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Floral, Saskatchewan is a small unincorporated village located in the southeast city limits of Saskatoon

Saskatoon

Saskatoon is a city in central Saskatchewan, Canada, on the South Saskatchewan River. Residents of the city of Saskatoon are called Saskatonians. The city is surrounded by the Rural Municipality of Corman Park No. 344....

, just east of Highway 16

Saskatchewan Highway 16

Highway 16 is a provincial paved highway in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It is the Saskatchewan section of the Yellowhead Highway, and also the Trans-Canada Highway Yellowhead section. The main purpose of this highway is to connect Saskatchewan with Canadian cities such as Edmonton and...

off the Floral Road exit in the province

Province

A province is a territorial unit, almost always an administrative division, within a country or state.-Etymology:The English word "province" is attested since about 1330 and derives from the 13th-century Old French "province," which itself comes from the Latin word "provincia," which referred to...

of Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

. Floral is part of rural municipality

Rural municipality

A rural municipality, often abbreviated RM, is a form of municipality in the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Saskatchewan, perhaps best comparable to counties or townships in the western United States...

Corman Park No. 344, Saskatchewan

The area's German Canadian population is much higher proportionately than the national or provincial averages: 43.4% .-Government of the RM:...

. The post office at Floral operated from June 1, 1905, to October 31, 1923.

Floral is famous for two things: a grain elevator

Grain elevator

A grain elevator is a tower containing a bucket elevator, which scoops up, elevates, and then uses gravity to deposit grain in a silo or other storage facility...

, built in 1927, that stands to this day, but mostly as the birthplace of one of the greatest hockey players of all time—Gordie "Mr. Hockey" Howe

Gordie Howe

Gordon "Gordie" Howe, OC is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey player who played for the Detroit Red Wings and Hartford Whalers of the National Hockey League , and the Houston Aeros and New England Whalers in the World Hockey Association . Howe is often referred to as Mr...

. Howe was born March 31, 1928, in Floral and attended King George School in Saskatoon, playing on their ice hockey

Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

team in the 1940s as a goalie

Goaltender

In ice hockey, the goaltender is the player who defends his team's goal net by stopping shots of the puck from entering his team's net, thus preventing the opposing team from scoring...

For more information see also Rural Municipality

Rural municipality

of Corman Park No. 344

Corman Park No. 344, Saskatchewan

The area's German Canadian population is much higher proportionately than the national or provincial averages: 43.4% .-Government of the RM:...

Historical education

The one room school house of Floral School District # 688 was located at SW Sec 4 Tsp 36 Rge 4 W of the 3 Meridian.

Area statistics

Lat (DMS) 52°04′00″ N
Long (DMS) 106°28′00″ W
Dominion Land Survey Tsp. 36 Rge. 4 W3
Time zone (est) UTC−6

North West: Saskatoon	North: Engen
West: Duro \| Grasswood Grasswood, Saskatchewan Grasswood, also known as Grasswood Park, is an unincorporated hamlet in Saskatchewan. It is part of the Corman Park rural municipality and is located just south of the city limits of Saskatoon. A second unincorporated hamlet, Furdale, is directly to the west.The area comprises primarily residences...	Floral	East: Cheviot
	South: Haultain \| Strehlow	southeast: Clavet,Saskatchewan

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