Wilcox, Saskatchewan
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| Location in Saskatchewan | |||
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| Province : | Saskatchewan | ||
| Region: | Census Division No. 6th | ||
| Rural municipality: | Bratt's Lake No. 129 | ||
| Coordinates : | 50 ° 6 ′ N , 104 ° 43 ′ W | ||
| Height : | 576 m | ||
| Area : | 1.48 km² | ||
| Residents : | 322 (as of: 2001) | ||
| Population density : | 217.6 inhabitants / km² | ||
| Time zone : | CST | ||
| Postal code : | S0G 5E0 | ||
| Mayor : | Don Strickland | ||
| Website : | Wilcox, approx | ||
Wilcox is a village ( Village ) in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan . It is located around 40 km south of the provincial capital Regina and has 222 inhabitants (as of 2006).
history
In April 1902, the settlement was founded near a railway line, the name Wilcox is derived from Albert Wilcox, a worker with the railway company CPR . More settlers followed in 1903. In April 1907 the settlement officially received the status of a village.
Wilcox is the home of the Notre Dame Hounds ice hockey team , which is part of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League .
education
The Athol Murray College of Notre Dame is located in Wilcox .
Personalities
- Tyler Lovering (born 1971), ice hockey player
- Don Metz (1916–2007), ice hockey player
- Nick Metz (1914–1990), ice hockey player
- Jaden Schwartz (* 1992), ice hockey player
- Rylan Schwartz (* 1990), ice hockey player
- Jason Ulmer (* 1978), ice hockey player
- Jeff Ulmer (* 1977), ice hockey player
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- ↑ Statistics Canada: Census 2006
- ^ Wilcox Village. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on March 15, 2016 ; Retrieved April 7, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
