Rural Municipality of Wood River No. 74
Wood River No. 74 | |
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Country | Canada |
Province | Saskatchewan |
Rural Municipality | December 9, 1912 |
Area | |
• Land | 838.45 km2 (323.73 sq mi) |
Population (2006) | |
• Total | 387 |
• Density | 0.7/km2 (2/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC (UTC-6) |
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 of 422 rural residents (2006 census) in the southwestern part of Saskatchewan, Canada. The RM was incorporated December 9, 1912.[1] Other urban municipalities in the area include Lafleche, Melaval, and Woodrow.[2]
A rural municipality is an administrative district consisting of an elected reeve, councillors, administrator who provide essential services within their area.
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A person could work for the municipality and have his earnings put toward the taxes on his land; at one time, money collected in each Division stayed in that Division....The RM has as its responsibilities for many areas: agricultural programs and concerns in general; tax collections for needs of the municipality - road construction and maintenance; protective services - pest control, fire protection, weed control, environmental development, cultural and educational services; medical and veterinary needs and so forth.
— Tecumseh No. 65 [3]
Statistics
Area statistics
- Lat 49.650000°
- Long -106.597778°
- Time zone (est) UTC-6
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References
External links
- Saskatoon Regional Economic Development Authority - SREDA
- Saskatchewan, Canada, Rand McNally 1924 Indexed Pocket Map Tourists' and Shippers' Guide
- GeoNames Query
- Lafleche
- Post Offices and Postmasters - ArchiviaNet - Library and Archives Canada
- Saskatchewan Gen Web - One Room School Project
- Canadian Maps: January 1925 Waghorn's Guide. Post Offices in Man. Sask. Alta. and West Ontario.
- Saskatoon Gen Web
- Map of Wood River No. 74 at Statcan
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