- Simpson, Saskatchewan
Infobox Settlement
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subdivision_type2 = Rural Municipalities (R.M.)
subdivision_name = flag|Canada
subdivision_name1 = flag|Saskatchewan
subdivision_name2 = "Wood Creek No. 281"
leader_title =Mayor
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leader_title1 =Federal Electoral District Moose Jaw - Lake Centre M.P.
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leader_title2 =Provincial Consituency M.L.A.
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established_title =Post office Founded
established_date = 1911-04-01
established_title2 = Village established
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established_title3 = Town incorporated
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website = [http://www.simpsonsask.ca/ Simpson]
footnotes = [Citation
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first =Archivia Net
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title =Post Offices and Postmasters
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url =http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/post-offices/001001-100.01-e.php
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last =Government of Saskatchewan
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title = Municipal Directory System
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url =http://www.municipal.gov.sk.ca/index.html
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last =Canadian Textiles Institute.
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title =CTI Determine your provincial constituency
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year =2005
url =http://www.textiles.ca/eng/nonAuthProg/redirect.cfm?path=IssPolContacts§ionID=7601.cfm
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last =Commissioner of Canada Elections
first =Chief Electoral Officer of Canada
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title =Elections Canada On-line | Home
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year =2005
url =http://www.elections.ca/home.asp
accessdate = ]Simpson is a
village inSaskatchewan ,Canada between Regina and Saskatoon on Highway 2. Wood Creek No. 281 is the rural municipality which has it offices in the village The post office was founded in 1911 by Herman Bergren and Joseph Newman during construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway. It is named after George Simpson, a governor of theHudson's Bay Company . cite book
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title =People Places Contemporary Saskatchewan Placenames
publisher =Print West communications
date =2003
location =Regina, Canada
pages =230
url =
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id = ISBN 1-894022-92-0]History
The early 1904 pioneer homestead settlers were George, John and Robert Simpson, Bill Grieve, William Cole, E.C. Howie.
Geography
*Last Mountain Lake Sanctuary is a nearby tourist attraction. This is North America's oldest sanctuary for birds. Last Mountain Lake National Wildlife Area, Last Mountain Lake Wildlife Management Unit, Last Mountain Regional Park are all conservation areas near Simpson on "Long Lake" or Last Mountain Lake. [Citation
[Citation
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title =Regina Saskatchewan Nearby Towns and Attractions: Simpson
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accessdate = 2007-06-24
last =Government of Canada
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title =Geographical Names of Canada GeoNames Query
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url =http://geonames2.nrcan.gc.ca/cgi-bin/v9/within_radius_v9?english
accessdate = 2007-06-24 ]*Manitou Beach located on a salt water lake - the land of healing waters -, and the historic Danceland dance hall are located near to Simpson at
Watrous, Saskatchewan This is also a major tourist attraction for the area. [Citation
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title =Manitou Beach Online
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url =http://www.youngsask.ca/mandex.html
accessdate = 2007-06-24 ]ites of Interest
The previous Wood Creek No. 281 Rural Municipality Office has been designated on April 5, 1982 as a municipal heritage site and now houses the Simpson district museum. [Citation
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title =Heritage Properties Search
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url =http://www.cyr.gov.sk.ca/index.cfm?page=98&action=propdetails&id=1537
accessdate = 2007-06-24 ]Demographics
Canada_CP_2006|pop= 118|popDelta=-39.2%
landArea=1.41|popDensity=83.5|medianAge=N/A|medianAgeM=N/A|medianAgeF=N/A
privateDwell=81|privateDwellusual=64|medianHHIncome=N/AArea statistics
*Lat (DMS) 51°27′00″ N
*Long (DMS) 105°27′00″ W
*Dominion Land Survey Section 3, Township 29, Range 25 West of the 2nd Meridian
*Time zone (cst) UTC−6Location
Canadian City Geographic Location
North=Watrous - Amazon
West=Kenaston
Center=Simpson
East=Nokomis
South=Imperial
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last = Becquet's Custom Programming
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title =Saskatchewan City & Town Maps - Directory
date =August 17, 2005
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url =http://www.becquet.com/director/maps/index.htm
accessdate =2007-06-24 ]References
Published Works
*Simpson and Imperial year book 1980.
External links
* [http://www.becquet.com/director/maps/index.htm Saskatchewan City & Town Maps]
* [http://www.rootsweb.com/~cansk/school/ Saskatchewan Gen Web - One Room School Project ]
* [http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/post-offices/001001-100.01-e.php Post Offices and Postmasters - ArchiviaNet - Library and Archives Canada]
* [http://www.rootsweb.com/~cansk Saskatchewan Gen Web Region]
* [http://www.rootsweb.com/~canmaps/index.html Online Historical Map Digitization Project]
* [http://geonames.nrcan.gc.ca/search/search_e.php GeoNames Query ]
* [http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census06/data/profiles/community/Index.cfm?Lang=E 2006 Community Profiles]ee also
*
List of communities in Saskatchewan
*List of rural municipalities in Saskatchewan
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