) |
Population density | 242.1/km2 (627/sq mi) |
Median age | 45.2 (M: 45.3, F: 45.0) |
Private dwellings | 99 (total) |
Median household income |
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
- Rural Municipality of Barrier Valley No. 397
- List of villages in Saskatchewan
- List of communities in Saskatchewan
References
- ^ a b http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/index.cfm?Lang=E (accessed December 17, 2012).
- ^ National Archives, Archivia Net, Post Offices and Postmasters, retrieved June 27, 2009
- ^ Government of Saskatchewan, MRD Home, Municipal Directory System, archived from the original on January 15, 2016, retrieved 2009-06-27
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suggested) (help) - ^ Commissioner of Canada Elections, Library of Parliament (2008), Riding history for Yorkton—Melville (1966– ), retrieved October 28, 2008
- ^ Pederson 1984, page 3.
- ^ Pederson 1984, page 10; Barry, People Places, page 19.
- ^ Pederson 1984, pages 151–152.
- ^ Pederson 1984, pages 10, 153 and 155.
- ^ a b Pederson 1984, page 11.
- ^ Anderson, Karen (July 4, 2016). "Archerwill News". Wadena News. Vol. 108, no. 26. p. 8.
- ^ "2011 Community Profiles". 2011 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. March 21, 2019. Retrieved December 17, 2012.
- ^ "2006 Community Profiles". 2006 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. August 20, 2019.
- ^ "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian Census. Statistics Canada. July 18, 2021.
- ^ Pederson 1984, pages 14 and 162.
- ^ Pederson 1984, pages 9, 16, and 79–80.
- ^ Pederson 1984, pages 165–166.
- ^ a b Pederson 1984, page 17.
- ^ 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