| Punnichy | |
|---|---|
| Village | |
  Punnichy Location of Punnichy in Saskatchewan  Punnichy Punnichy (Canada) | |
| Coordinates: 51°22′19″N104°17′35″W / 51.372°N 104.293°W Coordinates: 51°22′19″N104°17′35″W / 51.372°N 104.293°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Saskatchewan |
| Region | Saskatchewan |
| Census division | 6 |
| Rural Municipality | Mount Hope |
| Post office | 1909-04-01 |
| Incorporated (Village) | 1909 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Lawrence Beyer |
| • Administrator | Donna Colley |
| • Governing body | Punnichy Village Council |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.68 km2 (0.26 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 610 m (2,000 ft) |
| Population (2011) [1] | |
| • Total | 245 |
| • Density | 363.3/km2 (941/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CST (UTC−6) |
| Postal code | S0A 3C0 |
| Area code(s) | 306 |
| Highways | Highway 15 |
| Railways | Canadian National Railway |
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Punnichy /ˈpʌnɪtʃaɪ/ is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It is approximately seventy-nine miles northeast of Regina. This town is part of the original "Alphabet Line" of the main Canadian National Railway line with Lestock to the east and Quinton to the west (the M, N, O towns have long since been deserted). Punnichy derived its name from panacay, "fledgling bird with few feathers", a Saulteaux joke referring to the appearance of a pioneer merchant.
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town, with a population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Though villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighborhoods. Villages are normally permanent, with fixed dwellings; however, transient villages can occur. Further, the dwellings of a village are fairly close to one another, not scattered broadly over the landscape, as a dispersed settlement.
Saskatchewan is a prairie and boreal province in western Canada, the only province without a natural border. It has an area of 651,900 square kilometres (251,700 sq mi), nearly 10 percent of which is fresh water, composed mostly of rivers, reservoirs, and the province's 100,000 lakes.
Regina is the capital city of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The city is the second-largest in the province, after Saskatoon, and a cultural and commercial centre for southern Saskatchewan. It is governed by Regina City Council. The city is surrounded by the Rural Municipality of Sherwood No. 159.
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Punnichy is located along Highway 15 in the heart of the Touchwood Hills between the villages of Quinton and Lestock. It is surrounded by four First Nation reserves: Muskowekwan, Kawacatoose, Daystar and Gordon. As of the 2011 census, the population of Punnichy was 245. Punnichy was the location of one of the last operating Residential Schools in Canada, Gordon Indian Residential School, which closed in 1996.
Highway 15 is a highway in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It runs from Highway 4, 5 km (3 mi) south of Rosetown, to Highway 16, 4 km (2 mi) southeast of Bredenbury. Highway 15 is about 450 km (280 mi) long. The Outlook Bridge carries Highway 15 across the South Saskatchewan River.
51°25′N104°15′W
In Canada, the First Nations are the predominant indigenous peoples in Canada south of the Arctic Circle. Those in the Arctic area are distinct and known as Inuit. The Métis, another distinct ethnicity, developed after European contact and relations primarily between First Nations people and Europeans. There are 634 recognized First Nations governments or bands spread across Canada, roughly half of which are in the provinces of Ontario and British Columbia.
Punnichy is surrounded by the rural municipality of Mount Hope No. 279 and is part of the provincial constituency Last Mountain-Touchwood and federal constituency Regina—Qu'Appelle.
Last Mountain-Touchwood is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Canada. Located in southern Saskatchewan, this constituency was created by combining the district of Last Mountain with part of the constituency of Touchwood.
Regina—Qu'Appelle is a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1904 to 1968 and since 1988.
The town has one of the largest RCMP detachments in the area.
In 2009, Punnichy celebrated its centennial.
