Ponteix Explained
| Ponteix |
| Official Name: | Town of Ponteix |
| Settlement Type: | Town |
| Pushpin Map: | CAN SK Auvergne#Saskatchewan |
| Coordinates: | 49.7476°N -107.4883°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Saskatchewan |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | David Scully |
| Leader Title1: | Town Manager |
| Leader Name1: | Lynne Lemieux |
| Leader Title2: | Governing body |
| Leader Name2: | Ponteix Town Council |
| Leader Title3: | MLA |
| Leader Title4: | MP |
| Established Title: | Post office Founded |
| Established Date: | 1908-10-01 |
| Established Title2: | Village Incorporated |
| Established Title3: | Town Incorporated |
| Area Total Km2: | 1.09 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 577 |
| Population Density Km2: | 485.2 |
| Timezone: | Central Standard Time |
| Utc Offset: | −6 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | S0N 1Z0 |
| Area Code: | 306 |
| Blank Name: | Highways |
| Blank Info: | Highway 13
Highway 612 |
| Footnotes: | [2] [3] |
Ponteix is a town in southwestern Saskatchewan, Canada, southeast of Swift Current. It is on Highway 628, just north of Highway 13.
History
In 1908, Father Albert-Marie Royer from the Auvergne region in France established a parish and hamlet called Notre-Dame d’Auvergne north of Notukeu Creek.[4] Five years later, the townsite was moved south of the creek when the Canadian Pacific Railway laid track there. After the move, the community was renamed Ponteix after Father Royer's former parish in France (Le Ponteix, commune of Aydat).[5]
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Ponteix had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 1.19km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[6]
Climate
According to the 2011 federal census, 175 of Ponteix's residents spoke both official languages (English and French).
Notukeu Regional Park
Notukeu Regional Park [7] is a regional park along the banks of Notukeu Creek and adjacent to Ponteix. The park has a campground, golf course, spray park, and swimming pool.[8] It is a small park that was founded in 1964.
The campground has 30 serviced campsites plus a tenting area.[9] The Ponteix Golf Club has grass greens and is a 9-hole, par 33 course that totals 2,485 yards. There is a licensed clubhouse and pro shop.[10]
Attractions
- Plesiosaur Statue: Near Ponteix was the site of a plesiosaur find in the early 1990s. In 1995 community members and students of Ponteix school contributed small articles to this plesiosaur statue before it was filled with cement and painted by the townspeople in a ceremony commemorating the discovery of the original plesiosaur's bones.[11]
- Notukeu Heritage Museum in Ponteix features prehistoric artifacts.[12]
- Notre Dame D'Auvergne Catholic Church, a brick and concrete structure in Ponteix built in 1929, features twin steeples and houses a large wood carving of the Pieta.[13] The Pieta statue came to Canada in 1909 and was saved when the 1916 church was destroyed by fire in 1923. A description of the oak statue in 1954 by Abbot Jerome Webber of St. Peter's Abbey claims it was made in France over four hundred years ago, was saved by peasants during the French Revolution and was once covered in pure gold.[14]
Notable residents
See also
References
49.7476°N -107.4883°W
Notes and References
- Web site: 2011 Community Profiles . Statistics Canada . Government of Canada . 2014-08-02.
- Web site: National Archives . Archivia Net . Post Offices and Postmasters . 2013-11-22.
- Web site: Government of Saskatchewan . MRD Home . Municipal Directory System . 2013-11-22.
- Web site: Notukeu Creek . Canadian Geographical Names Database . Government of Canada . 21 July 2023.
- Web site: Town of Ponteix website. 2012-12-20.
- Web site: Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Saskatchewan . . February 9, 2022 . April 1, 2022.
- Web site: Notukeu Regional Park . Canadian Geographical Names Database . Government of Canada . 22 July 2023.
- Web site: Notukeu Regional Park . Tourism Saskatchewan . Government of Saskatchewan . 23 July 2023.
- Web site: Notukeu . Regional Parks of Saskatchewan . Saskatchewan Regional Parks . 23 July 2023.
- Web site: Ponteix Golf Club . GolfPass . GolfPass . 23 July 2023.
- Web site: Big Things (Village of Ponteix, Saskatchewan). 2012-12-20.
- Web site: Museums Association of Saskatchewan (Notukeu Heritage Museum). 2012-12-20.
- Web site: Notre Dame D'Auvergne Catholic Church. 2012-12-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20040222065430/http://www.ourladyofthefields.ca/ponteix.htm. 2004-02-22. dead.
- Web site: Saskatchewan’s Marian Shrines. 2012-12-20.
