Melville, Saskatchewan

Melville
Location in Saskatchewan
Melville
State :	Canada
Province :	Saskatchewan
Coordinates :	50 ° 56 ′  N , 102 ° 48 ′  W Coordinates: 50 ° 56 ′  N , 102 ° 48 ′  W
Height :	553  m
Area :	14.78 km²
Residents :	4149 (as of 2006)
Population density :	280.7 inhabitants / km²
Time zone :	Central Time ( UTC − 6 )
Postal code :	S0A
Website :	www.city.melville.sk.ca

Melville ( City of Melville ) is a small town in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan .

The city was named after Charles Melville Hays (1856-1912), a US railroad entrepreneur active in Canada and president of the Grand Trunk Railway .

sons and daughters of the town

• George Gordon Abel (1916–1996), ice hockey player
• Sid Abel (1918-2000), ice hockey player
• Pearl McGonigal (born 1929), politician, lieutenant governor of the province of Manitoba
• Tim Cheveldae (* 1968), ice hockey goalkeeper and coach
• Jarret Stoll (* 1982), ice hockey player
• Paul Albers (* 1985), ice hockey player
• Shaun Heshka (* 1985), ice hockey player