Eastend, Saskatchewan

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official_name = Town of Eastend
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nickname = Dinocountry
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subdivision_name1 = SK
subdivision_type2 = Region
subdivision_name2 = Saskatchewan
subdivision_type3 = Census division
subdivision_name3 = 4
subdivision_type4 = Rural Municipality
subdivision_name4 = White Valley
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established_title = Post Office Founded
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established_title2 = Village Incorporated
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established_title3 = Town Incorporated
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population_total = 576
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postal_code_type = Postal code
postal_code = S0N 0T0
area_code = 306
blank_name = Highways
blank_info = Highway 13
Highway 18
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blank1_info = *Frenchman River
website = [http://www.dinocountry.com/ Eastend, Saskatchewan]
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Eastend is a town in southwest Saskatchewan, Canada. It is situated approximately 80 kilometres from the Montana border and 100 kilometres from the Alberta border. The town is best known for the nearby discovery of a "Tyrannosaurus rex" skeleton nicknamed "Scotty" in 1994. The town has used the discovery of this fossil as the main centrepiece in the construction of a museum called the "T. rex" Discovery Centre, which opened on May 30, 2000. The centre is closely affiliated with the Royal Saskatchewan Museum, and contains the RSM Fossil Research Station. A former resident of Eastend is the writer Wallace Stegner, who lived in the town between 1917 and 1921. Eastend is also home to well known southwest country and western dance band, The Ranchmen.

Notable Eastenders

*Wallace Stegner- Pulitzer Prize-winning writer and environmentalist who lived in Eastend from 1917 and 1921
*Sharon Butala - Canadian author who resides on a ranch outside of Eastend.
*Séan Virgo - Poet and novelist who was born in Malta and has lived in South Africa, Malaya, Ireland, and the UK. His work has won various national and international awards.

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Canada_CP_2001|pop=576|popDelta=-6.5%
landArea=2.71|popDensity=212.8|medianAge=52.3|medianAgeM=49.8|medianAgeF=54.3
privateDwell=333|medianHHIncome=39,131

References

External links

* [http://web.ncf.ca/er075/e.html Fictional and non-fictional accounts of the Eastend area of SW Saskatchewan - photographs and text]

* [http://www.dinocountry.com/ Eastend and Area business and tourism site]

* [http://www.eastend-sask.com/ Eastend and Area cultural and tourist site] Canadian City Geographic Location (8-way)
Northwest = Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park

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