Pangman, Saskatchewan

Pangman, Saskatchewan

Pangman, formerly known as "West Calder", is a village located in southern Saskatchewan, Canada; it is south of Regina. Pangman has a population of 255 and land area of 0.73 square kilometres (2001 census [cite web|url=http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census01/products/standard/popdwell/Table-CSD-N.cfm?T=2&SR=3436&S=20&O=A |title=Population Counts, Land Area, Population Density and Population Rank, for Canada and Census Subdivisions (Municipalities), 2001 Census - 100% Data | publisher=Statistics Canada|accessdate=2007-11-19] ).

Education

Historically, there were three one-room school districts located in the area of Pangman. Pangman School District #98, located at Section Tsp 8, Range 20, west of the 2 Meridian, was formed in 1911. The other two districts were Wild Rose School District #1876 at Tsp 9, Rge 20, west of the 2 Meridian, and Kenneth School District #2016 neighboring at NW Sec 23, Tsp 8, Rge 20, west of the 2 Meridian.

History

This location had a post office of the name West Calder from 1909-04-23 through to 1910-08-01. West Calder Post Office was located at Sec.8, Twp.8, R.20, W2. Pangman is currently a village located at Sec. 16, Twp. 8, R.20, W2.

There are two local history books written about Pangman, history and biographies. One book is: Pangman and Amulet's past, edited and published by F. Sample with Author Clews, DBCN : AAU-2150

The other book is Update 95 : R.M. of Norton #69 : Pangman, Moreland, Khedive, Forward, Amulet; published Pangman, Sask. : R.M. of Norton History Committee, c1998;

Airport

* See Pangman Airport

Area statistics

*Lat (DMS) 49° 39' 00" N
*Long (DMS) - 104° 40' 00" W
*Time zone (est) GMT - 6

North: Parry
West: Amulet Pangman | West Calder East: Khedive
South: Ceylon | Hardy

References

External links

* [http://www.rootsweb.com/~cansk/school/Regional/p.html Saskatchewan Gen Web - One Room School Project; Pangman, Sk]
* [http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/post-offices/001001-100.01-e.php Post Offices and Postmasters - ArchiviaNet - Library and Archives Canada]
* [http://www.falconryequipmentinternational.com/ Falconry Equipment International]
* [http://www.saskmastersaddler.com/ Master Saddler (English Riding style) ]
* [http://www.saskschools.ca/~pangman/pnorg.htm Pangman Community Web site ]


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