Bellegarde, Saskatchewan
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Bellegarde is a hamlet
Hamlet
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in the rural municipality
Rural municipality
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of Storthoaks No. 31
Storthoaks No. 31, Saskatchewan
The Rural Municipality of Storthoaks No. 31, Saskatchewan was originally called Storkoaks and is now named Storthoaks as of March 15, 1912. The original founding date of Storthoaks was December 11, 1911 -Population:...
, in the Canadian
Canada
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province
Province
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of Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan
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. Bellegarde is located just south of Highway 13 or Red Coat Trail
Saskatchewan Highway 13
Highway 13 is a highway in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It runs from the Alberta border until it transitions into Highway 2 at the Manitoba border near Antler. Highway 13 is about 676 km long.Highway 13 passes through Shaunavon, Assiniboia, Weyburn, Redvers and Carlyle...
near the Manitoba
Manitoba
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border and in south eastern Saskatchewan. Cannington Manor Provincial Historic park as well as Moose Mountain Provincial park are both near Bellegarde. This hamlet was just south of the Canadian Pacific Railway
Canadian Pacific Railway
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. Being a hamlet of less than 100 people, the population is counted within the population count of the rural municipality.
Notable natives
- Liza Gareau Tosh Actress
Area statistics
- Lat (DMS) 49° 31' 52" N
- Long (DMS) 101° 32' 52" W
- Dominion Land Survey 36-6-31W
Time zone (est) UTC-6
Location
49°31′52"N 101°32′52"W
External links
- Bellegarde, Saskatchewan homepage
- Saskatchewan City & Town Maps
- Canadian Maps: January 1925 Waghorn's Guide. Post Offices in Man. Sask. Alta. and West Ontario.
- Saskatchewan City & Town Maps
- Saskatchewan Gen Web - One Room School Project
- Post Offices and Postmasters - ArchiviaNet - Library and Archives Canada
- Saskatchewan Gen Web Region
- Saskatchewan, Canada, Rand McNally 1924 Indexed Pocket Map Tourists' and Shippers' Guide
- GeoNames Query
- 2006 Community Profiles