Pense No. 160, Saskatchewan
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This article is about the rural municipality in Canada. For other places with the same name, see Pense (disambiguation)
Pense No. 160, Saskatchewan is a rural municipality
of 490 rural residents (2006 census) in the southeastern part of Saskatchewan
, Canada
. The RM was incorporated January 1, 1913. As of 1923, the population rose to 2227 residents. Other localities in the area include Pense
, Belle Plaine
, Cottonwood, Eastview, Kalium, Keystown, Madrid, Pattee, Schulerville, Stelcam, Stony Beach
, Stony Beach Airport Within this RM are 600 kilometres (km) of roads of which the Trans Canada Highway
is one of the main roads. Nicole Flats Nature Area (Buffalo Pound Provincial Park) is located here as well. The Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia), an endangered animal, makes its home in this area. Bigmouth Buffalo (Ictiobus cyprinellus) is of special concern in this ecoregion.
A rural municipality is an administrative district consisting of an elected reeve, councilors, administrator who provide essential services within their area.
Pense (disambiguation)
Pense may refer to:*Pense No. 160, Saskatchewan, a rural municipality of Saskatchewan, Canada*Lydia Pense, an American rock-soul-jazz singer...
Pense No. 160, Saskatchewan 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 490 rural residents (2006 census) in the southeastern 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 RM was incorporated January 1, 1913. As of 1923, the population rose to 2227 residents. Other localities in the area include Pense
Pense, Saskatchewan
Pense is a village of 507 residents in the southern part of Saskatchewan, Canada. Heading west from Regina on the Trans Canada Highway, Pense is the first town with services...
, Belle Plaine
Belle Plaine, Saskatchewan
-See also:*Highway 642*Highway 1*Qu'Appelle River Dam*Saskferco-External links:*********...
, Cottonwood, Eastview, Kalium, Keystown, Madrid, Pattee, Schulerville, Stelcam, Stony Beach
Stony Beach, Saskatchewan
Stony Beach is a hamlet in Saskatchewan....
, Stony Beach Airport Within this RM are 600 kilometres (km) of roads of which the Trans Canada Highway
Saskatchewan Highway 1
Highway 1 is the Saskatchewan section of the Trans-Canada Highway mainland route. The total distance of the Trans-Canada Highway in Saskatchewan is . The highway traverses Saskatchewan from the western border with Alberta, from Highway 1, to Manitoba where it continues as Highway 1, PTH 1. The...
is one of the main roads. Nicole Flats Nature Area (Buffalo Pound Provincial Park) is located here as well. The Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia), an endangered animal, makes its home in this area. Bigmouth Buffalo (Ictiobus cyprinellus) is of special concern in this ecoregion.
A rural municipality is an administrative district consisting of an elected reeve, councilors, administrator who provide essential services within their area.
Statistics
Education
This rural municipality was home to several one room school districts such as Leamington, Rose Park, Eastview, Fairville, Coulee, Stony Beach, Rocky Lake, Sarawak, Bruceville, Wayside, Kenilworth, Cottonwood, Wellington, Broadway, Coventry, Blink Bonny, Wascana and Fosest. These have been replaced by consolidated schools and the larger school divisions of today.Area statistics
- Lat 50.493056°
- Long -105.145556°
- Time zone (est) UTC-6UTC-6UTC−06 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of −06. This time is used in:-Central America:*Belize*Costa Rica*El Salvador*Guatemala*Honduras*Nicaragua-Central Standard Time:...
External links
- Saskatoon Regional Economic Development Authority - SREDA
- Saskatchewan, Canada, Rand McNally 1924 Indexed Pocket Map Tourists' and Shippers' Guide
- GeoNames Query
- Post Offices and Postmasters - ArchiviaNet - Library and Archives Canada
- Saskatchewan Gen Web - One Room School Project
- Pense No. 160
- Canadian Maps: January 1925 Waghorn's Guide. Post Offices in Man. Sask. Alta. and West Ontario.
- Saskatoon Gen Web
- Map of Pense No. 160 at Statcan