Sandy Beach | |
Settlement Type: | Former resort village |
Mapsize: | 200 |
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: | Darren Cyca Murdoch MacPherson |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Title2: | Incorporated (resort village) |
Established Date2: | 1954 |
Established Title3: | Amalgamated |
Established Date3: | July 24, 2004 |
Area Footnotes: | (2006) |
Area Land Km2: | 0.14 |
Population As Of: | 2006 |
Population Total: | 48 |
Population Density Km2: | 342.9 |
Timezone: | CST |
Timezone Dst: | CST |
Coordinates: | 50.727°N -103.649°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 |
Sandy 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. Sandy Beach is on the eastern shore of Katepwa Lake in the Rural Municipality of Abernethy No. 186, approximately 13km (08miles) south-east of the town of Fort Qu'Appelle on Highway 56.
Sandy Beach originally incorporated as a resort village in 1954.[1] It, and the resort villages of Katepwa Beach and Katepwa South, amalgamated on July 24, 2004 to form the Resort Village of the District of Katepwa.[2]
In the 2006 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the former Resort Village of Sandy Beach recorded a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change from its 2001 population of . With a land area of 0.14km2, it had a population density of in 2006.[3]
In the 2001 Census of Population, the Resort Village of Sandy Beach recorded a population of, a change from its 1996 population of . With a land area of 0.35km2, it had a population density of in 2001.[4]
The former Resort Village of Sandy Beach has been governed by the District of Katepwa since the 2004 amalgamation.[2] Sandy Beach is in Ward 1, which is represented by councillors Darren Cyca and Murdoch MacPherson.[5] The District of Katepwa's mayor is Rick Pattison and its administrator is Gail E. Sloan.[6]