Lampman Explained

Official Name:Lampman
Settlement Type:Town
Pushpin Map:Saskatchewan#Canada
Pushpin Label Position:left
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Canada
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Saskatchewan
Subdivision Type2:Region
Subdivision Name2:Southeast
Subdivision Type3:Census division
Subdivision Name3:Division No. 1
Subdivision Type4:Rural Municipality
Subdivision Name4:Rural Municipality of Browning No. 34
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:John Jones
Established Title:Post office founded
Established Date:1910-05-01
Established Title2:Incorporated (Village)
Established Date2:1910
Established Title3:Town
Established Date3:1963
Population As Of:2016
Population Total:735
Timezone:CST
Coordinates:49.3773°N -102.7621°W
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:S0C 1N0
Area Code:306
Blank Name:Highways
Blank Info:Highway 361 Highway 605
Blank1 Name:Waterways
Footnotes:[1] [2] [3]

Lampman is a town of around 735 people in the south-east part of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan, roughly 30 miles north-east of Estevan.[4]

To the north-west of Lampman, is Lake Roy, which is a shallow lake that often floods into town. Lampman's water supply is obtained from two deep wells that go through a water treatment system.

History

The village of Lampman was founded on September 13, 1910. It gained the status of town on June 1, 1963.[5] It was named for Canadian poet Archibald Lampman, one of the Confederation Poets. It is also part of "Poet's Corner" in south-east Saskatchewan. Several communities and stops along the CN Railway in this part of the province were named after famous British and Canadian poets. Some of the other places include, Carlyle (Thomas Carlyle), Browning (Robert Browning), Service (Robert W. Service), Cowper (William Cowper), and Wordsworth (William Wordsworth).[6]

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Lampman had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 2.13km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[7]

Education

Lampman has one school that covers Kindergarten through grade 12.

Sports and recreation

Lampman has a community complex that includes an outdoor swimming pool, ice hockey arena, curling rink with four sheets of ice, and five baseball diamonds. The town also has a racetrack, golf course, campground, parks, and a walking path. The Lampman A's baseball team was inducted into the Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of Fame on August 18, 2012.

Services and transportation

Lampman has volunteer ambulance service, volunteer fire department, and emergency rescue.

The town is serviced by a freight railway line, grain elevator, Lampman Airport (CJQ2),[8] and two highways, Highway 361 and Highway 605.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Archives . Archivia Net . Post Offices and Postmasters . 2014-04-26 .
  2. Web site: . MRD Home . Municipal Directory System . 2014-04-26 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160115125115/http://www.mds.gov.sk.ca/apps/Pub/MDS/welcome.aspx . 2016-01-15 .
  3. Web site: Commissioner of Canada Elections . Chief Electoral Officer of Canada . Elections Canada On-line . 2005 . April 26, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070421084430/http://www.elections.ca/home.asp . 2007-04-21 .
  4. "Lampman," Encyclopedia of Canada (Toronto: University Associates, 948), III, 379.
  5. "A Little Bit of History," Town of Lampman and Community . Web, Mar. 23, 2011.
  6. Web site: "A Poetic Past": The quest | Globalnews.ca.
  7. Web site: Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Saskatchewan . . February 9, 2022 . April 1, 2022.
  8. Web site: Lampman Airport - CJQ2 - Airport Guide.