Willowdale No. 153, Saskatchewan - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Willowdale No. 153, 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 333 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...

. Residents also belong to SARM Division No. 1

SARM Division No. 1

SARM Division No. 1 is a division of the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities within the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. It is located in the south east area of the province. There are 53 rural municipalities in this division. The current Director for Division 1 is Don Taylor.-List...

and Census Division No. 5, Saskatchewan

Division No. 5, Saskatchewan

Division No. 5, Saskatchewan, Canada, is one of the eighteen census divisions within the province, as defined by Statistics Canada. It is located in the east-southeastern part of the province, bordering Manitoba. The most populous community in this division is Melville.According to the 2006 census,...

. The RM was incorporated January 1, 1913. No localities in this RM. The town of Whitewood

Whitewood, Saskatchewan

Whitewood is a town in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It is located approximately east of Regina on the Trans-Canada Highway Sk Hwy 1. It is situated at the crossroads of two major highways systems – the Trans-Canada, which runs east and west, and Sk Hwy 9, which runs north and south from...

has its own municipal governing body. The Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia), an endangered animal, makes its home in this area, and the Monarch (Danaus plexippus) is also monitored in this area by conservationists.

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

Statistics

Heritage

New Finland

New Finland, Saskatchewan

New Finland or Uusi Suomi is a district in the Qu'Appelle valley, the south eastern part of the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. Uusi Suomi is Finnish for New Finland, the name adopted by this Finnish block settlement. The homesteaders found an area in Saskatchewan near Qu'Appelle River which...

is a Finnish speaking block settlement

Block Settlement

A block settlement is particular type of land distribution which allows settlers with the same ethnicity to form small colonies.This settlement type was used throughout western Canada between the late 19th and early 20th centuries...

locates within the RM. The St. John's New Finland Lutheran Church, with an active congregation, was officially declared a municipal heritage property on May 4, 2007. The church building was built in 1907, and then the community moved it in 1934 by steam engine to the present location five miles south of the original construction site. This ardous undertaking necessitated sawing the church in half.

Area statistics

Lat 50.453889°
Long 102.240000°
Time zone (est) UTC-6
UTC-6
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