Saltcoats, Saskatchewan

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official_name = Saltcoats
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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_type1 = Province
subdivision_type2 = Rural Municipality
subdivision_name = Canada
subdivision_name1 = Saskatchewan
subdivision_name2 = "213 , Saskatchewan"
leader_title = Mayor
leader_name = Woodrow Bjarnason
leader_title1 =Federal Electoral District M.P.
leader_name1 = Gary Breitkreuz
leader_title2 =Provincial Consituency M.L.A.
leader_name2 = Bob Bjornerud
established_title = Village Organized
established_date = April 4, 1894
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established_date3 = 1910
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Saltcoats is a small town in East Central Saskatchewan near the Manitoba border in Canada. The town's population is around 500. The town was built in the late 1800s, and its economy was driven by the railroad. There is no longer passenger service to the town.

History of Saltcoats

The community was established in 1887 ahead of the arrival of the Manitoba and Northwestern Railway in 1888 when the post office was opened. [David Maclennon, "Saltcoats, [http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/saltcoats.html Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan] . Retrieved 12 June 2008.] . In 1894, Saltcoats was the first village incorporated in the North-West Territories as they then were. [Maclennon.] The town was originally named 'Stirling', but that was later changed to Saltcoats, after Saltcoats, Scotland, the birthplace of a major railway shareholder and the home port of Allen Steam-ship Lines which brought over many of the immigrants from the British Isles that settled in the region. [ name="saskbiz">cite web |url=http://www.saskbiz.ca/communityprofiles/CommunityProfile.Asp?CommunityID=328|title=SaskBiz Profile: Saltcoats, Saskatchewan]

Government of Saltcoats

Mayor and Town Council

Provincial Representation

* Melville - Saltcoats Riding - Bob Bjornerud - Saskatchewan Party

Federal Representation

* Yorkton Riding - Gary Breitkreuz - Conservative Party of Canada

Notable Saltcoats People

*Joan McCusker - Gold Medallist in curling (1998 Winter Olympics)
*The Very Reverend Walter H. Farquharson - internationally noted hymnodist; former Moderator of the United Church of Canada
*The Honourable Gordon Barnhart - Lieutenant-Governor of Saskatchewan (2007-)

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