Sorensen Beach | |
Other Name: | Sorenson's Beach |
Settlement Type: | Organized hamlet |
Pushpin Map: | Saskatchewan#Canada |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Saskatchewan |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Type3: | Census division |
Subdivision Type4: | Rural municipality |
Established Title: | Post office founded |
Established Title2: | Designated (organized hamlet) |
Established Title3: | Name change[1] |
Established Date3: | August 28, 2019 |
Area Footnotes: | (2016) |
Area Land Km2: | 0.17 |
Population As Of: | 2016 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 33 |
Population Density Km2: | 198.1 |
Timezone: | CST |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Coordinates: | 50.834°N -105.058°W |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Area Code: | 306 |
Blank Name: | Highway |
Blank1 Name: | Railway |
Sorensen Beach, previously referred to as Sorenson's Beach, is an organized hamlet in the Rural Municipality of McKillop No. 220, Saskatchewan, Canada that is recognized as a designated place by Statistics Canada. It is located on the eastern shore of Last Mountain Lake, approximately 53km (33miles) northwest of Regina.
The area was originally developed by Marius Andreas "Andy" Sorensen (1882 - 1964), a local commercial farmer who maintained his farming operations in the Duval/Strasbourg areas. The name of the organized hamlet was changed from Sorenson's Beach to Sorensen Beach on August 28, 2019.[1]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Sorensen Beach had a population of 44 living in 25 of its 59 total private dwellings, a growth of from its 2016 population of 33. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.[3]