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Melfort is a small Canadian

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...

city in 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....

, approximately 95 kilometres (59 mi) southeast of Prince Albert

Prince Albert, Saskatchewan

Prince Albert is the third-largest city in Saskatchewan, Canada. It is situated in the centre of the province on the banks of the North Saskatchewan River. The city is known as the "Gateway to the North" because it is the last major centre along the route to the resources of northern Saskatchewan...

, 107 miles (172.2 km) northwest 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....

and 174 miles (280 km) north of Regina

Regina, Saskatchewan

Regina is the capital city of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The city is the second-largest in the province and a cultural and commercial centre for southern Saskatchewan. It is governed by Regina City Council. Regina is the cathedral city of the Roman Catholic and Romanian Orthodox...

.

According to The World Gazetteer, its population as of 2004 was 5,400. Melfort became Saskatchewan's 12th city in 1980; although it had achieved the necessary 5,000 population a number of years earlier, residents were reluctant to give up their status as a town, and for a time, the town of Melfort was actually larger than the city of Melville

Melville, Saskatchewan

Melville is a small Canadian city located in the east-central portion of Saskatchewan. It was declared a city by the province in 1960. The city is north east of the provincial capital of Regina and south west of Yorkton. According to The World Gazetteer, it has a 2004 population of approximately...

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Melfort is near a large diamond exploration site. The ongoing diamond exploration by a joint venture between Shore Gold Inc. Newmont Mining Corporation of Canada in the Fort à la Corne

Fort de la Corne

Fort de la Corne was built in 1753 by Louis de la Corne, Chevalier de la Corne at the same time that the second Fort Paskoya was built. It was built a little lower than the Saskatchewan River Forks at the mouth of the Pehonan Creek, a new establishment which originally bore the name of Fort des...

district is expected to begin mine construction in 2012.

Melfort is called "The City of Northern Lights" due to the frequency with which the aurora borealis appears.

Melfort is bordered by the Rural Municipality of Star City No. 428

Star City No. 428, Saskatchewan

Star City No. 428 is a rural municipality in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan, located in the Census Division 14. The seat of the municipality is located in the Town of Star City.-Demographics:...

and the Rural Municipality of Flett's Springs No. 429

Flett's Springs No. 429, Saskatchewan

- Rural Municipality Flett's Springs No. 429, Saskatchewan :Flett's Springs No. 429, Saskatchewan is a rural municipality in north eastern Saskatchewan. The precursor to this governing body was Rural Municipality Carrot River No. 429 changing names to Flett's Springs on February 28, 1938...

History

Just 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) northwest of current location of Melfort settlers established themselves on the banks of Stoney Creek before relocation due to the surveying of the CNR

Canadian National Railway

The Canadian National Railway Company is a Canadian Class I railway headquartered in Montreal, Quebec. CN's slogan is "North America's Railroad"....

and Jesse was born.

Melfort's first post office was established August 1, 1892, in the provisional district of the North West Territories

Northwest Territories

The Northwest Territories is a federal territory of Canada.Located in northern Canada, the territory borders Canada's two other territories, Yukon to the west and Nunavut to the east, and three provinces: British Columbia to the southwest, and Alberta and Saskatchewan to the south...

with Benjamin Bothwell as the first postmaster.

Three one-room school houses used the name "Melfort". Melfort School District No. 54, later called Tiger Lily No. 54 17, near Pleasantdale

Pleasantdale, Saskatchewan

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. (Pleasantdale post office was previously named Windgap and was located at Township 41, Range 18 west of the 2nd Meridian

Dominion Land Survey

The Dominion Land Survey is the method used to divide most of Western Canada into one-square-mile sections for agricultural and other purposes. It is based on the layout of the Public Land Survey System used in the United States, but has several differences...

). Melfort School District No. 318 was established in 1904 at Clemens, Rural Route 1, Melfort. Melfort School District No. 1037 was the last one-room school house to use this name.

Geography

Melfort is located in the Carrot River

Carrot River

The Carrot River is a river in northeastern Saskatchewan, and northwestern Manitoba. The river begins at Waterhen Marsh located south of Kinistino, Saskatchewan and continues through northeast Saskatchewan until it empties into the Saskatchewan River north-west of The Pas, Manitoba.The Carrot...

valley which is noted for its black loamy soil and productive agricultural lands. The drainage region for Melfort is the Lower Saskatchewan - Nelson

Geography of Saskatchewan

The geography of Saskatchewan , is unique among the provinces and territories of Canada in some respects. It is one of only two landlocked regions and it is the only region whose borders are not based on natural features like lakes, rivers or drainage divides...

and the area is characterized by a prairie ecozone. Melfort Research Farm is located north of Melfort in the Boreal Shield

Boreal shield

The Boreal Shield Ecozone is the largest ecozone in Canada.-Formation:Canadian Shield rock forms the nucleus of the North American continent. Other geological structures assumed positions around or on top of the Shield millions of years after it was formed. The Rocky Mountains are relative...

ecozone and the Churchill drainage basin. The farm's main purpose is to research crops and crop systems for northern prairie black and grey soil zones. The Melfort branch of the Canadian Legion has assembled a photographic display of the geographic memorials designated to honour the war dead.

Economy

The Agriculture Melfort Research Station is centered here along with many other agriculturally based insutries. The Tiger Hills Uplands ecozone provides rich soil to grow a diversity of crops.

Statistics

The latest census, taken in 2006, showed a population in the city of Melfort of 5,192. This meant the city shrank by 6.6% since 2001.

Governance

The community became a village in 1903, and incorporated as a town July 1, 1907. It finally became the twelfth city of Saskatchewan on September 2, 1980.

Municipal affairs are handled by the town mayor, Kevin Phillips and council. The rural municipality of Flett's Springs No. 429

Flett's Springs No. 429, Saskatchewan

office is located on McDonald Avenue West in Melfort and provides municipal rural affairs to the small unincorporated areas of Claggett, Ethelton, Ethelton Airport, Flett Springs, Lipsett, McMichael, Melfort Airport, Minto Park, Pathlow, and Taylorside.

Melfort is in the federal electoral district of Prince Albert

Prince Albert (electoral district)

Prince Albert is a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1908 to 1988, and since 1997.-Geography:...

with their Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...

being Randy Hoback

Randy Hoback

Randy C. Hoback in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan is a Canadian politician, who was elected to represent the electoral district of Prince Albert in the 2008 Canadian federal election...

.

Provincially, the area is within the constituency of Melfort

Melfort (electoral district)

Melfort was a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1925 to 1953. It was created in 1924 from Prince Albert riding, and was abolished in 1952 when it was redistributed into Humboldt—Melfort, Mackenzie, Prince Albert, and...

with its MLA

Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan

The 25th Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan was in power from 2003 until November 20, 2007. It was controlled by the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party under premier Lorne Calvert.-Members:-By-elections:...

being the Honourable Rod Gantefoer

Rod Gantefoer

Rod Gantefoer is a Canadian provincial politician. He has been a member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan since 1995, representing the constituencies of Melfort-Tisdale from 1995 to 2003 and Melfort since 2003....

Climate

Melfort experiences a humid continental climate

Humid continental climate

A humid continental climate is a climatic region typified by large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot summers and cold winters....

(Köppen climate classification

Köppen climate classification

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Dfb).

Transportation

Melfort is located at the junction of two primary route highways, SK Hwy 3

Saskatchewan Highway 3

Highway 3 is a major provincial paved undivided highway in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It runs from the Alberta border, continues west as Alberta Highway 45 to the Manitoba border, and then continues east as Highway 77. Highway 3 is about 615 km long. The CanAm Highway comprises ...

and Sk Hwy 6

Saskatchewan Highway 6

Highway 6 is a paved undivided major provincial highway in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It runs from Montana Highway 16 at the Saskatchewan border with the US near the Canada customs port of Regway to Highway 55 near Choiceland. Highway 6 is about long. The CanAm Highway comprises ...

where they meet with seconday Sk Hwy 41

Saskatchewan Highway 41

Highway 41 is a highway in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It runs from Highway 5 in Saskatoon to Highway 6/Highway 3 in Melfort. Highway 41 is about . long....

. 203.1 miles (326.9 km) of Saskatchewan Highway 6 contribute to the CanAm Highway

CanAm Highway

CanAm Highway passes through these states in the United States; Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, South Dakota, North Dakota, as well as the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. The international Can-Am Highway travels along U.S. Route 85 and Interstate 25, connecting Mexico to Canada through...

between Corinne and Melfort. 59.7 miles (96.1 km) of Saskatchewan Highway 3 contribute to the CanAm Highway

CanAm Highway

between Melfort and Prince Albert

Prince Albert, Saskatchewan

. Melfort is 107.92 miles (173.7 km) north east of the largest provincial city, Saskatoon

Saskatoon

along Sk Hwy 41

Saskatchewan Highway 41

Highway 41 is a highway in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It runs from Highway 5 in Saskatoon to Highway 6/Highway 3 in Melfort. Highway 41 is about . long....

(turning onto SK Hwy 5

Saskatchewan Highway 5

This article focuses on the current designated Saskatchewan Highway 5, for Provincial Highway 5, Evergreen route portion, north west of Saskatoon see Saskatchewan Highway 16....

) and 58.12 miles (93.5 km) south east of Prince Albert

Prince Albert, Saskatchewan

via the CanAm Highway

CanAm Highway

.

Melfort (Miller Field) Aerodrome , is located 2.6 NM west of Melfort.

In 1925, Melfort was listed as a Canadian Pacific Railway

Canadian Pacific Railway

The Canadian Pacific Railway , formerly also known as CP Rail between 1968 and 1996, is a historic Canadian Class I railway founded in 1881 and now operated by Canadian Pacific Railway Limited, which began operations as legal owner in a corporate restructuring in 2001...

station on the Lanigan

Lanigan, Saskatchewan

Lanigan is a town in south-central Saskatchewan, Canada, at the intersection of TransCanada Yellowhead Highway 16 and Highway 20, approximately 117 km east of Saskatoon and 170 km north of Regina.-Famous people:...

–Naicam

Naicam, Saskatchewan

-Attractions:The Pioneer School is a Municipal Heritage Property on the Canadian Register of Historic Places.-Businesses:There are several local businesses in Naicam, including:*Naicam Hotel & Beverage Room*Naicam Motel & Breakfast Nook...

branch line. Melfort was also a Canadian National Railways station on the Swan River – Prince Albert branch line and the Humboldt

Humboldt, Saskatchewan

Humboldt is a Canadian city located in the province of Saskatchewan, 113 km east of Saskatoon at the junction of Highway 5 and Highway 20. The city is surrounded by the Rural Municipality of Humboldt No...

–Melfort–Ridgedale

Ridgedale, Saskatchewan

Ridgedale is a village in northeastern Saskatchewan, Canada near the Carrot River.-External links:*...

branch line.

Media

Newspapers

The Melfort Journal, is the local newspaper, as well as providing news feeds to the community.

Radio
- CJVR-FM
  CJVR-FM
  CJVR-FM is a Canadian radio station broadcasting at 105.1 FM in Melfort, Saskatchewan. Owned by Fabmar Communications, the station airs a country music format. It is located with sister station CKJH at 611 Main Street.-History:...
  
  105.1, airs a country music
  Country music
  Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
  
  format, Owned by Fabmar Communications
- CKJH AM 750, airs an oldies
  Oldies
  Oldies is a term commonly used to describe a radio format that concentrates on music from a period of about 15 to 55 years before the present day....
  
  format, Owned by Fabmar Communications

Education

The government's Canada-Saskatchewan Career and Employment Services office will be combined with Melfort's Comprehensive High School and the Cumberland Regional College. Melfort and Unit Comprehensive Collegiate providing education to grades 10, 11, and 12 is a part of Melfort School Division No. 100.

Historically students in Melfort were educated at the Museum School District Unit 54.

Sports and recreation

Melfort was home to the 2006 Saskatchewan Winter Games

Sports in Saskatchewan

Sport in Saskatchewan include winter sports and games such as ice skating, speed skating, curling bonspiels, snowboarding, snow golf, broomball, ice hockey, badminton, and curling. Summer sports abound: among these are school track and field days, community rodeos, golf tournaments, and sporting...

, the 1988 Saskatchewan Summer Games, the 1996 Royal Bank Cup Canadian Junior 'A' Hockey Championships

Royal Bank Cup

The Royal Bank Cup is an annual ice hockey tournament held to determine the Canadian Junior A champion. The winner of the tournament wins the Royal Bank Cup...

, the 1995 Saskatchewan Men's Curling Pool Tankard

SaskTel Tankard

The SaskTel Tankard is the Saskatchewan provincial championship for men's curling. The winner represents Team Saskatchewan at the Tim Hortons Brier. It is also known as the SaskTel Provincial Men's Championship. SaskTel became the sponsor in 2004 when it was known as the SaskTel Mobility Tankard...

finals and the 2002 Saskatchewan women's Scott Tournament of Hearts

Scotties Tournament of Hearts

The Scotties Tournament of Hearts is an annual Canadian women's curling championship, sanctioned by the Canadian Curling Association. The winner goes on to represent Canada at the women's world curling championships. Since 1985, the winner also gets to return to the following year's tournament as...

finals. The Kerry Vickar Centre, a multi purpose sports and leisure facility, opened in the autumn of 2009 The previous multi-use facility at that location, the North East Leisure Centre, was taken down to make way for the new Kerry Vickar Centre.

Hockey

Hockey is a key part of Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan

's lifestyle and community, and Melfort is no exception. The Melfort Mustangs

Melfort Mustangs

The Melfort Mustangs are a Junior "A" team based out of Melfort, Saskatchewan, Canada. They play out of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League. They play their home games at the Northern Lights Palace which has a seating capacity of 1,850. The team colors are blue, green, and white.The Mustangs...

play in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League

Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League

The Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League is a Junior A ice hockey league under Hockey Canada, a part of the Canadian Junior Hockey League. Open to North American-born players 20 years of age or younger, the SJHL's 12 teams play in two divisions: the Bauer and Sherwood conferences...

. The Mustangs are well known in Canadian hockey circles in many ways—for instance Marc Habscheid

Marc Habscheid

Marc Joseph Habscheid is a former National Hockey League forward and current head coach and general manager of the Victoria Royals of the Western Hockey League. He was drafted in the 6th round, 113th Overall in the 1981 NHL Entry Draft by the Edmonton Oilers...

, past coach of Canada's World Junior team, started his coaching career with the Mustangs in 1996.

Museums and other notable points of interest

Within a mile of the city of Melfort is the Melfort and District Regional Park which hosts a 18-hole grass greens golf course, and the Spruce Haven picnic area. A show ring, grandstand, museum, and exhibition building are all located within the Melfort Exhibition Grounds. The Melfort & District Museum next door showcases pioneering equipment, tools, farm machinery, archival documents as well as early settler's buildings Neighbouring points of interest are Fort Carleton

Fort Carlton

Fort Carlton was a Hudson's Bay Company fur trade post from 1810 until 1885. It was rebuilt by the Saskatchewan government as a provincial historic park and can be visited today...

, Duck Lake, and Seager Wheeler's Maple Grove Farm

Seager Wheeler's Maple Grove Farm

Seager Wheeler's Maple Grove Farm is a National Historic Site of Canada. Seager Wheeler's Maple Grove Farm was a farm owned and operated by agronomist Seager Wheeler "Wheat King of the prairies or "The Wheat Wizard of Rosthern who developed dry land farming techniques as well as fruit and...

Notable people from Melfort

Grant MacEwan, OC

Order of Canada

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, AOE

Alberta Order of Excellence

The Alberta Order of Excellence is a civilian honour for merit in the Canadian province of Alberta. Instituted in 1979 when Lieutenant Governor Frank C...

, was a farmer, Professor at the University of Saskatchewan

University of Saskatchewan

The University of Saskatchewan is a Canadian public research university, founded in 1907, and located on the east side of the South Saskatchewan River in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. An "Act to establish and incorporate a University for the Province of Saskatchewan" was passed by the...

, Dean

Dean (education)

In academic administration, a dean is a person with significant authority over a specific academic unit, or over a specific area of concern, or both...

of Agriculture at the University of Manitoba

University of Manitoba

The University of Manitoba , in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, is the largest university in the province of Manitoba. It is Manitoba's most comprehensive and only research-intensive post-secondary educational institution. It was founded in 1877, making it Western Canada’s first university. It placed...

, Mayor

Mayor

In many countries, a Mayor is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city....

of Calgary

Calgary

Calgary is a city in the Province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, approximately east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies...

and both a Member of the Legislative Assembly

Member of the Legislative Assembly

A Member of the Legislative Assembly or a Member of the Legislature , is a representative elected by the voters of a constituency to the legislature or legislative assembly of a sub-national jurisdiction....

(MLA) and Lieutenant Governor

Lieutenant governor

A lieutenant governor or lieutenant-governor is a high officer of state, whose precise role and rank vary by jurisdiction, but is often the deputy or lieutenant to or ranking under a governor — a "second-in-command"...

of Alberta

Alberta

Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...

, Canada

Canada

. Steven Woods

Steven Woods

Steven Gregory Woods is a Canadian entrepreneur. He is best known for co-founding Quack.com, the first popular Voice portal platform, in 1998.- Career :...

, born in Melfort is a Canadian entrepreneur and do-founder of Quack.com
Quack.com
AOLByPhone was an AOL interactive voice service that began in 2000. It was offered to millions of consumers. AOLByPhone started with the America Online acquisition of Quack.com, evolving through the subsequent relaunching of Quack.com's Voice Portal as AOLByPhone. AOLbyPhone expanded as AOL...

, the first popular Voice portal platform, in 1998. Arthur Hill

Arthur Hill (actor)

Arthur Edward Spence Hill was a Canadian actor best known for appearances in British and American theater, movies and television...

was a Canadian

Canada

actor

Actor

An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...

best known for appearances in British and American theater

Theatre

Theatre is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music or dance...

, movies

Film

A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...

and television

Television

Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...

.

Nicole Watt

Nicole Watt

Nicole Watt is a Canadian figure skater. She is the 2001 Canadian silver medalist. She suffers from Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis. Her medical condition caused her to stop competitive figure skating for health reasons in 2003...

, born in Melfort is a Canadian Women's figure skating Canadian silver medalist

Canadian Figure Skating Championships

The Canadian Figure Skating Championships is a figure skating competition held annually to crown the national champions of Canada. It is organized by Skate Canada, the nation's figure skating governing body. The levels of the competition are senior and junior; in some years, the novice level has...

. Jeremy Wotherspoon

Jeremy Wotherspoon

Jeremy Lee Wotherspoon is a Canadian speed skater, widely recognized as one of the greatest speedskating sprinters of all time....

born in Humboldt is a Canadian

Canada

speed skater

Speed skating

Speed skating, or speedskating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in traveling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skating...

and a 4-time World Sprint Champion. Martine Gaillard

Martine Gaillard

Martine Gaillard is a Canadian sports television personality currently working for Rogers Sportsnet....

is a sports television personality currently working for Rogers Sportsnet

Rogers Sportsnet

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Grant Jennings

Grant Curtis Jennings is a former National Hockey League defenceman....

raised in Melfort is a former National Hockey League

National Hockey League

The National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States...

defenceman

Defenceman (ice hockey)

Defence in ice hockey is a player position whose primary responsibility is to prevent the opposing team from scoring...

. Lane Lambert

Lane Lambert

Lane Douglas Lambert is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey forward drafted 25th overall in the 2nd round of the 1983 NHL Entry Draft. Lambert played 283 games in the National Hockey League for the Quebec Nordiques, New York Rangers, and Detroit Red Wings...

, born in Melfort is a retired Canadian professional 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...

forward

Forward (ice hockey)

In ice hockey, a forward is a player position on the ice whose primary responsibility is to score goals. Generally, the forwards try to stay in three different lanes, also known as thirds, of the ice going from goal to goal. It is not mandatory however, to stay in a lane. Staying in a lane aids in...

and is currently the head coach of the Milwaukee Admirals

Milwaukee Admirals

The Milwaukee Admirals are a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League. They play in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA at the Bradley Center.-History:...

of the American Hockey League

American Hockey League

The American Hockey League is a 30-team professional ice hockey league based in the United States and Canada that serves as the primary developmental circuit for the National Hockey League...

. Pat MacLeod

Pat MacLeod

Patrick L. MacLeod is a former professional ice hockey defenceman who played in the National Hockey League for the Minnesota North Stars, San Jose Sharks and Dallas Stars in the 1990s....

, born in Melfort is a former professional

Professional

A professional is a person who is paid to undertake a specialised set of tasks and to complete them for a fee. The traditional professions were doctors, lawyers, clergymen, and commissioned military officers. Today, the term is applied to estate agents, surveyors , environmental scientists,...

ice hockey

Ice hockey

defenceman

Defenceman (ice hockey)

Defence in ice hockey is a player position whose primary responsibility is to prevent the opposing team from scoring...

who played in the National Hockey League

National Hockey League

for the Minnesota North Stars

Minnesota North Stars

The Minnesota North Stars were a professional ice hockey team in the National Hockey League for 26 seasons, from 1967 to 1993. The North Stars played their home games at the Met Center in Bloomington, and the team's colors for most of its history were green, yellow, gold and white...

, San Jose Sharks

San Jose Sharks

The San Jose Sharks are a professional ice hockey team based in San Jose, California, United States. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League...

and Dallas Stars

Dallas Stars

The Dallas Stars are a professional ice hockey team based in Dallas, Texas. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . The team was founded during the 1967 NHL expansion as the Minnesota North Stars, based in Bloomington, Minnesota. The...

in the 1990s. Lorne Henning

Lorne Henning

Lorne Henning is a Canadian hockey executive. He currently serves as Director of Player Personnel and Assistant General Manager for the NHL's Vancouver Canucks...

, born in Melfort, is a Canadian

Canada

NHL hockey executive and was previously a National Hockey League player and coach.

External links

Area statistics

Lat 52°51′23″ N
Long 104°36′36″ W
Dominion Land Survey
Dominion Land Survey
The Dominion Land Survey is the method used to divide most of Western Canada into one-square-mile sections for agricultural and other purposes. It is based on the layout of the Public Land Survey System used in the United States, but has several differences...

Section 7, Township 45, Range 18 west of the 2nd Meridian
Time zone UTC−6

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