Maple Creek No. 111, Saskatchewan - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

This article is about the rural municipality in Canada. For other places with the same name, see Maple Creek (disambiguation)

Maple Creek No. 111 is a 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...

of 1,167 rural residents (2006 census) in the southwestern part 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...

. The main economic industry is ranching. The RM was incorporated December 10, 1917. Other urban municipalities in the area include Belanger

Belanger, Saskatchewan

Do not confuse this location with Bélanger, Saskatchewan, a community in northern Saskatchewan, a part of Division No. 18....

, Maple Creek

Maple Creek, Saskatchewan

-History:After the North-West Mounted Police had been established at Fort Walsh, settlers began to explore the Cypress Hills area, living along the creeks and doing small-scale ranching. The Department of the Interior was operating a First Nations farm on the Maple Creek, a few miles south from...

, Hatton, Cummings and Fort Walsh. Also located within the borders of Maple Creek No. 111 is the Nekaneet Cree Nation Indian reserve

Indian reserve

In Canada, an Indian reserve is specified by the Indian Act as a "tract of land, the legal title to which is vested in Her Majesty, that has been set apart by Her Majesty for the use and benefit of a band." The Act also specifies that land reserved for the use and benefit of a band which is not...

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A rural municipality is an administrative district consisting of an elected reeve, councillors, administrator who provide essential services within their area.

Statistics

Area statistics

Lat 49.701667°
Long -109.636944°
Time zone (est) UTC-6
UTC-6
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