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==History== |
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The [[North-West Mounted Police]] (NWMP) set up a divisional post in Broadview in 1885.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/broadview.html |title=Broadview |last=McLennan |first=David |year=2006 |website=Encyclopaedia of Saskatchewan |publisher=Canadian Plains Research Centre [[University of Regina]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121125091940/http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/broadview.html |archive-date=2012-11-25 |access-date=2009-05-18}}</ref> Sergeant Bill, a goat from Broadview served as the mascot for the [[5th Battalion, CEF]], during [[World War I]]. The goat received a decoration, and after its passing resides now in the Broadview Museum.<ref name="esask_Sgt_Bill">{{Cite web |url=http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/sergeant_bill.html |title=Sergeant Bill |last=McLennan |first=David |year=2006 |website=Encyclopaedia of Saskatchewan |publisher=Canadian Plains Research Centre [[University of Regina]] |access-date=August 29, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Rebecca L. Dukes, Iva W. Galbraith, Thomas W. Dukes |date=November 1993 |title=Wounded in action: Sergeant Billy, the goat in military service for Canada in the Great War |journal=Canadian Veterinary History Journal |volume=34 |issue=11 |pages=689–691 |pmc=1686686 |pmid=17424327}}</ref> The [[Broadview railway station]] was designated a historic railway station in 1992.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/clmhc-hsmbc/heritage/listegares-liststations/sask.aspx |title=Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada - The Directory of Designated Heritage Railway Stations in Saskatchewan |publisher=[[Parks Canada]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121008172504/http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/clmhc-hsmbc/heritage/listegares-liststations/sask.aspx# |archive-date=2012-10-08 |access-date=2011-02-07}}</ref> |
The [[North-West Mounted Police]] (NWMP) set up a divisional post in Broadview in 1885.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/broadview.html |title=Broadview |last=McLennan |first=David |year=2006 |website=Encyclopaedia of Saskatchewan |publisher=Canadian Plains Research Centre [[University of Regina]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121125091940/http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/broadview.html |archive-date=2012-11-25 |access-date=2009-05-18}}</ref> Sergeant Bill, a goat from Broadview, served as the mascot for the [[5th Battalion, CEF]], during [[World War I]]. The goat received a decoration, and after its passing resides now in the Broadview Museum.<ref name="esask_Sgt_Bill">{{Cite web |url=http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/sergeant_bill.html |title=Sergeant Bill |last=McLennan |first=David |year=2006 |website=Encyclopaedia of Saskatchewan |publisher=Canadian Plains Research Centre [[University of Regina]] |access-date=August 29, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Rebecca L. Dukes, Iva W. Galbraith, Thomas W. Dukes |date=November 1993 |title=Wounded in action: Sergeant Billy, the goat in military service for Canada in the Great War |journal=Canadian Veterinary History Journal |volume=34 |issue=11 |pages=689–691 |pmc=1686686 |pmid=17424327}}</ref> The [[Broadview railway station]] was designated a historic railway station in 1992.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/clmhc-hsmbc/heritage/listegares-liststations/sask.aspx |title=Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada - The Directory of Designated Heritage Railway Stations in Saskatchewan |publisher=[[Parks Canada]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121008172504/http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/clmhc-hsmbc/heritage/listegares-liststations/sask.aspx# |archive-date=2012-10-08 |access-date=2011-02-07}}</ref> |
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==Geography== |
==Geography== |
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  Broadview Location of Broadview in Saskatchewan  Broadview Broadview (Canada) | |
| Coordinates: 50°22′34″N 102°34′44″W / 50.376°N 102.579°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Saskatchewan |
| Census division | No. 5 |
| Post office Founded | 1882-11-01 |
| Incorporated (Village) | 1898 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Sidney Criddle |
| • Member of legislative assembly | Don Toth |
| • Member of Parliament | Ed Komarnicki |
| Area | |
• Total | 2.45 km2 (0.95 sq mi) |
| Population (2006) | |
• Total | 611 |
| • Density | 248.9/km2 (645/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CST |
| Postal code | S0G 0K0 |
| Area code | 306 |
| Highways | Trans Canada Highway Highway 13 Highway 18 Highway 201 |
| [1][2] | |
Broadview is a community in Saskatchewan along the #1 highway, the Trans Canada Highway, 155 kilometres (96 mi) east of Regina. The local economy is based mainly on agriculture. It is also the administrative headquarters of the Rural Municipality of Elcapo No. 154
History
The North-West Mounted Police (NWMP) set up a divisional post in Broadview in 1885.[3] Sergeant Bill, a goat from Broadview, served as the mascot for the 5th Battalion, CEF, during World War I. The goat received a decoration, and after its passing resides now in the Broadview Museum.[4][5] The Broadview railway station was designated a historic railway station in 1992.[6]
Geography
Broadview is located in the Indian Head Plain of the Aspen Parkland ecoregion.[7] The physiographic region is the Qu'Appelle plains in the Saskatchewan Plains physiographic region.[8] Broadview is within the topographical area of Weed Hills. The bedrock geology belongs to that of the Mannville Group, a stratigraphical unit of Cretaceous age in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin formed during the lower Cretaceous period.[7] The area is characterised by lush rolling grasslands, interspersed with poplar bluffs (in prairie Canadian terminology poplar groves surrounding sloughs) and open sloughs.[8] The Cowessess, Kahkewistahaw, Ochapowace Indian reserves are within 20 kilometres (12 mi) of Broadview.[9] Highway 201 provides access to Bird's Point Resort (Saskatchewan) located at Round Lake (Saskatchewan) in the Qu'Appelle Valley.
Climate
Broadview has a humid continental climate, with extreme seasonal temperatures. It has hot summers and cold winters, with the average daily temperatures ranging from −14.2 °C (6.4 °F) in January to 18.1 °C (64.6 °F) in July. Annually, temperatures exceed 30 °C (86 °F) on an average in late July Typically, summer lasts from late June until late August, and the humidity is seldom uncomfortably high. Winter lasts from November to March, and varies greatly in length and severity. Spring and autumn are both short and highly variable.
On February 1, 1996, a record windchill of −60.7 °C (−77.3 °F) was recorded around 11:00 in the morning. Creating the windchill were northwesterly winds blowing at 44 kilometres per hour (27 mph) combined with a temperature of −39.3 °C (−38.7 °F).[10][11]
The highest temperature ever recorded in Broadview was 41.1 °C (106 °F) on 21 June 1910 and 5 July 1937.[12][13] The coldest temperature ever recorded was −46.7 °C (−52 °F) on 20 January 1943.[14]
| Climate data for Broadview, 1981–2010 normals, extremes 1904–present | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 10.6 (51.1) |
12.5 (54.5) |
20.6 (69.1) |
31.5 (88.7) |
37.4 (99.3) |
41.1 (106.0) |
41.1 (106.0) |
38.0 (100.4) |
36.1 (97.0) |
32.2 (90.0) |
22.2 (72.0) |
13.9 (57.0) |
41.1 (106.0) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −8.7 (16.3) |
−7.2 (19.0) |
0.2 (32.4) |
10.7 (51.3) |
17.6 (63.7) |
21.8 (71.2) |
25.1 (77.2) |
24.2 (75.6) |
18.0 (64.4) |
10.1 (50.2) |
−0.6 (30.9) |
−7.8 (18.0) |
8.6 (47.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −14.2 (6.4) |
−12.6 (9.3) |
−5.1 (22.8) |
4.1 (39.4) |
10.7 (51.3) |
15.4 (59.7) |
18.1 (64.6) |
16.9 (62.4) |
11.0 (51.8) |
4.0 (39.2) |
−5.5 (22.1) |
−13.0 (8.6) |
2.5 (36.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −19.6 (−3.3) |
−17.9 (−0.2) |
−10.2 (13.6) |
−2.5 (27.5) |
3.7 (38.7) |
8.8 (47.8) |
11.0 (51.8) |
9.7 (49.5) |
4.0 (39.2) |
−2.1 (28.2) |
−10.4 (13.3) |
−18.2 (−0.8) |
−3.7 (25.3) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −46.7 (−52.1) |
−42.8 (−45.0) |
−43.9 (−47.0) |
−26.7 (−16.1) |
−15.6 (3.9) |
−6.7 (19.9) |
−3.9 (25.0) |
−4.8 (23.4) |
−9.4 (15.1) |
−23.0 (−9.4) |
−35.2 (−31.4) |
−41.7 (−43.1) |
−46.7 (−52.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 14.6 (0.57) |
9.2 (0.36) |
21.5 (0.85) |
23.1 (0.91) |
55.9 (2.20) |
76.9 (3.03) |
57.3 (2.26) |
62.5 (2.46) |
41.5 (1.63) |
22.0 (0.87) |
19.8 (0.78) |
20.5 (0.81) |
424.7 (16.72) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 0.2 (0.01) |
0.7 (0.03) |
5.2 (0.20) |
16.5 (0.65) |
49.8 (1.96) |
76.8 (3.02) |
57.3 (2.26) |
62.5 (2.46) |
39.1 (1.54) |
13.9 (0.55) |
4.0 (0.16) |
0.4 (0.02) |
326.3 (12.85) |
| Average snowfall cm (inches) | 17.1 (6.7) |
10.4 (4.1) |
18.0 (7.1) |
7.1 (2.8) |
6.3 (2.5) |
0.1 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
2.6 (1.0) |
8.8 (3.5) |
17.3 (6.8) |
24.2 (9.5) |
111.8 (44.0) |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 116.4 | 140.4 | 174.9 | 233.5 | 268 | 287.3 | 326.5 | 283.3 | 196 | 167.9 | 106.4 | 95.2 | 2,395.8 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 43.9 | 49.6 | 47.6 | 56.5 | 56.0 | 58.6 | 66.0 | 63.0 | 51.6 | 50.3 | 39.2 | 37.9 | 51.7 |
| Source: Environment Canada[11][15][16] | |||||||||||||
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Broadview had a population of 541 living in 256 of its 298 total private dwellings, a change of -2% from its 2016 population of 552. With a land area of 2.82 km2 (1.09 sq mi), it had a population density of 191.8/km2 (496.9/sq mi) in 2021.[17]
Government
The town of Broadview has a mayor as the highest ranking government official. The town also elects aldermen or councillors to form the municipal council. Currently the mayor is Sidney Criddle, and is serving with councillors Lori Stephan, Esther Bonk, Brent Bagshaw, Terry Fitzgerald, Tracy Strachan. The town administrator is Mervin Schmidt.[18]
Provincially, Broadview is within the constituency of Moosomin served by their Member of legislative assembly, Steven Bonk.[19]
Federally the Souris--Moose Mountain riding is represented by their Member of Parliament, Robert Kitchen.[20]
Economy
The Mainline Regional Economic Development Authority provides assistance and business advice for Broadview and the rural municipality of Elcapo NO. 154.[21] Highway 201 provides access to the Qu'Appelle Valley, 19 km (12 mi) north, which contains Crooked Lake Provincial Park at Crooked Lake and Bird's Point Resort at Round Lake.
Infrastructure
Transportation
Broadview is located on the #1 highway, the Trans Canada Highway, 155 kilometres (96 mi) east of the provincial capital city of Regina at the junction with Highway 201 north and Highway 605 south.
Broadview was the western terminus of the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1882, and later went on to become a major divisional point for the CPR.[22] Broadview was located on the CPR West line between Regina (Indian Head subdivision) and Winnipeg, Manitoba (Broadview subdivision). The line ran through Wolseley, Summerberry, Grenfell, Oakshela, Broadview, it continued east through Percival, Whitewood and Burrows. At Broadview in 1925, the time zone changed from Central Standard Time to Mountain Standard Time.[23] The Canadian Pacific Railway station building was declared a historic railway station in 1992 [24]
The original grade which the 1882 rail was built upon was abandoned in favour of a better grade, and an historical marker commemorates the old rail track.[22]
Department of Transportation aerodrome
The Broadview aerodrome was located approximately three miles south of the town. In approximately 1942 the aerodrome was listed at 50°16′N 102°32′W / 50.267°N 102.533°W with a Var. 16 degrees E and elevation of 2030'. The aerodrome was listed as a Turf, all way field with three runways were listed as follows: [25]
| Runway Name | Length | Width | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 3600' | 600' | Turf |
| 7/25 | 3300' | 600' | Turf |
| 13/31 | 3500' | 600' | Turf |
A review of Google Maps on 11 June 2018 shows a large cleared area around the coordinates referenced. There is no other visible trace of the airfield.
Education
Currently Broadview school serves an enrolled population of about 150 students between Kindergarten to Grade 12 is a part of Prairie Valley School Division No. 208.[16][26] Broadview school division office is located in Broadview.[27]
Broadview School #5 was established 1885, followed by Meadow Lea #55, Forest Farm #90, Spring Lake #153, Spring Lake #153, Clifton #278, Highland #437, River Ayr 534, Northwood #2988, Elcapo #3013, Kingsley #3916, Weed Creek #4352, Logwood #4924.[28] Historically Cowesses Day School was situated near Broadview.[29] The Highland One Room Schoolhouse is preserved in the Broadview museum.[30]
Points of interest
The Broadview Recreation Site is located 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) from town. Broadview Historical Museum opened July 15, 1972.[31]
Celebration Park comes equipped with baseball diamonds, tennis courts, rodeo ground, horseshoe pits, and a children's playground.[31] Broadview also features a natural ice-skating and hockey rink, Broadview Curling Club and the nine-hole Broadview Golf Club.[31]
Museum
The Broadview Historical Museum, which opened on July 15, 1972,[31] features the Highland One Room Schoolhouse[30] a reconstructed sod house, the Delorme family's one-room log cabin, extensive indoor and outdoor installations of numerous Cree and settler archives, artifacts and war memorabilia,[32] including Sergeant Bill, "Saskatchewan's most famous goat".[4][33] Archival photos and documents include agricultural, military, settler, and Cree history and heritage including genealogical resources.[32]
Notable person
John Hall Archer was born 1914 near Broadview, becoming the first president of the University of Regina and provincial archivist. The Order of Canada and the Saskatchewan Order of Merit have been conferred upon him, and the U of R library is named in his honour.[34]
Roy Sydney Baker-Falkner lived with his parents in Broadview from when was about 2 years old, and where his father was Secretart to the Great War Veterans Association. The family subsequently settled in British Columbia in the mid 1920s and Roy went on to be one of the top Second World War Naval Aviators from Canada and UK., and one of the few Canadians who took part in the Battle of Britain.
Location
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See also
References
- ^ National Archives, Archivia Net. "Post Offices and Postmasters". Retrieved 2009-05-08.
- ^ "Broadview". MedHunters. Retrieved 2009-05-17.
- ^ McLennan, David (2006). "Broadview". Encyclopaedia of Saskatchewan. Canadian Plains Research Centre University of Regina. Archived from the original on 2012-11-25. Retrieved 2009-05-18.
- ^ a b McLennan, David (2006). "Sergeant Bill". Encyclopaedia of Saskatchewan. Canadian Plains Research Centre University of Regina. Retrieved August 29, 2017.
- ^ Rebecca L. Dukes, Iva W. Galbraith, Thomas W. Dukes (November 1993). "Wounded in action: Sergeant Billy, the goat in military service for Canada in the Great War". Canadian Veterinary History Journal. 34 (11): 689–691. PMC 1686686. PMID 17424327.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada - The Directory of Designated Heritage Railway Stations in Saskatchewan". Parks Canada. Archived from the original on 2012-10-08. Retrieved 2011-02-07.
- ^ a b Thorpe, J. (1999). Kai-iu Fung; Bill Barry; Wilson, Michael (eds.). Natural Vegetation (Millennium ed.). Saskatchewan: University of Saskatchewan. pp. 46, 63, 76, 91, 160. ISBN 0-88880-387-7.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ^ a b Coupland, R.T. (1969). "Natural Vegetation of Saskatchewan". In J.H. Richards; K.I. Fung (eds.). Atlas of Saskatchewan. J.S. Rowe. Saskatoon, SK, CA: University of Saskatchewan. pp. 72–78.
- ^ "Querying Geographical Names of Canada". Natural Resources Canada. Government of Canada. 2007-12-28. Archived from the original on 2008-09-17. Retrieved 2009-05-18.
- ^ J., Thorpe (1999). Kai-iu Fung; Bill Barry; Wilson, Michael (eds.). Natural Vegetation. Saskatchewan: University of Saskatchewan. p. 119. ISBN 0-88880-387-7.
- ^ a b "Broadview". Canadian Climate Normals 1981−2010. Environment Canada. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
- ^ "June 1910". Canadian Climate Data. Environment Canada. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
- ^ "July 1937". Canadian Climate Data. Environment Canada. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
- ^ "January 1943". Canadian Climate Data. Environment Canada. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
- ^ "Broadview A". Canadian Climate Data. Environment Canada. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
- ^ a b "Broadview". Canadian Climate Data. Environment Canada. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
- ^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Saskatchewan". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved April 1, 2022.
- ^ Government of Saskatchewan, MRD Home. "Municipal Directory System". Retrieved 2009-05-08.
- ^ "Bonk". Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan. Archived from the original on 2021-03-17. Retrieved 2021-05-01.
- ^ "Robert Kitchen - Member of Parliament - Members of Parliament - House of Commons of Canada". www.ourcommons.ca. Retrieved 2021-05-01.
- ^ "Town of Broadview Economic Development". Archived from the original on 2009-09-25. Retrieved 2009-05-17.
- ^ a b E.T. Russell, ed. (1973). What's In a Name?. Saskatoon: Western Producer Prairie Books. p. 39. ISBN 0-919306-39-X.
- ^ Adamson, Julia (1925). "Canadian Maps: January 1925 Waghorn's Guide. Post Offices in Man. Sask. Alta. and West Ontario" (Published online January 5, 2005). Online Historical Map Digitization Project. Waghorn. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
- ^ Canada, Parks Canada Agency, Government of. "Parks Canada - Error - Erreur". Archived from the original on 2006-10-30. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Staff writer (c. 1942). Pilots Handbook of Aerodromes and Seaplane Bases Vol. 2. Royal Canadian Air Force. p. 33.
- ^ Hovind, Winona. "Welcome to Broadview School". Retrieved 2009-05-15.
- ^ Broadview School Division, archived from the original on 2005-04-06, retrieved 2009-05-15
- ^ Adamson, Julia (15 Mar 2006). "Saskatchewan One Room School Project". Saskatchewan Gen Web. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
- ^ "Cowessess Day School near Broadview, Sask". Saskatchewan One Room School Project. 10 Aug 2008. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
- ^ a b "Town of Broadview - Museum". Archived from the original on 2009-08-13. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
- ^ a b c d "Broadview Geography What is unique about Broadview aside from its ..." SaskBiz. Government of Saskatchewan. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
- ^ a b "Broadview Museum". Tourism Saskatchewan. June 26, 2017. Retrieved August 29, 2017.
- ^ Morin, Chris (May 22, 2015). "War hero goat to star in rom-com room". Regina Leader Post. Saskatoon. Retrieved August 29, 2017.
- ^ Chaput, John (2006). "Archer, John (1914–2004)". Encyclopaedia of Saskatchewan. Canadian Plains Research Centre University of Regina. Archived from the original on 2009-01-06. Retrieved 2009-05-18.
- ^ Adamson, Julia (1925). "Saskatchewan, Canada, Rand McNally 1924 Indexed Pocket Map Tourists' and Shippers' Guide" (Published online 11-Nov-2003). Online Historical Map Digitization Project. Waghorn. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
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