Oxbow, Saskatchewan
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| Town | |
Oxbow water tower
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| Motto: Progress with Pride | |
 Oxbow
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| Coordinates: 49°14′N 102°10′W / 49.233°N 102.167°WCoordinates: 49°14′N 102°10′W / 49.233°N 102.167°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Saskatchewan |
| First settled | 1882 |
| Incorporated | 1904 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Dale Ching |
| • MP | Robert Kitchen (CPC) |
| • MLA | Dan D'Autremont (SaskParty) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3.13 km2 (1.21 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 1,285 |
| • Density | 410/km2 (1,100/sq mi) |
| Postal code | S0C 2B0 |
| Area code(s) | 306 |
| Website | oxbow |
Oxbow is a town in the southeast of the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. It is located on the Canadian Pacific Railway and on Provincial Highway 18. It is approximately 58 kilometers west of Saskatchewan's border with Manitoba and approximately 26 kilometres (16 mi) north of the Canada–US border with North Dakota.
According to the 2011 Canadian census, the town's population is 1,285; the town's area is 3.13 square km; and population density is 410.0 per square km.
The mayor is Dale Ching, who was elected by acclamation.
The town's official motto is "Progress with Pride", but the town's weekly paper, the Oxbow Herald, has long included two other unofficial town mottoes on its masthead: "Queen of the Scenic Souris" (a reference to the Souris River, near which Oxbow is situated) and "Where Oil and Agriculture Meet" (a reference to the town's two major industries.
The town's postal code is S0C 2B0 and the phone numbers in town are prefixed with either "483" or "485"; (thus, they all take the form 1-306-483-####, or 1-306-485-####).
Federally, the town is located in the constituency of Souris—Moose Mountain, and provincially, in the constituency of Cannington.
The first settlers in the area around Oxbow - mainly of English, Irish, and Scottish descent - began homesteading the area in 1882. The town's weekly newspaper, the Oxbow Herald, was founded in 1903. The town was incorporated in 1904.
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