Parkbeg Explained

Official Name:Parkbeg, Saskatchewan
Settlement Type:Hamlet
Pushpin Map:Saskatchewan#Canada
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Parkbeg in Saskatchewan
Coordinates:50.45°N -106.2667°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 Municipality
Leader Title:Governing body
Leader Name:Wheatlands No. 163
Leader Title1:Reeve
Leader Title2:Administrator
Leader Name2:Angela Molde
Leader Title3:MP
Leader Name3:Jeremy Patzer (Cypress Hills—Grasslands)
Leader Title4:MLA
Leader Name4:Doug Steele (Cypress Hills)
Established Title:Post office Founded
Established Date:1911
Established Title2:Incorporated (Village)
Established Date2:1920
Established Title3:Restructured (Hamlet)
Established Date3:December 31, 1957
Population As Of:2006
Timezone:CST
Utc Offset:-6
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:S0H 0E0
Area Code:306
Blank Name:Highways
Blank Info:Highway 1
Highway 627
Blank1 Name:Railways
Blank1 Info:Canadian Pacific Railway

Parkbeg is a hamlet in Wheatlands Rural Municipality No. 163, Saskatchewan, Canada. The hamlet is located at the junction of Highway 1 and Highway 627 approximately 58 km directly west of the City of Moose Jaw on the Trans Canada Highway.

Demographics

Parkbeg, like so many other small communities throughout Saskatchewan, has struggled to maintain a sturdy population causing it to become a semi ghost town with only a few citizens. Prior to December 31, 1957, Parkbeg was incorporated under village status, but was restructured to hamlet status under the jurisdiction of the Rural municipality of Wheatlands on that date.[1]

Services

Parkbeg has a café that also serves as a post office. There was also a grain elevator owned by Paterson Grain which was serviced by the Canadian Pacific Railway but which has now been demolished.[2]

Gainer the Gopher

Gainer the Gopher is the mascot of the Saskatchewan Roughriders, a Canadian Football League team. He is from Parkbeg.[3]

See also

References

50.45°N -106.2667°W

Notes and References

  1. Parkbeg Saskatchewan - Restructured Villages
  2. Web site: Parkbeg – Grain Elevators of Canada . 2023-08-15 . en-CA.
  3. Saskatchewan Riderville - Gainer the Gopher