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Carlyle, Saskatchewan

Coordinates: 49°38′N 102°16′W / 49.633°N 102.267°W / 49.633; -102.267
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Carlyle
Town
Carlyle, the Cornerstone of Saskatchewan
Carlyle, the Cornerstone of Saskatchewan
Carlyle is located in Saskatchewan
Carlyle
Carlyle
Carlyle is located in Canada
Carlyle
Carlyle
Coordinates: 49°22′34″N 102°09′36″W / 49.3760°N 102.1600°W / 49.3760; -102.1600
CountryCanada
ProvinceSaskatchewan
Census divisionDivision No. 1
Rural MunicipalityMoose Mountain No. 63, Saskatchewan
Post office founded1883-12-01
Incorporated (Village)1902
Town1905
Government
 • MayorJennifer Sedor
 • CAONatalie Miller
Area
 • Total5.56 km2 (2.15 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)
 • Total1,508
 • Density271.4/km2 (703/sq mi)
Time zoneCST
Postal code
S0C 0R0
Area code306
Highways Highway 9 Highway 13
WaterwaysMorrison Creek
Websitetownofcarlyle.com
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Carlyle (2021 population 1,524) is a town in the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. Carlyle is the largest town servicing the far south-eastern corner of Saskatchewan and as a result, has become the economic and services centre of the region. Estevan and Weyburn are the closest cities and both are a little over 100 kilometres away. Regina, the provincial capital, lies 200 km to the north-west.

Carlyle is located within the RM of Moose Mountain in Census Division No. 1 in Western Canada. Geographically, it is in the Canadian Prairies, which is part of the Great Plains and Prairie Pothole Region of North America. Carlyle was incorporated as a village in 1902, and as a town in 1905. The name Carlyle was chosen by the first postmaster to honour the niece of the Scottish historian and essayist, Thomas Carlyle. His niece and her husband settled in the Arcola district and farmed and raised a family there.

Several other communities in south-east Saskatchewan along the Canadian National Railway were also named after famous British and Canadian poets, garnering the nickname "Poet's Corner". Some of the others include: Wordsworth (William Wordsworth), Browning (Robert Browning), Service (Robert W. Service), Cowper (William Cowper), and Lampman (Archibald Lampman).[4]

History

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In 1870 Canada purchased Rupert's Land from the Hudson's Bay Company and created a vast territory called the North-West Territories. The future site of Carlyle was in this territory. In 1874 the North-West Mounted Police (NWMP), as part of their March West, travelled through the area just south of present-day Carlyle en route to what is now Southern Alberta to deal with the Cypress Hills Massacre. This route taken is known as the Red Coat Trail, which today's Highway 13 through Carlyle approximates.

The original Carlyle townsite was chosen by a Métis man named John G. Turriff at NW 26-07-03 W2 in 1882, which is about 8 kilometres south of present-day Carlyle, along the east bank of Swift Creek, near where it and Morrison Creek meet Moose Mountain Creek. The first post office opened at that location on 1 December 1883. When it looked like the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) was going to build its track north of the townsite, the town moved north to 07-08-02 W2 in 1900, its current location.

The CPR branch line was constructed in 1900 and in operation by 1901. This original branch line went from Souris, Manitoba through Carlyle to Arcola, Saskatchewan. The Canadian National Railway (CNR) laid steel into the townsite on 28 October 1909, and on 7 June 1910, the first passenger train went through town. This rail line was built to bring coal from the coalfields near Bienfait, Saskatchewan and Estevan, Saskatchewan to Brandon, Manitoba and it just happened to go past Carlyle's original location. In 1912, the CNR built a brick roundhouse capable of servicing up to five engines and a bunkhouse to house the engineers while they waited for the engines to be serviced. With diesel locomotives replacing steam engines, the water tower was demolished in 1969. The former CN Carlyle railway station was sold in 1976 and then moved to its current location and now houses the Rusty Relics Museum and tourist Information Centre.

Historical photographs

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  • Downtown Carlyle, July 1980
    Downtown Carlyle, July 1980
  • Downtown Carlyle, July 2021 at dawn. Same view as previous picture, 41 years later.
    Downtown Carlyle, July 2021 at dawn. Same view as previous picture, 41 years later.
  • Carlyle Station and grain elevator, July 1980
    Carlyle Station and grain elevator, July 1980
  • Rusty Relics Museum, Anglican Church. Built 1905, demolished 2019
    Rusty Relics Museum, Anglican Church. Built 1905, demolished 2019

Demographics

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In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Carlyle had a population of 1,524 living in 620 of its 686 total private dwellings, a change of 1.1% from its 2016 population of 1,508. With a land area of 5.41 km2 (2.09 sq mi), it had a population density of 281.7/km2 (729.6/sq mi) in 2021.[5]

Canada census – Carlyle community profile
202120162011
Population1,524 (+1.1% from 2016)1,508 (4.3% from 2011)1,446 (14.6% from 2006)
Land area5.41 km2 (2.09 sq mi)5.56 km2 (2.15 sq mi)3.19 km2 (1.23 sq mi)
Population density281.9/km2 (730/sq mi)271.4/km2 (703/sq mi)451.1/km2 (1,168/sq mi)
Median age36.4 (M: 36.0, F: 36.8)35.1 (M: 35.1, F: 35.2)33.6 (M: 32.3, F: 34.7)
Private dwellings686 (total)  620 (occupied)620 (total)  596 (total) 
Median household income$91,000$118,569
References: 2021[6] 2016[7] 2011[8] earlier[9][10]

Climate

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Climate data for Carlyle
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 8
(46) 		13.3
(55.9) 		22.2
(72.0) 		33.5
(92.3) 		37.2
(99.0) 		40.6
(105.1) 		43.3
(109.9) 		39.5
(103.1) 		36.7
(98.1) 		32.5
(90.5) 		21.1
(70.0) 		17.2
(63.0) 		43.3
(109.9)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) −10.9
(12.4) 		−7.4
(18.7) 		−0.3
(31.5) 		10.1
(50.2) 		18.5
(65.3) 		23
(73) 		25.5
(77.9) 		24.8
(76.6) 		18.1
(64.6) 		10.9
(51.6) 		−0.7
(30.7) 		−8.9
(16.0) 		8.6
(47.5)
Daily mean °C (°F) −16.1
(3.0) 		−12.7
(9.1) 		−5.4
(22.3) 		3.9
(39.0) 		11.6
(52.9) 		16.4
(61.5) 		18.7
(65.7) 		17.8
(64.0) 		11.5
(52.7) 		4.7
(40.5) 		−5.3
(22.5) 		−13.7
(7.3) 		2.6
(36.7)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) −21.3
(−6.3) 		−17.9
(−0.2) 		−10.4
(13.3) 		−2.4
(27.7) 		4.6
(40.3) 		9.7
(49.5) 		11.8
(53.2) 		10.6
(51.1) 		4.9
(40.8) 		−1.5
(29.3) 		−10
(14) 		−18.5
(−1.3) 		−3.4
(25.9)
Record low °C (°F) −45.6
(−50.1) 		−47.2
(−53.0) 		−40
(−40) 		−25
(−13) 		−11.7
(10.9) 		−4.4
(24.1) 		0
(32) 		−4.4
(24.1) 		−15
(5) 		−23.3
(−9.9) 		−33.9
(−29.0) 		−43
(−45) 		−47.2
(−53.0)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 17
(0.7) 		14.2
(0.56) 		25.5
(1.00) 		26.7
(1.05) 		47.4
(1.87) 		75.6
(2.98) 		64.4
(2.54) 		58.6
(2.31) 		48.1
(1.89) 		20.8
(0.82) 		16.1
(0.63) 		18
(0.7) 		432.4
(17.02)
Source: Environment Canada[11]

Industry and businesses

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Downtown Carlyle, with Carlyle Civic Centre on the right
Carlyle Memorial Hall

The three most prominent industries in the Carlyle area are agriculture, the oil and gas sector, and tourism. Tourism sees its biggest impact to local businesses that cater to tourists who come to south-eastern Saskatchewan to visit nearby attractions, such as Moose Mountain Provincial Park.[12]

Being the largest town in the area, Carlyle has a wide variety of businesses that not only cater to local residents and tourists, but to people from neighbouring communities as well.[13] Businesses such as hotels, grocery stores, banks, a Credit Union, gas stations, several restaurants, including fast food chains, a department store, building supply outlets, and several mom-and-pop specialty shops provide an ample variety of services. There are also two car dealerships, an RV dealership, a pleasure craft dealership, and other businesses that deal in ATVs and snowmobiles.[14] Every September Carlyle hosts the annual Home Spun Craft Show that features over 70 venders from all over Canada. The show is held in the Carlyle Sports Arena and over 4,000 people attend.[15]

Agriculture is what initially brought settlers to Carlyle in the late 1800s and it continues to play an important role in the local economy. While Carlyle's grain elevator is long gone, a vibrant trucking industry, farm equipment sales and repair, and other agriculture related businesses continue to thrive.

Compared to the other two main industries, oil and gas is the newest. Oil was first discovered in south-eastern Saskatchewan in 1953 near Midale.[16] The oil industry was slow to develop but with advances in Bakken oil extraction techniques in the 1990s, the industry started to take off. And by the 2000s, the industry was booming.[17] Pump jacks, oil batteries, and pipeline terminals are found all around the Carlyle area. Oil companies have set up offices in Carlyle and companies that service the oil industry, such as drilling rigs, service rigs, transport, oil waste disposal and cleanup, and petro-chemicals, have come to dominate the local economy.

Transportation

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Carlyle sits at the cross-roads of Saskatchewan highways 9 and 13. Of the two original railway lines that went through Carlyle, only one, the CNR line, remains and it carries freight, such as oil and grain. The last passenger train to depart from Carlyle was on 25 August 1959.[18] The other line, CPR, issued notices of discontinuance for the section going from Carlyle to Arcola on 24 March 2000 and from Redvers to Carlyle on 20 July 2004.[19]

There is no public transportation to or from town, with the exception of a shuttle that goes to the Bear Claw Casino. Locally, the town operates a Handi-Transit van for the elderly and disabled.[20]

The Carlyle Airport is owned and operated by the town. The Carlyle Flying Club sells 100LL and Jet A.[21]

Services

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On main street in the Carlyle Civic Centre, there's the Carlyle Provincial Court-Circuit Point[22] that takes care of many court related needs, such as traffic tickets. The Carlyle Detachment of the RCMP is located on Railway Avenue W and, like the Provincial Court, is responsible for a large catchment around Carlyle.[23] Carlyle does not have a hospital, but does have a Primary Health Clinic and ambulance service;[24] the nearest hospital is about 17 kilometres away in Arcola.[25] The volunteer fire department, located on the west side of town, is responsible for fire management in town and the surrounding RM of Moose Mountain. Construction of the current fire hall was completed in 2020 and the official opening ceremony was on 7 December 2020.[26]

Other services include a post office,[27] the Carlyle Observer, which is a weekly print and online newspaper, the Carlyle Public Library, which is a branch of the Southeast Regional Library.[28] and five churches.[29]

Parks and recreation

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Carlyle Golf Clubhouse
Carlyle curling rink
The year-round Dickens Festival display in West Park
The Gazebo in West Park
Carlyle Cenotaph. The flags are half-mast because of the unmarked graves found at Indian Residential Schools

Twenty-four kilometres north of Carlyle on Highway 9, in the heart of Moose Mountain Uplands, is Moose Mountain Provincial Park, the most significant tourist attraction in the region. The park features Kenosee Lake, Kenosee Superslides, golfing, mini-golf, the Moose Mountain Chalet, camping, hiking, fishing, and many more activities. About 30 kilometres to the north-east is Cannington Manor Provincial Park, which is a IUCN protected area category III and on the Canadian Register of Historic Places.[30]

The Bear Claw Casino & Hotel is also located north of Carlyle on highway 9. It is on the White Bear First Nation.

In town, there's a 9-hole golf course,[31] Carlyle Sports Arena (CSA), an outdoor swimming pool,[32] curling with four sheets of ice,[33] a motocross track, and a playground. Lions Park in Carlyle has a soccer pitch, six ball diamonds, the aforementioned swimming pool, camping, and walking paths. Centennial Park was established in 2005 to recognise Carlyle's 100-year anniversary. There's a gazebo, time capsule, and a children's splash park, which was added in the spring of 2021. West Park, on the west side of town along Morrison Creek, has a picnic area, gazebo, and, added in 2020, an off-leash dog park.[34] Carlyle was featured on Global Regina's 'Focus Saskatchewan' on 12 January 2014.

The Prairie Dog Drive-in Theatre, one of five left in Saskatchewan,[35] is located about three kilometres north of town along Highway 9. The drive-in theatre originally opened at that site in 1981 and has gone through several name changes since. The only other big screen in town is a one-screen theatre on the second floor of the Carlyle Memorial Hall in downtown. Unlike the Prairie Dog Theatre, it does not have regular showings and is only open for special events. The other four drive-in theatres include the Jubilee Drive-In Theatre in Manitou Beach, the Clearwater Drive-In in Kyle, the Moonlight Movies Drive-in in Pilot Butte, and the Twilite Drive-In Theater in Wolseley.[36]

Dickens Village Festival

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On the first weekend of December each year since 2002, the town holds a Dickens Village Festival, which features a Christmas parade, horse carriage rides, and many of the businesses and people put on a Charles Dickens-19th century theme. It is the only annual Dickens Village Festival in Canada.[37] The Cornerstone Theatre group runs at least two shows a year. The one on the first weekend in December is in co-ordination with the Dickens Village Festival. The theatre shows are sold out every year.[38]

Carlyle Fun Dayz

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Carlyle Fun Dayz is an annual summer event put on by the town.[39] The event features a Lion’s Pancake Breakfast, live shows with music and street dancing, beer gardens, food venders, a kids zone that includes a petting zoo, a parade, and a farmer's market.[40]

Organised sports

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Carlyle Sports Arena (CSA), the local ice rink

Carlyle has a variety of organised sports that make use of its facilities.[41]

The Carlyle Cardinals of the men's senior Saskota Baseball League[42] call the baseball diamonds at Lions Park home. There is also a Carlyle Minor Ball for youth programme there. Another youth programme, Moose Mountain Soccer,[43] plays at the soccer pitch at Lions Park.

In the Carlyle Sports Arena, the Cougars of the Big 6 Hockey League play senior men's ice hockey.[44] The Cougars have won the championship Lincoln Trophy nine times since the league's inception in 1960; the last time was in 2001. For youth, there is a CanSkate[45] programme through Carlyle Skating Club, minor hockey, and female midget hockey. There is also a figure skating club.

Education

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Carlyle has two public schools, an elementary school and a high school, and they are in the South East Cornerstone Public School Division. Carlyle Elementary School (CES) has children from pre-kindergarten to grade 6. The school's mission statement is "To enable every student to be the best that they can be."[46] The high school, Gordon F. Kells, has grades from 7 to 12. Its moto is "Respect, Responsibility, and Integrity."[47]

Notable people

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ National Archives, Archivia Net. "Post Offices and Postmasters". Retrieved 26 April 2014.
  2. ^ Government of Saskatchewan, MRD Home. "Municipal Directory System". Archived from the original on 15 January 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
  3. ^ Commissioner of Canada Elections, Chief Electoral Officer of Canada (2005). "Elections Canada On-line". Archived from the original on 21 April 2007. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
  4. ^ ""A Poetic Past": The quest | Globalnews.ca".
  5. ^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Saskatchewan". Statistics Canada. 9 February 2022. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
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  10. ^ "2001 Community Profiles". 2001 Canadian census. Statistics Canada. 18 July 2021.
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  14. ^ "Business Directory".
  15. ^ "Homespun Craft Show".
  16. ^ "Chronological History".
  17. ^ "The boom and bust of Sask. Oil".
  18. ^ "Welcome to the Rusty Relics Museum". Rusty Relics Museum. Rusty Relics Museum. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
  19. ^ "Notices of rail line discontinuance". 14 February 2013.
  20. ^ "Handi-Transit van".
  21. ^ Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.
  22. ^ "Saskatchewan Law Courts - Court Locations and Sitting Times". sasklawcourts.ca. Archived from the original on 10 March 2013.
  23. ^ "Carlyle detachment - Saskatchewan". 14 July 2015.
  24. ^ "Supreme Ambulance Care Ltd - Carlyle, SK".
  25. ^ "Hospital – Town of Arcola".
  26. ^ "Fire-dept- | Carlyle | Rural Municipality of Moose Mountain No. 63".
  27. ^ "Canada Post - Find a Post Office - Results Detail".
  28. ^ "Carlyle Public Library Branch | Southeast Regional Library".
  29. ^ "Places of Worship". Town of Carlyle. Town of Carlyle. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  30. ^ "HistoricPlaces.ca - HistoricPlaces.ca".
  31. ^ "Carlyle Golf & Country Club, Carlyle, SK".
  32. ^ "Recreation & Culture Facilities".
  33. ^ "Carlyle Curling Club". Carlyle Curling Club. Town of Carlyle. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  34. ^ "Parks and Playgrounds".
  35. ^ "Drive-in Theaters of Saskatchewan, Canada".
  36. ^ "Drive-in Theaters of Saskatchewan, Canada".
  37. ^ "Redirects - Tourism Saskatchewan". SaskTourism.com. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  38. ^ "Cornerstone". CornerstoneTheatre.ca. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  39. ^ "Carlyle Fun Dayz". Carlyle Fun Dayz. Carlyle Fun Dayz committee. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  40. ^ "Carlyle Fun Dayz".
  41. ^ "Recreation & Culture Facilities".
  42. ^ "Saskota Baseball League - Home".
  43. ^ "Moose Mountain Soccer". Moose Mountain Soccer. Moose Mountain Soccer. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  44. ^ "Big 6". Bix Six Hockey. Big Six Hockey League. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  45. ^ "Canskate – Skate Canada".
  46. ^ "Carlyle Elementary School - Carlyle Elementary School". www.secpsd.ca. Archived from the original on 29 September 2017.
  47. ^ "Gordon F. Kells High School - Gordon F. Kells High School". www.secpsd.ca. Archived from the original on 11 September 2017.
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