Wood River No. 74, Saskatchewan - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

This article is about the rural municipality in Canada. For other places with the same name, see Wood River (disambiguation)

Wood River No. 74 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 422 rural residents (2006 census) in the southwestern 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 December 9, 1912. Other urban municipalities in the area include Lafleche

Lafleche, Saskatchewan

Lafleche is a small community in southwest Saskatchewan, Canada. As of 2006, the population of Lafleche is 370.-Community profile:In 1913 the Canadian Pacific Railway came to Lafleche. In 1937 after eight consecutive crop failures, the once prosperous Lafleche district was near rock bottom...

, Melaval, and Woodrow

Woodrow, Saskatchewan

-Churches:The Woodrow Gospel Chapel began service in 1909, and was based on immigrants from North Dakota when the community was originally known as Hoffnungsfeld.-External links:*******...

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

Statistics

Area statistics

Lat 49.650000°
Long -106.597778°
Time zone (est) UTC-6
UTC-6
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