Maple Creek No. 111, Saskatchewan

Maple Creek No. 111
Coordinates: 49°42′06″N 109°38′13″W / 49.70167°N 109.63694°W / 49.70167; -109.63694
Country	Canada
Province	Saskatchewan
Local improvement district
Rural Municipality	December 10, 1917
Government
– Reeve
– Administrator
– Councilor
– Councilor
– Councilor
Area
– Land	3,242.96 km2 (1,252.1 sq mi)
Population (2006)
– Total	1,167
– Density	0.7/km2 (1.8/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC (UTC-6)

Maple Creek No. 111

RM of Maple Creek No. 111, Saskatchewan

This article is about the rural municipality in Canada. For other places with the same name, see Maple Creek (disambiguation)

Maple Creek No. 111 is a rural municipality of 1,167 rural residents (2006 census) in the southwestern part of Saskatchewan, Canada. The main economic industry is ranching. The RM was incorporated December 10, 1917.^[1] Other urban municipalities in the area include Belanger, Maple Creek, Hatton, Cummings and Fort Walsh.^[2] Also located within the borders of Maple Creek No. 111 is the Nekaneet Cree Nation Indian reserve.

A rural municipality is an administrative district consisting of an elected reeve, councillors, administrator who provide essential services within their area.

A person could work for the municipality and have his earnings put toward the taxes on his land; at one time, money collected in each Division stayed in that Division....The RM has as its responsibilities for many areas: agricultural programs and concerns in general; tax collections for needs of the municipality - road construction and maintenance; protective services - pest control, fire protection, weed control, environmental development, cultural and educational services; medical and veterinary needs and so forth.

— Tecumseh No. 65 [3]

Statistics

Area statistics

• Lat 49.701667°
• Long -109.636944°
• Time zone (est) UTC-6

Coordinates: 49°42′06″N 109°38′13″W / 49.701667°N 109.636944°W / 49.701667; -109.636944

References

1. ^ "MRD Municipal Status Information" (^{[dead link]} – ^{Scholar search}), Ministry of Municipal Affairs (Government of Saskatchewan), archived from the original on 2008-03-25, http://web.archive.org/web/20080325234139/http://www.municipal.gov.sk.ca/div/munadvisory/incorp/rmincorpdatenum.html, retrieved 2007-12-26 
2. ^ Saskatchewan Genealogy Association, http://www.saskgenealogy.com/cemetery/cem_rmname.asp, retrieved 2007-12-26 
3. ^ Sask Biz, Government of Saskatchewan (2004), Tecumseh No. 65, http://www.saskbiz.ca/communityprofiles/communityprofile.asp?CommunityID=1003, retrieved 2007-12-27 
4. ^ "2006 Community Profiles". Statistics Canada. Government of Canada. 2009-02-24. http://www12.statcan.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/prof/92-591/index.cfm?Lang=E. Retrieved 2009-02-24. 

External links

• Saskatoon Regional Economic Development Authority - SREDA
• Saskatchewan, Canada, Rand McNally 1924 Indexed Pocket Map Tourists' and Shippers' Guide
• GeoNames Query
• Post Offices and Postmasters - ArchiviaNet - Library and Archives Canada
• Maple Creek
• Saskatchewan Gen Web - One Room School Project
• Canadian Maps: January 1925 Waghorn's Guide. Post Offices in Man. Sask. Alta. and West Ontario.
• Saskatoon Gen Web
• Map of Maple Creek No. 111 at Statcan