Birch Hills, Saskatchewan
- Birch Hills, Saskatchewan
:"Birch Hills re-directs here."
Birch Hills is a town located in Saskatchewan, Canada. It is located southeast of Prince Albert and the Muskoday First Nation. Directly to the west is the village of St. Louis, and to the east is Kinistino.
The community takes its name from hills in the area, which were once heavily treed with birches that were used in manufacturing birch bark canoes during the fur trade era of the 1700s. The countryside around Birch Hills is part of the aspen parkland biome.
Situated in an area settled primarily by Norwegian, British and Anglo-Metis peoples, Birch Hills became a village in 1907 and reached town status in 1960. Unlike many other agriculturally based towns it continues to grow due to its position as a satellite community of Prince Albert.
Notable people from Birch Hills
* Earl Thomson won a gold medal for Canada at the 1920 Olympics in the hurdles.
*Marshall Johnston was an NHL Player, Scout, Coach, and General Manager. He is currently the Director of Professional Scouting for the Carolina Hurricanes.
ee also
*Jumping Lake, Saskatchewan - a lake a short distance south of Birch Hills.
External links
* [http://www.birchhills.ca/ Town of Birch Hills website]
* [http://www.nosracines.ca/e/toc.aspx?id=3849 "Birch Hills (Harperview): the people and the history" , Heatherdell Coolidge, Birch Hills, Saskatchewan: Birch Hills History Committee, 1990]
Wikimedia Foundation.
2010.
Look at other dictionaries:
Birch Hills Airport — is located adjacent to Birch Hills, Saskatchewan, Canada.ReferencesExternal links* [http://www.copanational.org/PlacesToFly/airport view.php?pr id=11 ap id=857 Page about this airport] on COPA s Places to Fly airport directory … Wikipedia
Birch Hills No. 460, Saskatchewan — Birch Hills No. 460 is a rural municipality in north central Saskatchewan, Canada within census division 15. It is located southeast of Prince Albert on Highway 3, and north of Saskatoon. The R.M. is within the Saskatchewan Rivers School Division … Wikipedia
Saskatchewan Highway 20 — Infobox road marker state= highway name=Highway 20 type= route= alternate name= maint= section= length mi=189.8 length round= length ref= length notes= established= decommissioned= direction a=south starting terminus=Lumsden beltway city=… … Wikipedia
Saskatchewan Rivers School Division — The Saskatchewan Rivers School Division #119 comprises 33 schools in the Prince Albert, Saskatchewan area, and is the third largest school division in the province. This division has over 9500 students enrolled, with 365 support personnel, 475… … Wikipedia
Saskatchewan Doctors' Strike — The 1962 Saskatchewan Doctors Strike was a 23 day labour action exercised by medical doctors in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan in an attempt to force the Co operative Commonwealth Federation government of Saskatchewan to rescind its… … Wikipedia
Saskatchewan Highway 25 — Highway 25 is a provincial highway in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It is 29 km (18 miles) long and runs from Highway 2 in St. Louis to Highway 3 near Birch Hills.External links* [http://www.saskhighways.homestead.com/provincial17.html… … Wikipedia
Jumping Lake (Saskatchewan) — Infobox lake lake name = Jumping Lake image lake = caption lake = image bathymetry = caption bathymetry = location = Saskatchewan coords = type = inflow = outflow = catchment = basin countries = Canada length = width = area = depth = max depth =… … Wikipedia
Fenton, Saskatchewan — Fenton, formerly Adams Crossing, is a Canadian hamlet south of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. It is a short distance from Birch Hills, Saskatchewan. Fenton is on the banks of the South Saskatchewan River east of Halcro, Saskatchewan and west of the … Wikipedia
Saskatchewan Highway 913 — Infobox road state=SK type=Hwy route=913 length km=65.10 length round=2 length ref= established= direction a=South direction b=North terminus a=jct|state=SK|Hwy|120 southwest of White Gull Lake terminus b=jct|state=SK|Hwy|106 in Narrows Hill Prov … Wikipedia
Saskatchewan — Infobox Province or territory of Canada Name = Saskatchewan AlternateName = Fullname = Province of Saskatchewan EntityAdjective = Provincial Label Motto = Multis e Gentibus Vires (Latin: Strength from Many Peoples ) OfficialLang = English ( de… … Wikipedia
