Archerwill, Saskatchewan
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| Motto: "Where You're A Stranger Only Once" | |
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| Coordinates: 52°26′23″N 103°51′41″W / 52.43972°N 103.86139°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Provinces and territories of Canada | Saskatchewan |
| Census division | 14 |
| Rural Municipalities (R.M.) | Barrier Valley No. 397 |
| Founded | 1924 |
| Post Office Founded | March 16, 1925 |
| Incorporated (Village) | January 1, 1947 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Jody Haganes (2016) |
| • Governing body | Archerwill Village Council |
| • M.P., Yorkton—Melville | Cathay Wagantall (2015) |
| • M.L.A., Kelvington-Wadena | Hugh Nerlien (2016) |
| Area | |
| • Land | 0.83 km2 (0.32 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 200 |
| • Density | 242.1/km2 (627/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CST (UTC-6) |
| Postal code | S0E 0B0 |
| Area code(s) | 306 / 639 |
| Highways |
  Hwy 35 / Hwy 349
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| Railways | Canadian Pacific |
| Waterways | Barrier Lake, Barrier River, George Williams Lake, Marean Lake, Carps Lake, Nut Lake |
Archerwill (population 200) is a village in east-central Saskatchewan, Canada, approximately 55 km (34 mi) north of Wadena, 52 km (32 mi) south of Tisdale and 70 km (43 mi) southeast of Melfort. Since 1981 Archerwill has been the administrative centre of the Rural Municipality of Barrier Valley.
The community is named, in a syllabic abbreviation, after the secretary-treasurer and two councilors of the executive governing council of the R.M. of Barrier Valley in 1924. They were: Archie Campbell and Ervie Hanson, councilors; and William Pierce, secretary-treasurer.
Archerwill is located on the Wadena-to-Tisdale branch line of the Canadian Pacific Railway. However, the nearly 55-year-old railway station was torn down in the early 1980s; and the nearly 60-year-old Saskatchewan Wheat Pool and UGG elevators were torn down in the 1990s.
The Archerwill Café (probably built in the late 1920s), most recently operating as Diner Thirty Five, burned down in a fire on June 23, 2016. The actions of the Archerwill Volunteer Fire Department, along with the Rose Valley Volunteer Fire Department – who arrived from 17 kilometres (11 mi) away – saved the adjacent Archerwill Hotel and the post office.
Archerwill has a Co-op grocery store, Co-op lumber yard/hardware store, Co-op gas station/convenience store and a Co-op fertilizer plant. Archerwill also has an elementary school, a post office, a credit union, an indoor ice skating rink/curling rink, a community hall, a public library, a volunteer fire department/fire hall, a restaurant, a thrift store, a hotel/bar and a greenhouse/garden centre.
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