Coronach, Saskatchewan Explained

Coronach
Official Name:	Town of Coronach
Settlement Type:	Town
Pushpin Map:	Saskatchewan#CAN SK Hart Butte
Coordinates:	49.1119°N -105.5195°W
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	Canada
Subdivision Type1:	Province
Subdivision Name1:	Saskatchewan
Subdivision Type2:	Rural municipality
Subdivision Name2:	Hart Butte No. 11
Established Title:	Incorporated
Established Date:	1928
Leader Title:	Mayor
Leader Name:	Calvin Martin
Unit Pref:	Metric
Population As Of:	2016
Population Total:	643
Population Density Km2:	auto
Postal Code Type:	Postal code
Postal Code:	S0H 0Z0
Website:	townofcoronach.ca

Coronach is a community in southern Saskatchewan, Canada near the Canada–US border. It was founded in 1926 by the Canadian Pacific Railway and named after Coronach, the horse who had just won The Derby in England that year. Coronach was officially incorporated in 1928.

History

After its incorporation in 1928, the town's population teetered around 300, until about 1974 when the town discovered that they were to receive the Poplar River Power Project. This project brought many new citizens to the town to build and operate the Power Plant. The Poplar River Power Plant can be seen from a distance with the large smoke stack extending above the town. With the Poplar River Power Project also came the development of the Coronach Coal Mine, which provides the coal/fuel to the Power Plant. The Coal mine has had a few locations and a variety of owners; Westmoreland Coal Company currently owns it.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Coronach had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 2.34km2, it had a population density of in 2021.^[1]

According to the 2016 Census, Coronach had a median age of 43.0 years.^[2]

Services and attractions

• Big Muddy & Outlaw Cave Tours^[3]
• Camping – Poolside Park Campground, Poplar River Community Park, East Side Campground
• Coronach Sportsplex (which includes a regulation-size artificial ice rink, four artificial ice sheets for curling, and a heated outdoor swimming pool for the summer months)
• Four baseball diamonds
• Coronach Golf Club with a 9-hole, 3,000 yard grass greens course
• Coronach Museum – was established in 1987 to tell the story of the founding, settlement and development of the Coronach district from the year 1900. There is a hospital room, a schoolroom, communication room, shop, parlour, library, town office, bedroom, store, kitchen, toy room, church, sewing and textiles, and bathroom to display artifacts that shaped the history

Transportation

The Town of Coronach is a part owner of the Fife Lake Railway.^[4]

The Scobey–Coronach Border Crossing and the Coronach/Scobey Border Station Airport are about south-east of town.

See also

• List of towns in Saskatchewan
• List of communities in Saskatchewan

Notes and References

1. Web site: Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Saskatchewan . . 9 February 2022 . 1 April 2022.
2. Web site: 2016 Census of Canada. census profile 2016. 8 February 2017 . Statistics Canada. 30 May 2017.
3. Web site: Coronach Tourism Big Muddy & Outlaw Cave Tours . Tourism Saskatchewan . Government of Saskatchewan . 4 December 2022.
4. Web site: Fife Lake Railway Project Best Practice Report . 15 December 2010 . 6 July 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110706185913/http://www.municipalcapacity.ca/assets/File/Best%20Practices/Economic%20Development/Fife%20Lake%20Rail%20Project.pdf . dead .