Reno No. 51 is a rural municipality in the 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...

 province 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....

, located in the Census Division 4

Division No. 4, Saskatchewan

Division No. 4, Saskatchewan, Canada, is one of the eighteen Census divisions within the province, as defined by Statistics Canada. It is located in the southwest corner of the province, bordering Alberta and Montana. The most populous community in this division is Maple Creek.According to the 2006...

, just north of the USA border, and east of the 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...

 border, in the southwestern corner of 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...

. The seat of the municipality is located in the village of Consul

Consul, Saskatchewan

Consul is a small village located in the Rural Municipality of Reno No. 51 in the extreme southwest of Saskatchewan, Canada along the Redcoat Trail. It features one of the last existing grain elevators in the region.-Demographics:...

.

Demographics

In 2006, the 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...

 had a population of 462 in 235 dwellings, a 1.1% increase from 2001. On a surface of 3,460.66 km² it has a density of 0.1 inhabitants/km².

Communities

The following communities are located in this municipality:

Villages

• Consul
  Consul, Saskatchewan
  Consul is a small village located in the Rural Municipality of Reno No. 51 in the extreme southwest of Saskatchewan, Canada along the Redcoat Trail. It features one of the last existing grain elevators in the region.-Demographics:...
  
   - Seat of municipality

Hamlets

• Battle Creek
• Govenlock
  Govenlock, Saskatchewan
  Govenlock was once a small village of 151 in Reno Rural Municipality No. 51, Saskatchewan, Canada. The former townsite of Govenlock is located on Highway 13 also known as the historic Red Coat Trail, about 15 km east of the Alberta-Saskatchewan border...
  
  , dissolved as a village January 1, 1976
• Merryflat
• Nashlyn
• Old Man on His Back
  Old Man on His Back, Saskatchewan
  Old Man on His Back is a hamlet in Reno Municipality No. 51, Saskatchewan, Canada....
  
  
• Oxarat
• Palisade
• Rangeview
• Robsart
  Robsart, Saskatchewan
  Robsart is a hamlet in Reno Rural Municipality No. 51, Saskatchewan, Canada. The population was 15 at the 2001 Census. The hamlet is located at the junction of Highway 18 and Highway 13 which is also known as the historic Red Coat Trail approximately 170 km south-east of Medicine Hat, Alberta...
  
  , dissolved as a village January 1, 2002.
• Senate, dissolved as a village January 1, 1994
• Vidora
  Vidora, Saskatchewan
  Vidora is a hamlet in Reno Rural Municipality No. 51, Saskatchewan, Canada. The hamlet is located between the hamlet of Robsart and the village of Consul on Highway 13 known as the Red Coat Trail. Very little remains of the former village, only one home that is also used as a post office still...
  
  , dissolved as a village January 1, 1952, former seat of the municipality.
• West Plains
• Willow Creek

Transportation

The following is a list of Saskatchewan highways and provincial roads, railways, and other forms of transportation that service the area.

• Highway 13
  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...
  
  
• Highway 18
  Saskatchewan Highway 18
  Highway 18 is a highway in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It runs from Highway 13 near Robsart to the Manitoba border near Gainsborough, where it becomes Highway 3. Highway 18 is about 714 km long.-Communities along the route:...
  
  
• Highway 21
  Saskatchewan Highway 21
  Highway 21 is a highway in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It runs from Montana Secondary Highway 233 at the United States border near Willow Creek to Highway 950/Highway 919 within the Meadow Lake Provincial Park. Highway 21 is about 722 km long.Highway 21 passes through the major...
  
  
• Highway 615
  Saskatchewan Highway 615
  Highway 615 is a highway in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It runs from Highway 13/Highway 21 near Senate to Highway 271. Highway 615 is about 48 km long....
  
  
• Highway 271
  Saskatchewan Highway 271
  Highway 271 is a highway in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It runs from Highway 21 until Battle Creek Road, Fort Walsh, within the Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park. Highway 271 is about 52 km long....
  
  

• Great Western Railway
  Great Western Railway
  The Great Western Railway was a British railway company that linked London with the south-west and west of England and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833, received its enabling Act of Parliament in 1835 and ran its first trains in 1838...
  
  , a Canadian short line railway company operating on former Canadian Pacific Railway trackage in southwest Saskatchewan.

Attractions

Local Attractions;

• Red Coat Trail
  Red Coat Trail
  The Red Coat Trail is a route that approximates the path taken in 1874 by the North-West Mounted Police in their quest to bring law and order to the Canadian West.-Travel route:...
  
  
  • Vidora Archaeologioal & Historical Museum
• Old Man On His Back Plateau
  Old Man On His Back Plateau
  Old Man On His Back Plateau is a small plateau in Southwestern Saskatchewan, Canada, southeast of the Hamlet of Robsart, Saskatchewan in an area known as the 'Old Man On His Back Prairie and Heritage Conservation Area'.-History:...
  
  
  • Butala Homestead
• Cypress Lake
  Cypress Lake
  For other uses, see Cypress.Cypress Lake refers to several locations in the North America:Cities and unincorporated towns named Cypress Lake*Cypress Lake, Florida*Cypress Lakes, FloridaHigh schools*Cypress Lake High School...
  
  
  • Cypress Lake Provincial Recreation Site
    Cypress Lake Provincial Recreation Site
    Cypress Lake Provincial Recreation Site is located in Southwestern Saskatchewan, Canada, 30 km south of Maple Creek and 7 km west of Highway 21 on Township road 60.The park is a family recreation and activity center....
    
    
  • Heglund Island Provincial Wildlife Refuge

Regional Attractions;

• T.rex Discovery Centre, Eastend
  Eastend, Saskatchewan
  -Infrastructure:The Saskatchewan Transportation Company provides intercity passenger and parcel express service to Eastend.-Attractions:Local Attractions:...
  
  
• Cypress Hills
  • Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park
    Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park
    Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park is an interprovincial park straddling the southern Alberta-Saskatchewan border, located southeast of Medicine Hat...
    
    
  • Dark-sky preserve
    • Fort Walsh
      Fort Walsh
      Fort Walsh is a National Historic Site of Canada that was a North-West Mounted Police fort and the site of the Cypress Hills Massacre. Administered by Parks Canada, it forms a constituent part of Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park....
      
      

External links

• Map of Reno No. 51
• Map of Reno No. 51 at Statcan