Melville, Saskatchewan
Melville | ||
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Location in Saskatchewan | ||
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State : | Canada | |
Province : | Saskatchewan | |
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