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{{Infobox settlement |official_name = Meadow Lake |other_name = Lac des Prairies |native_name = |nickname = |settlement_type = |motto =Gateway to Pure Air and Water |image_skyline = |imagesize = |image_caption = |image_flag = |flag_size = |image_seal = |seal_size = |image_shield = |shield_size = |city_logo = |citylogo_size = |image_map = |mapsize = |map_caption = |image_map1 = |mapsize1 = |map_caption1 = |image_dot_map = |dot_mapsize = |dot_map_caption = |dot_x = |dot_y = |pushpin_map = |pushpin_label_position = |pushpin_map_caption = |pushpin_mapsize = |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = Canada |subdivision_type1 = Province |subdivision_name1 = Saskatchewan |subdivision_type2 = |subdivision_name2 = |subdivision_type3 = |subdivision_name3 = |subdivision_type4 = |subdivision_name4 = |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title =Mayor |leader_name =Darwin Obrigewitsch |leader_title1 = MLA Constituency of Meadow Lake |leader_name1 =Jeremy Harrison |leader_title2 = MP Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River |leader_name2 =Rob Clarke |leader_title3 = |leader_name3 = |leader_title4 = |leader_name4 = |established_title = Incorporated Village |established_date =August 29, 1931 |established_title2 = Incorporated Town |established_date2 =February 1, 1936 |established_title3 = Incorporated City |established_date3 =November 9, 2009 |unit_pref = |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 = 7.95 |area_land_km2 = |area_water_km2 = |area_total_sq_mi = |area_land_sq_mi = |area_water_sq_mi = |area_water_percent = |area_urban_km2 = |area_urban_sq_mi = |area_metro_km2 = |area_metro_sq_mi = |population_as_of = 2006 |population_footnotes = [1] |population_note = |population_total = 4,771 |population_density_km2 = |population_density_sq_mi = |population_metro = |population_density_metro_km2 =599.8 |population_density_metro_sq_mi = |population_urban = |population_density_urban_km2 = |population_density_urban_sq_mi = |population_blank1_title = |population_blank1 = |population_density_blank1_km2 = |population_density_blank1_sq_mi = |timezone =Central Standard Time |utc_offset =−6 |timezone_DST = |utc_offset_DST =−5 |latd=54 |latm=8 |lats=0 |latNS=N |longd=108 |longm=31|longs=0|longEW=W |elevation_footnotes =480.40 [2] |elevation_m =498.30 |elevation_ft = |postal_code_type = |postal_code = |area_code = |blank_name = Highways |blank_info =Hwy 55, Hwy 4 |blank1_name =Post office established |blank1_info =January 1, 1911 |website =Meadow Lake |footnotes =[3][4][5][6][7]
Meadow Lake is a city located in north west Saskatchewan, Canada about Template:Mi to km north east of Lloydminster and Template:Mi to km north of North Battleford.[8] On November 9, 2009, it officially became Saskatchewan's 14th city.[9]
Meadow Lake is the main business centre in northwest Saskatchewan and serves the many towns and villages as a regional shopping centre. It is the second-largest community in Saskatchewan's Census Division No. 17, after Saskatchewan's portion of the interprovincial city of Lloydminster. Incorporated as a city on November 9, 2009, Meadow Lake is the newest city in Saskatchewan.
History
Peter Fidler built Bolsover House in 1799 near "Lac des Prairies", the first name given to Meadow Lake. In 1873 Metis families arrived establishing a Hudson Bay Company trading post, joined by other settlers in the early 1900s. The largest impetus occurred following a fire of 1919 and the exodus of some of the settlers during the Great Depression from the Dust Bowl of central and southern Saskatchewan to communities in the north.[7][10][11]
Demographics
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1955 | 2,216 | — |
1991 | 4,318 | +94.9% |
1996 | 4,819 | +11.6% |
2001 | 4,582 | −4.9% |
2006 | 4,771 | +4.1% |
[1][12][13] |
The Meadow Lake Indian Band was established in 1889 with signing of Treaty 6 to the north of Meadow Lake. This reserve is now named the Flying Dust First Nation.[10]
The 1955 population was established as 1,978 by the Saskatchewan Business Directory and as 2,453 in the 1955 Golden Jubilee edition of Saskatchewan Business Directory. 2,216 given in the table is the average of these two population counts.[10]
On November 9, 2009, it will officially become Saskatchewan's 14th city.[9][14] The population was a matter of uncertainty. The 2001 census showed only a population of 4,582 persons living on 7.64 km² (2.95 sq mi) of land - Saskatchewan generally requires a sustained population over 5,000 to qualify for city status - however, the city's Community Profile indicates that an unofficial re-count by Statistics Canada in 2004 showed a population of 5,021.[15] However, the 2006 census figure shows 4,771, while population figures cited in the Community Report and based upon information from Saskatchewan Health claim a 2005 population of 6648. By comparison, Melville, Saskatchewan still retains its city charter despite a population drop to between 4,200 and 4,300. Template:Canada CP 2006
Geography
Meadow Lake is located in the middle of an area pre-historically covered by a large glacial lake called Meadow Lake formed from a receding continental glacier. The area is a part of the Southern Boreal EcoRegion with the Northern Boreal EcoRegion to the north and the Parkland EcoRegion on the south. The neighbouring rural areas include Trembling aspen Populus tremuloides, White spruce Picea glauca, Jack Pine Pinus banksiana, Black Spruce Picea mariana and muskegs[7][16]
Specifically Meadow Lake is situated in the Meadow Lake plain of the Boreal transition ecoregion in the Boreal Plain ecozone.[17]
Climate
Meadow Lake belongs to the subarctic climate region of Canada according to the Köppen climate classification typifying long cold winters.[17]: 95 A record high of 37.2 °C (99.0 °F) was set August 10, 1991, and −47 °C (−52.6 °F)was felt December 21, 1990. A record snowfall occurred November 16, 1984 with Template:Cm to in and a record Template:Mm to in of rain fell May 17, 1984. A record snowfall depth was recorded February 22, 1997 when Template:Cm to in was measured. January 11, 1986 was very cold with wind gusting to Template:Km to mi per hour. The humidex was set at a high of 40.4 on August 10, 1991 and the opposite extreme was felt with a -55.8 windchill on December 20, 1989.
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Government
Meadow Lake has a mayor as the highest ranking government official. Voters also elect aldermen or councillors to form the municipal council. Currently the mayor is Darwin Obrigewitsch.[19]
Provincially, Meadow Lake is within the Meadow Lake constituency. It is currently represented served by their MLA, Jeremy Harrison of the Saskatchewan Party.[3]
Meadow lake is represented in the Canadian House of Commons by its MP of the Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River riding, currently Rob Clarke of the Conservative Party.
Economy
The tourism, fishing, fur, pulpwood, forestry, agricultural grains, livestock, dairy and poultry product industries all support Meadow Lake which boasted seven grain elevators in 1955. Meadow Lake was processing three million bushels of grain in 1953, the highest amount for a single Canadian community.[10]
Education
Meadow Lake is served by Transition Place Education Center, Carpenter High, Jonas Samson Junior High, Lakeview elementary, Jubilee Elementary and Gateway Elementary schools.[20] In the spring of 2005, the Government of Saskatchewan invested CA$41,000 to upgrade the roof at Jonas Samson Junior High School.[21] Academy of Learning AOL is a post seconary career and business college in Meadow Lake.[22] For the school year 2007-2008, Lakeview Elementary School started a much anticipated French Immersion Program. Historically the Meadow Lake area was served by several one room school houses, the closest being the Meadow Lake School District #1201 Township 59, range 17, west of the 3rd Meridian.[23]
Transportation
Meadow Lake is located on SK Highway 55, and SK Highway 4. The Prince Albert - Leoville - Meadow Lake - North Battleford Canadian Pacific Railway reached Meadow Lake Station at Section 26, Township 59, Range 17, west of the Third Meridian in 1931.[10] Meadow Lake Airport (IATA: YLJ, ICAO: CYLJ)is located 2 NM (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) west of Meadow Lake.[24]
Sites of Interest
Meadow Lake's slogan is "Gateway to Pure Air and Water."
Meadow Lake now has a brand new Tourist Information Centre, which is shared by the Meadow Lake Museum Society, Northern Saskatchewan Tourism, and the Meadow Lake Chamber of Commerce. This is located coming into town on highway #4 South.
Meadow Lake Provincial Park, located about 40 km to the north, takes its name from the city. Meadow Lake Lions Regional Park, Nesset Lake Recreation Site and Saint Cyr Hills Trails Recreation Site are neighbouring conservation areas.[25]
People from Meadow Lake
Notable persons who were born, grew up in or established their fame in Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan:
- Blake Comeau - 2006 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships Gold Medallist, NHL hockey player with the New York Islanders
- Jeff Friesen - Former NHL hockey player
- Joe Handley - Former Premier of The Northwest Territories
- Jeremy Harrison - Current MLA
- D. J. King - NHL hockey player St. Louis Blues
- Rod Laporte - Former Member of Parliament
- Maynard Sonntag - Former Saskatchewan Cabinet Minister
- Kristina Lenko - Dancing on Ice Skater
- Jeremy Yablonski - NHL and AHL hockey player
- Jon Mirasty - AHL hockey player
References
- ^ a b "2006 Community Profiles". Statistics Canada. Government of Canada. Retrieved 2009-09-06.
- ^ "Canadian Climate Normals 1971-2000". Environment Canada. Retrieved 2009.
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(help) - ^ a b Canadian Textiles Institute. (2005), CTI Determine your provincial constituency, retrieved 2009-09-06 Cite error: The named reference "provincial" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ National Archives, Archivia Net, Post Offices and Postmasters, retrieved 2009-09-06
- ^ Government of Saskatchewan, MRD Home, Municipal Directory System, retrieved 2009-09-06
- ^ Commissioner of Canada Elections, Chief Electoral Officer of Canada (2005), Elections Canada On-line, retrieved 2009-09-06
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- ^ "Driving Directions from North Battlefor, SK, CA to Meadow Lake, SK, CA". MapQuest, Inc. Retrieved 2009-09-09.
- ^ a b Government of Saskatchewan. "Meadow Lake Becomes Saskatchewan's 14th City". Retrieved 2009-08-31.
- ^ a b c d e "History of Meadow Lake". Town of Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan. 2009. Retrieved 2009-09-06.
- ^ Hourton, Stuart. Eighteenth-century naturalists of Hudson Bay (Published online by Google books). McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. p. 92.
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at position 42 (help) - ^ city's Community Profile available as a Word document on [http://www.meadowlake.ca the city's website)
- ^ "Meadow Lake Teachers Package". Saskatchewan Environment. Government of Saskatchewan. Retrieved 2009-09-06.
- ^ a b Fung, Kai-iu (1999). Barry, Bill (ed.). Atlas of Saskatchewan Celebrating the Millennium (Millennium edition ed.). Saskatchewan: University of Saskatchewan. p. 162. ISBN 0-88880-387-7.
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- ^ "Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan". Municipal Directory System. Government of Saskatchewan. December 9, 2008. Retrieved 2009-05-08.
- ^ "Schools Northwest School division 203". Retrieved 2009-09-09.
- ^ "Upgrading [[North Battleford, Saskatchewan|North Battleford]] and Meadow Lake Schools". News Release. Government of Saskatchewan. May 31, 2005. Retrieved 2009-09-09.
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- ^ Adamson, Julia (15-Mar-2006). "Saskatchewan Gen Web - One Room School Project - City, Town, Village Schoolhouse Listing". Retrieved 2009-09-09.
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- ^ "Querying Geographical Names of Canada". Natural Resources Canada > Earth Sciences Sector > Priorities > Mapping Services Branch > Geographical Names of Canada. Government of Canada. Retrieved 2009-09-09.
External links
Book reference
- Meadow Lake Diamond Jubilee Heritage Group (1981), Heritage memories : a history of Meadow Lake and surrounding districts, Meadow Lake, Sask
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(help) - Miller, Marlene (c2006), Voice of the elders, Meadow Lake Tribal Council,
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(help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) - Emke, Harold, A history of education in the Meadow Lake area, 1912-1988, Meadow Lake, Sask.: Meadow Lake School Division No. 66, 1990
- Christiansen, E.A.; Padbury, G.A. (1975), Meadow Lake Geolog : the land, past and present, Museum's Branch, Dept. of Tourism and Renewable Resources in cooperation with the Saskatchewan Research Council