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Parkbeg, Saskatchewan

Parkbeg, Saskatchewan
Hamlet
Parkbeg, Saskatchewan is located in Saskatchewan
Parkbeg, Saskatchewan
Parkbeg, Saskatchewan is located in Canada
Parkbeg, Saskatchewan
Location of Parkbeg in Saskatchewan
Coordinates: 50°27′00″N 106°16′00″W / 50.4500°N 106.2667°W / 50.4500; -106.2667
Country Canada
Province Saskatchewan
Region Saskatchewan
Census division 7
Rural Municipality Wheatlands
Post office Founded 1911
Incorporated (Village) 1920
Restructured (Hamlet) December 31, 1957
Government
 • Governing body Wheatlands No. 163
 •  Elaine Salikin
 • MP David L. Anderson
 • MLA Wayne Elhard
Time zone CST (UTC−6)
Postal code S0H 0E0
Area code(s) 306
Highways Highway 1
Highway 627
Railways Canadian Pacific Railway

Parkbeg is a hamlet in Wheatlands Rural Municipality No. 163, Saskatchewan, Canada. The hamlet is located at the junction of Highway 1 and Highway 627 approximately 58 km directly west of the City of Moose Jaw on the Trans Canada Highway.

Parkbeg, like so many other small communities throughout Saskatchewan, has struggled to maintain a sturdy population causing it to become a semi ghost town with only a few citizens. Prior to December 31, 1957, Parkbeg was incorporated under village status, but was restructured to hamlet status under the jurisdiction of the Rural municipality of Wheatlands on that date.

Parkbeg has a café that also serves as a post office, and a grain elevator owned by Paterson Grain which is serviced by the Canadian Pacific Railway.

Gainer the Gopher is the mascot of the Saskatchewan Roughriders, a Canadian Football League team. He is from Parkbeg.

Coordinates: 50°27′00″N 106°16′00″W / 50.4500°N 106.2667°W / 50.4500; -106.2667


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