Kamsack
| Kamsack | |||
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| Location in Saskatchewan | |||
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| Province : | Saskatchewan | ||
| Rural municipality: | Cote No. 271 | ||
| Coordinates : | 51 ° 34 ′ N , 101 ° 54 ′ W | ||
| Height : | 460 m | ||
| Residents : | 1713 (as of 2006) | ||
| Time zone : | Central Time ( UTC − 6 ) | ||
| Postal code : | S0A | ||
| Foundation : | 1905 | ||
| Website : | www.town.kamsack.sk.ca | ||
Kamsack ( Town of Kamsack ) is a small town in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan .
It is located in the Assiniboine River valley at the mouth of the Whitesand River . Because of the fertile soil, the beautiful landscape and the mostly nice weather, Kamsack is also called the garden of Saskatchewan .
history
At the end of the 19th century, after the area was incorporated into the newly established Canadian Dominion , many settlers were drawn to the fertile prairie soils. In 1903 the Canadian National Railway completed its Winnipeg to Edmonton line , and the new station for the area became the core of the city, founded in 1905. Already at the beginning of the 1920s there were over 2000 inhabitants, but the global economic crisis from 1929 onwards stopped the rapid growth.
In 1944, the so-called Kamsack Cyclone destroyed large parts of the city, but in the period that followed, not only could the damage be repaired, but the biggest building boom since the city was founded was triggered, and the place grew into the 1960s.
In recent years several companies in Kamsack closed their doors, and so the 2006 official census came to 1713 inhabitants, an almost dramatic decrease of 15% compared to 2001 (2009 Ew.), While the population of the province of Saskatchewans even increased slightly .
sons and daughters of the town
- Darcy Hordichuk (born 1980), ice hockey player
- Harold Phillipoff (born 1956), ice hockey player