Parkbeg
Parkbeg is a hamlet in Wheatlands Rural Municipality No. 163, Saskatchewan, Canada. The hamlet is located at the junction of Highway 1 and Highway 627 approximately 58 km directly west of the City of Moose Jaw on the Trans Canada Highway.
Parkbeg, Saskatchewan | |
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Location of Parkbeg in Saskatchewan Parkbeg (Canada) | |
| Coordinates: 50°27′00″N 106°16′00″W / 50.4500°N 106.2667°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Saskatchewan |
| Region | Saskatchewan |
| Census division | 7 |
| Rural Municipality | Wheatlands |
| Post office Founded | 1911 |
| Incorporated (Village) | 1920 |
| Restructured (Hamlet) | December 31, 1957 |
| Government | |
| • Governing body | Wheatlands No. 163 |
| • Administrator | Elaine Salikin |
| • MP | Jeremy Patzer (Cypress Hills—Grasslands) |
| • MLA | Doug Steele (Cypress Hills) |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (CST) |
| Postal code | S0H 0E0 |
| Area code | 306 |
| Highways | Highway 1 Highway 627 |
| Railways | Canadian Pacific Railway |
| [1][2][3][4] | |
Demographics
Parkbeg, like so many other small communities throughout Saskatchewan, has struggled to maintain a sturdy population causing it to become a semi ghost town with only a few citizens. Prior to December 31, 1957, Parkbeg was incorporated under village status, but was restructured to hamlet status under the jurisdiction of the Rural municipality of Wheatlands on that date.[5]
Climate
| Climate data for Parkbeg | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 10 (50) | 17 (63) | 22.5 (72.5) | 30 (86) | 37.5 (99.5) | 42 (108) | 38.5 (101.3) | 38.5 (101.3) | 37.5 (99.5) | 31.5 (88.7) | 20 (68) | 15 (59) | 42 (108) |
| Average high °C (°F) | −7.7 (18.1) | −4.3 (24.3) | 2.1 (35.8) | 12.2 (54.0) | 19 (66) | 23.7 (74.7) | 26.4 (79.5) | 26.1 (79.0) | 19.2 (66.6) | 11.9 (53.4) | 0.2 (32.4) | −6.1 (21.0) | 10.2 (50.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −13 (9) | −9.2 (15.4) | −3 (27) | 5.4 (41.7) | 12 (54) | 16.8 (62.2) | 19.2 (66.6) | 18.6 (65.5) | 12.3 (54.1) | 5.6 (42.1) | −4.6 (23.7) | −11.2 (11.8) | 4.1 (39.4) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −18.2 (−0.8) | −14.1 (6.6) | −8 (18) | −1.4 (29.5) | 4.9 (40.8) | 9.8 (49.6) | 12 (54) | 11.1 (52.0) | 5.4 (41.7) | −0.9 (30.4) | −9.5 (14.9) | −16.3 (2.7) | −2.1 (28.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −40 (−40) | −39.5 (−39.1) | −29.5 (−21.1) | −23 (−9) | −7.5 (18.5) | −2 (28) | 2.5 (36.5) | −1 (30) | −6 (21) | −21 (−6) | −32.5 (−26.5) | −42.5 (−44.5) | −42.5 (−44.5) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 10.1 (0.40) | 9.2 (0.36) | 17.8 (0.70) | 17.8 (0.70) | 48.1 (1.89) | 64.5 (2.54) | 65.3 (2.57) | 48 (1.9) | 38.6 (1.52) | 15.9 (0.63) | 13 (0.5) | 9.9 (0.39) | 358.4 (14.11) |
| Source: Environment Canada[6] | |||||||||||||
Services
Parkbeg has a café that also serves as a post office, and a grain elevator owned by Paterson Grain which is serviced by the Canadian Pacific Railway.
Gainer the Gopher
Gainer the Gopher is the mascot of the Saskatchewan Roughriders, a Canadian Football League team. He is from Parkbeg.[7]
See also
References
- ^ National Archives, Archivia Net, , archived from the original on October 6, 2006
- ^ Government of Saskatchewan, MRD Home, , archived from the original on January 15, 2016
- ^ Canadian Textiles Institute. (2005), , archived from the original on 2007-09-11
- ^ Commissioner of Canada Elections, Chief Electoral Officer of Canada (2005), , archived from the original on April 21, 2007, retrieved February 15, 2008
- ^ Parkbeg Saskatchewan - Restructured Villages 2008-03-25 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Environment Canada - Canadian Climate Normals 1971-2000—Canadian Climate Normals 1971–2000, accessed 10 December 2010
- ^ Saskatchewan Riderville - Gainer the Gopher 2010-02-09 at the Wayback Machine