| Official Name: | Fairy Hill |
| Settlement Type: | unincorporated place |
| Pushpin Map: | Saskatchewan |
| Pushpin Label: | Fairy Hill |
| Pushpin Map Alt: | Location of Fairy Hill in Saskatchewan |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Fairy Hill in Saskatchewan |
| Coordinates: | 50.8167°N -104.5672°W |
| Subdivision Type2: | Rural Municipality |
| Subdivision Name2: | Longlaketon No. 219 |
| Established Title: | Post office founded |
| Established Date: | 1901 |
| Established Title2: | Post office closed |
| Established Date2: | 1969 |
| Government Type: | Reeve-Council |
| Leader Title: | Governing Body |
| Leader Name: | Rural municipality council |
| Leader Title1: | Reeve |
| Leader Name1: | Ethan Osterhold |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Elevation M: | 502 |
| Timezone1: | CST |
| Utc Offset1: | -6 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CST (No DST)[1] |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | -6 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | S0G 4P0 |
| Area Code Type: | Area Codes |
| Area Code: | 306 / 639 |
| Iso Code: | CA-SK |
| Blank Name Sec1: | Federal Electoral District |
| Blank Info Sec1: | Moose Jaw-Lake Centre-Lanigan |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | Provincial Electoral District |
| Blank1 Info Sec1: | Last Mountain-Touchwood |
| Blank2 Name Sec1: | MP |
| Blank2 Info Sec1: | Tom Lukiwski (CPC) |
| Blank3 Name Sec1: | MLA |
| Blank3 Info Sec1: | Glen Hart (SP) |
| Blank2 Name Sec2: | Highways |
| Blank2 Info Sec2: | Hwy 6 Hwy 99 |
| Blank3 Name Sec2: | Waterways |
| Blank3 Info Sec2: | Qu'Appelle River |
Fairy Hill is a hamlet located in the Qu'Appelle Valley of Saskatchewan, Canada.[2] It is located in the Rural Municipality of Longlaketon No. 219 on the crossroads of Saskatchewan Highway 6 and Saskatchewan Highway 99. The community is a neighbour to nearby Southey, Glenbrea, Kennell, and the Piapot First Nation. A post office existed in Fairy Hill from 1901 to 1969. Today, the locality is home to multiple farms along with the Fairy Hill Trails.
The post office in Fairy Hill opened in 1901, and the first postmaster was Robert Mollard. The name Fairy Hill was chosen by the postmaster's wife. It is named after the Fairy Hill Estate on the Isle of Wight in England, which is the birthplace of Henry Cyril Lawson who founded the nearby Glen Ranche in 1895. Lawson died in 1940, and the town's post office closed in 1969.[3]
The hamlet is situated at the bottom of the Qu'Appelle Valley at one of the more wide points in the valley. It sits around 502 m (1650 ft) above sea level, and is one of the lowest points in the area.
Fairy Hill experiences a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dfb
, USDA Plant Hardiness Zone with warm summers and cold winters, prone to extremes at all times of the year. Average annual precipitation is 388mm and is heaviest from June through August, with June being the wettest month with an average of 75mm of precipitation. The average daily temperature for the year is . The lowest temperature ever recorded in the area was on 1 January 1885, while the highest recorded temperature was on 5 July 1937.Fairy Hill is a part of the federal riding of Moose Jaw-Lake Centre-Lanigan, which elected Conservative candidate Tom Lukiwski in 2015. In provincial politics, the hamlet is the Last Mountain-Touchwood riding, with Glen Hart, who has also won this riding the past 5 elections in a row, as the elected MLA. The area is situated mostly in the Rural Municipality of Longlaketon No. 219, while the rest is located in Lumsden No. 189. Delbert Schmidt is the current reeve of Longlaketon No. 219,[4] and Kent Farago is the reeve of Lumsden No. 189.[5]
The Fairy Hill Trails are located south of the Qu'Appelle River. The trails are home to many Geocaches and, as of 2017, can be walked virtually on Google Street View.[6] The trails span 1,642 acres of grassland and parkland, and the area is a popular spot for local fishers, hunters, hikers, and bird watchers.[7] Marshlands, known as the Fairy Hill Marsh, are located near the trails. The marshland provides habitat for shorebirds and migrating ducks and geese.[8]