Official Name: | Marsden |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Saskatchewan#Canada |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Marsden in Saskatchewan |
Coordinates: | 52.845°N -109.808°W |
Pushpin Label Position: | none |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 200 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Saskatchewan |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Saskatchewan |
Subdivision Type3: | Census division |
Subdivision Type4: | Rural municipalities |
Subdivision Name4: | Manitou Lake |
Leader Title1: | Administrator |
Leader Name1: | Colleen Digness |
Established Title: | Post office Founded |
Established Date: | N/A |
Established Title2: | Incorporated (Village) |
Established Date2: | N/A |
Established Title3: | Incorporated (Town) |
Established Date3: | N/A |
Area Total Km2: | 0.94 |
Population As Of: | 2006 |
Population Total: | 234 |
Population Density Km2: | 294.1 |
Population Blank1 Title: | National Population Rank (Out of 5,008) |
Timezone: | MST |
Utc Offset: | −7 |
Timezone Dst: | MDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | −6 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | S0M 1P0 |
Area Code: | 306 |
Blank Name: | Highways |
Blank1 Name: | Waterways |
Marsden (2016 population:) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Manitou Lake No. 442 and Census Division No. 13. It gained notoriety shortly after the impact of the Buzzard Coulee meteorite near the village on 20 November 2008.
Marsden is located along Highway 40, just east of Wells Lake, and about 4 miles north-west of Manitou Lake.
The village was named after Marsden, West Yorkshire in England. That was the birthplace of the wife of Alex F. Wright, the first postmaster.[1]
Marsden incorporated as a village on 24 April 1931.[2]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Marsden had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 0.79km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[3]
In the 2016 Census of Population, the Village of Marsden recorded a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of . With a land area of 0.94km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[4]
About four miles south-east of Marsden is Big Manitou Regional Park, which is on Manitou Lake. The park offers camping, golfing, ball diamonds, and other activities.
Marsden is the host of the annual Quad War, a Society for Creative Anachronism event. It is a Renaissance / Middle Ages full costume festival and war. It attracts approximately 500 people, mostly society members from Alberta and Saskatchewan. It is usually held in the first week of August.