Whitewood, Saskatchewan
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Whitewood Whitewood Station |
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Main Street, Whitewood, 1913
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 Whitewood
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| Coordinates: 50°20′N 102°15′W / 50.333°N 102.250°WCoordinates: 50°20′N 102°15′W / 50.333°N 102.250°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Saskatchewan |
| Census division | Division No. 5, Saskatchewan |
| Post office founded | 1883-11-09 |
| Incorporated Town | 1892 |
| Named for | White Poplar (Populus alba) White wood tree |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Doug Armstrong |
| • Governing body | Whitewood Town Council |
| • Member of legislative assembly | Don Toth |
| • Member of Parliament | Ed Komarnicki |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3.04 km2 (1.17 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 598.30 m (1,962.93 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 950 |
| • Density | 312.0/km2 (808/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CST (UTC) (UTC-6) |
| Postal code | S0G 5C0 |
| Area code(s) | 306 |
| List of Saskatchewan provincial highways | Sk Hwy 1, Sk Hwy 9 |
| Website | www |
Whitewood is a town in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It is located approximately 175 kilometres (109 mi) east of Regina on the Trans-Canada Highway Sk Hwy 1. It is situated at the crossroads of two major highways systems – the Trans-Canada, which runs east and west, and Sk Hwy 9, which runs north and south from the US border to Hudson Bay, Saskatchewan. Located midway between Brandon, Manitoba and Regina, Whitewood was and continues to be an ideal place to stop and rest.
It is administrative headquarters of the Chachacas and Ochapowace Cree First Nation band governments.
Where Whitewood now stands was once grasslands, travelled only by nomadic First Nations people, white traders, trappers and buffalo hunters. Native plants and wildlife thrived in perfect balance. The people who followed the trails between the Valley of the Qu'Appelle and the Pipestone Creek left no more permanent marks on the landscape than the tracks of their Red River carts.
Before the settlement of the west, Whitewood began as a crossing of trails between the Qu'Appelle Valley to the north and the Moose Mountains to the south. The Hudson's Bay Company trading post was established about the fall of 1891 to approximately the spring of 1906.
With the settlement of the west and the coming of the Trans-Continental railway, Whitewood quickly grew into a thriving community. The CPR naming was derived from the White Poplar (Populus alba), a deciduous tree with white bark, which was plentiful in the area.
By 1882, the town of Whitewood, Provisional District of Assiniboia, North-West Territories was a major stop on the Canadian Pacific Railway. The town grew steadily from that time and was incorporated as a town in 1892. An interesting note is that while the Town Seal has "Incorporated 1893" on it the actual incorporation took place on December 30, 1892.
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