Wakaw
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State : | Canada | |
Province : | Saskatchewan | |
Coordinates : | 52 ° 39 ′ N , 105 ° 44 ′ W | |
Area : | 3.12 km² | |
Residents : | 985 (as of 2011) | |
Population density : | 315.7 inhabitants / km² | |
Time zone : | Central Time ( UTC − 6 ) | |
Postal code : | S0K 4P0 | |
Foundation : | 1911 | |
Mayor : | Ed Kidd | |
Website : | www.townofwakaw.com |
Wakaw is a small town (town) in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan . In 2011 it had 985 inhabitants. The name comes from the language of the Cree and means "curved", which is due to the shape of the adjacent lake Wakaw Lake .
location
Wakaw is located approximately 90 kilometers northeast of Saskatoon and approximately 65 kilometers south of Prince Albert . The city is located west of the eponymous Wakaw Lake and about 25 kilometers east of the South Saskatchewan River . The area is also part of the Aspen Parkland , an extensive ecoregion in North America.
In the political structure of Saskatchewan, Wakaw belongs to the Census Division No. 15 .
history
In the 80s and 90s of the 19th century, the settlement of the area around Wakaw began, with the people living mainly from ranching . The settlers were predominantly of Ukrainian and Hungarian origin, so in 2011 110 of 985 inhabitants stated Ukrainian as their mother tongue. In 1903 a Presbyterian mission was established west of Wakaw Lake , followed by a post office in 1905 and a small hospital in 1906 . As a result, the Wakaw Church was organized in 1911. The place experienced a significant expansion after the construction of a railway line only about one kilometer west of the lake, which pulled the core of the community further towards the lake. After the population had increased in the 1930s, already a few hundred, the place gained on August 1, 1953 status of a small town (Town) .
More recently, the city's population increased by 14% from 2006 to 2011. The extended catchment area includes around a thousand country cottages or holiday homes that are distributed around the lake.
City personalities
- John Diefenbaker (1895–1979), worked as a lawyer in Wakaw for five years at the beginning of his career and later became Prime Minister of Canada
- Dave Balon (1938-2007), ice hockey player
- Linden Vey (* 1991), ice hockey player
Web links
- City website
- Wakaw in the Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Census Profile: Wakaw. statcan.gc.ca, October 24, 2012, accessed February 19, 2015 .
- ↑ Acton DF, Padbury GA, Stushnoff CT: Ecoregions of Saskatchewan. Canadian Plains Research Center, University of Regina, Regina, 1998, p. 135, ISBN 0-88977-097-2 .
- ^ Post Offices and Postmasters of Wakaw. bac-lac.gc.ca, May 27, 2014, accessed on February 20, 2015 .