Prelate (Saskatchewan)
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 Grain elevator on the outskirts of Prelate. |
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| Province : | Saskatchewan | ||
| Region: | Census Division No. 8th | ||
| Rural municipality: | Happyland No. 231 | ||
| Coordinates : | 50 ° 51 ′ N , 109 ° 25 ′ W | ||
| Height : | 707 m | ||
| Area : | 87 km² | ||
| Residents : | 154 (as of 2016) | ||
| Population density : | 1.8 inhabitants / km² | ||
| Time zone : | Central Time ( UTC − 6 ) | ||
| Postal code : | S0N 2B0 | ||
| Area code : | +1 306 | ||
| Foundation : | 1908 | ||
| Mayor : | Darrah Duchscherer | ||
Prelate is one of 260 villages (Villages) in the municipality Happyland No. 231 in the southern province of Saskatchewan. The location is located on Highway 23 in the southwest of the Saskatchewan Census Division No. 8 . The small town of Leader is about 12 km to the west.
history
Evidence of the first settlement in the region and the establishment of the place go back to 1908, when white settlers from Europe immigrated to the region. In 1913 Prelate was granted Village status .
The post office was established in 1914, one year after Prelates was incorporated as a village. The Church of St. Peter and Paul, also known as Blumenfeld Church , was built the following year and is located about 15 km outside of the town center. The building is now a listed building and once served the German Catholics and the prelate , who lived in the town in the early 20th century. Not far from the church there is a cemetery with a field stone shrine.
education
In 1919 the St. Angela Convent was founded ; four months later the St. Angela's Prelate Academy was founded . The boarding school, which was exclusively reserved for girls, was under the direction of nuns who belonged to the Society of St. Ursula ( Ursulines ) until it was closed in 2007 .
The Islamic Academy of Saskatchewan (English Islamic Academy of Saskatchewan , Arabic also Alhamdu-Illiah ), a boarding school for boys, has existed since 2011 and is housed in the former St. Angela monastery and the academy building. The educational establishment houses u. a. approx. 115 living rooms, several classrooms, offices, a laboratory, a library and a prayer hall.
Personalities
- Ross Alger (1920–1992), politician
- Mark Pederson (* 1968), ice hockey player