Bounty | |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | Saskatchewan#Canada |
Coordinates: | 51.31°N -107.22°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Type3: | Census division |
Subdivision Type4: | Rural Municipality |
Subdivision Name1: | Saskatchewan |
Subdivision Name2: | Southwest Saskatchewan |
Subdivision Name4: | Fertile Valley |
Established Title: | Established |
Established Date: | 1900 |
Established Title2: | Incorporated (Village) |
Established Date2: | 1904 |
Established Title3: | Restructured (Hamlet) |
Established Date3: | November 25, 1997 |
Government Type: | Mayor: Spencer Meisner |
Area Land Km2: | 1.68 |
Population Total: | 5 |
Population As Of: | 2001 |
Population Density Km2: | 3.0 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Area Code: | 306 |
Leader Title2: | Governing body |
Leader Name2: | Fertile Valley No. 285 |
Timezone: | CST |
Blank Name: | Highways |
Blank Info: | Highway 15 |
Blank1 Name: | Waterways |
Bounty (formally known as Botany[1]) is an unincorporated community in Fertile Valley No. 285 Saskatchewan, Canada. The population was 5 at the 2001 Census. It previously held the status of village until November 25, 1997. The community is located on Range Road 104 and Township Road 300, about 21km (13miles) west of Outlook. At one time Bounty was said to have nobody living in the community.[2]
Prior to November 25, 1997, Bounty was incorporated as a village, and was restructured as an unincorporated community under the jurisdiction of the Rural municipality of Fertile Valley on that date.[3]
In 1996, the former Village of Bounty had a population of 18 living in six dwellings, a -35.7% decrease from 1991. The former village had a land area of 1.68km2.[4]