Moose Mountain No. 63 | |
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Rural Municipality of Moose Mountain No. 63 | |
Coordinates: 49°36′40″N102°08′35″W / 49.611°N 102.143°W [1] | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Saskatchewan |
Census division | 1 |
SARM division | 1 |
Federal riding | Souris—Moose Mountain |
Provincial riding | Cannington |
Formed [2] | December 11, 1911 |
Government | |
• Reeve | Kelly Brimner |
• Governing body | RM of Moose Mountain No. 63 Council |
• Administrator | Christie Hislop |
• Office location | Carlyle |
Area (2016) [4] | |
• Land | 738.38 km2 (285.09 sq mi) |
Population (2016) [4] | |
• Total | 492 |
• Density | 0.7/km2 (2/sq mi) |
Time zone | CST |
• Summer (DST) | CST |
Postal code | S0C 0R0 |
Area code(s) | 306 and 639 |
Website | Official website |
The Rural Municipality of Moose Mountain No. 63 (2016 population: 492) is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within Census Division No. 1 and SARM Division No. 1. It is located in the south-east portion of the province.
The RM of Moose Mountain No. 63 incorporated as a rural municipality on December 11, 1911. [2] It derived its name from the large number of moose that inhabit the Moose Mountain Uplands in the north-west corner of the RM.
The Church of All Saints, built in 1885, and the Humphrys/Hewlett House, built in 1888, are historical properties located in Cannington Manor Provincial Park. [5] The park is in the north-east corner of the RM and is a IUCN protected area category III and on the Canadian Register of Historic Places.
The following urban municipalities are surrounded by the RM.
The following unincorporated communities are within the RM.
Cowper, Service, and Wordsworth are all named after famous British and Canadian poets. They are all found along the CN Railway and are part of "Poet's Corner", along with several other communities along that railway line in south-east Saskatchewan. [8]
There are two provincial parks within the RM of Moose Mountain. Near the north-east corner is Cannington Manor Provincial Park and along the north part of the RM in the Moose Mountain Upland is Moose Mountain Provincial Park.
Near the north-west corner of the RM on the eastern shore of Kippan Lake, [9] along the border of Moose Mountain Provincial Park, is Saskairie (49°42'24.0"N 102°23'06.1"W). Saskairie is a Nature Conservancy of Canada property that was established in 1974 by Prairie Lore and Living Society on three-quarters of a section of woodland wilderness. Prairie Lore and Living Society was formed in 1972 as a non-profit organisation. The three founding members were Jack MacKenzie, Don Stewart, and Nora Stewart.
"A place like Saskairie with its wilderness aspects of beauty, solitude and peace can only become more and more valuable in our fast-paced technological society," Jack MacKenzie [10]
The park was originally created to provide a year-round outdoor and environmental educational facility for students. In 1977, a cabin was built that could accommodate 32 people.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the RM of Moose Mountain No. 63 had a population of 489 living in 198 of its 224 total private dwellings, a change of -0.6% from its 2016 population of 492. With a land area of 718.23 km2 (277.31 sq mi), it had a population density of 0.7/km2 (1.8/sq mi) in 2021. [13]
In the 2016 Census of Population, the RM of Moose Mountain No. 63 recorded a population of 492 living in 189 of its 218 total private dwellings, a 3.6% change from its 2011 population of 475. With a land area of 738.38 km2 (285.09 sq mi), it had a population density of 0.7/km2 (1.7/sq mi) in 2016. [4]
The RM of Moose Mountain No. 63 is governed by an elected municipal council and an appointed administrator that meets on the second Wednesday of every month. [3] The reeve of the RM is Kelly Brimner while its Administrator is Christie Hislop. [3] The RM's office is located in Carlyle. [3]
Cannington is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Canada. Located in the extreme southeast corner of the province, this constituency was redrawn to include the former district of Souris for the 18th Saskatchewan general election in 1975.
Division No. 1 is one of eighteen census divisions in the province of Saskatchewan, Canada, as defined by Statistics Canada. It is located in the southeast corner of the province, bordering Manitoba and North Dakota. The most populous community in this division is Estevan.
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Carlyle 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.
Lampman is a small town of around 735 people located in the south-east part of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan, roughly 30 miles north-east of Estevan.
Cannington Manor Provincial Park is an historic park in the RM of Moose Mountain in the south-east corner of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. An aristocratic English colony was established at the site in 1882 by Captain Edward Michell Pierce. It became a provincial park in 1986. Cannington Manor is located west and north of Highway 603. The Colony is 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) south-east of Moose Mountain Provincial Park, and 60 kilometres (37 mi) south of Moosomin.
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Wordsworth, originally named Curt Hill, is an unincorporated locality in Moose Mountain Rural Municipality No. 63, Saskatchewan, Canada. It is named after the English poet, William Wordsworth and is part of "Poet's Corner" along the CN Railway line in south-east Saskatchewan. Other poetic towns include, Carlyle, Browning, Service, Cowper, and Lampman.
Moose Mountain Upland, Moose Mountain Uplands, or commonly Moose Mountain, is a hilly plateau located in the south-east corner of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan, that covers an area of about 13,000 km2 (5,000 sq mi). The upland rises about 200 m (660 ft) above the broad, flat prairie which is about 600 m (2,000 ft) above sea level. The highest peak is "Moose Mountain" at 830 m (2,720 ft) above sea level. The area was named Moose Mountain because of the large number of moose that lived in the area. When it was originally used by fur traders, Métis, and the Indigenous peoples, the plateau was called Montagne a la Bosse, which is French for "The Mountain of The Bump or Knob."
Moose Mountain Creek is a river in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Its source is the Chapleau Lakes near Montmartre and it is a tributary of the Souris River, which, in turn, is a tributary of the Assiniboine River. The whole system is part of the Red River watershed, which is part of the Hudson Bay drainage basin and in a region called the Prairie Pothole Region of North America, which extends throughout three Canadian provinces and five U.S. states. It is also within Palliser's Triangle and the Great Plains ecoregion.