Springwater, Saskatchewan
Encyclopedia
Springwater is a hamlet
in Biggar Rural Municipality No. 347
, Saskatchewan
, Canada
. Lydden Lake a large lake is to the north and Sunny Lake is to the northwest of the hamlet. Springwater is also the location of the Springwater Meteorite found in 1931 near Springwater.
, but it was restructured as a hamlet
on that date.
Hamlet (place)
A hamlet is usually a rural settlement which is too small to be considered a village, though sometimes the word is used for a different sort of community. Historically, when a hamlet became large enough to justify building a church, it was then classified as a village...
in Biggar Rural Municipality No. 347
Biggar No. 347, Saskatchewan
Biggar No. 347 is a rural municipality in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan, located in the Census Division 12. The seat of the municipality is located in the Town of Biggar.-Demographics:...
, 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...
. Lydden Lake a large lake is to the north and Sunny Lake is to the northwest of the hamlet. Springwater is also the location of the Springwater Meteorite found in 1931 near Springwater.
Demographics
Prior to December 31, 2006, Springwater was a villageVillage
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
, but it was restructured as a hamlet
Hamlet
The Tragical History of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, or more simply Hamlet, is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1599 and 1601...
on that date.
See also
- List of communities in Saskatchewan
- Villages of SaskatchewanVillages of SaskatchewanVillages are incorporated under the provisions of the Municipal Government Act, if requested by more than 30% of the electors of a community with more than 300 people. In Saskatchewan, towns are formed from villages or resort villages with a population of at least 500 people, but the change in...