Katepwa Beach | |
Settlement Type: | Former resort village |
Pushpin Map: | Saskatchewan |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Saskatchewan |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Type3: | Census division |
Subdivision Name3: | 6 |
Subdivision Type4: | Rural municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | RM of Abernethy No. 186 |
Subdivision Type5: | Resort village |
Subdivision Name5: | District of Katepwa |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Don Jewitt |
Leader Title1: | Governing body |
Leader Name1: | Resort Village Council |
Leader Title2: | Administrator |
Leader Name2: | Gail E. Sloan |
Leader Title3: | Clerk |
Leader Title4: | Councillors |
Leader Name4: | Michael Alport Georden Pettigrew Dennis Temple |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Title2: | Incorporated (resort village) |
Established Date2: | August 1, 1957 |
Established Title3: | Name change |
Established Date3: | May 13, 1992 |
Established Title4: | Amalgamated |
Established Date4: | July 24, 2004 |
Area Footnotes: | (2006) |
Area Land Km2: | 1.69 |
Population As Of: | 2006 |
Population Total: | 112 |
Population Density Km2: | 66.3 |
Timezone: | CST |
Timezone Dst: | CST |
Coordinates: | 50.697°N -103.628°W |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Area Code: | 306 and 639 |
Blank Name: | Highway(s) |
Blank Info: | Highway 56 |
Blank1 Name: | Railway(s) |
Blank2 Name: | Waterway(s) |
Blank2 Info: | Katepwa Lake |
Katepwa Beach (2006 population:) is a former resort village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within Census Division No. 6. It is now part of the District of Katepwa. Katepwa Beach is on the eastern shore of Katepwa Lake in the RM of Abernethy No. 186, approximately south-east of the town of Fort Qu'Appelle on Highway 56.
Located on the south side of Katepwa Beach is Katepwa Point Provincial Park[1] and on the east side are two gold courses. Katepwa Beach Golf Course is an 18-hole course[2] and Katepwa Family Nine Golf Course is a 9-hole course.[3]
Katepwa Beach incorporated as a resort village on August 1, 1957, under the official name of the Summer Resort Village of Katepwa Beach.[4] The resort village changed its official name to the Resort Village of Katepwa Beach on May 13, 1992.[4] It, and the resort villages of Katepwa South and Sandy Beach, amalgamated on July 24, 2004, to form the Resort Village of the District of Katepwa.[5]
In the 2006 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the former Resort Village of Katepwa Beach recorded a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change from its 2001 population of . With a land area of 1.69km2, it had a population density of in 2006.[6]
In the 2001 Census of Population, the Resort Village of Katepwa Beach recorded a population of, a change from its 1996 population of . With a land area of 2.89km2, it had a population density of in 2001.[7]
The former Resort Village of Katepwa Beach has been governed by the District of Katepwa since the 2004 amalgamation.[5] Katepwa Beach is in Ward 2, which is represented by councillors Stephen Alport, Scott Baber and Garry Huntington, .[8] The District of Katepwa's mayor is Rick Pattison and its administrator is Gail E. Sloan.[9]