Sunset View Beach, Saskatchewan Explained

Sunset View Beach
Settlement Type:Organized hamlet
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Pushpin Map:Saskatchewan#Canada
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Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Canada
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Saskatchewan
Subdivision Type2:Region
Subdivision Type3:Census division
Subdivision Name3:17
Subdivision Type4:Rural municipality
Subdivision Name4:Mervin No. 499
Leader Title:Board chair
Leader Name:Ray Fenrich
Leader Title1:Governing body
Leader Name1:Hamlet Board
Leader Title2:Board members
Leader Name2:Jason Krueckl
Gerald Nickel
Established Title:Founded
Established Title2:Incorporated
(resort village)
Established Date2:September 1, 1992
Established Title3:Dissolved (organized hamlet)
Established Date3:January 1, 2005
Area Footnotes: (2016)[1]
Area Land Km2:0.80
Population As Of:2016
Population Total:74
Population Density Km2:92.5
Timezone:CST
Timezone Dst:CST
Coordinates:53.55°N -108.636°W
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Area Code:306 and 639
Blank Name:Highway(s)
Blank Info:Highway 697
Blank1 Name:Railway(s)
Blank2 Name:Waterway(s)
Blank2 Info:Turtle Lake

Sunset View Beach[2] (2016 population:) is an organized hamlet in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the RM of Mervin No. 499 and Census Division No. 17. Part of the RM of Parkdale No. 498 prior to September 1992, it subsequently held resort village status until it dissolved to become part of the RM of Mervin No. 499 in January 2015. Sunset View Beach is on the southeast shore of Turtle Lake, approximately northeast of the town of Turtleford and north of the city of North Battleford.

History

Sunset View Beach originally incorporated as a resort village on September 1, 1992.[3] Prior to incorporation it was part of the RM of Parkdale No. 498.[3] Sunset View Beach subsequently dissolved on January 1, 2005, becoming an organized hamlet under the jurisdiction of the RM of Mervin No. 499.[4] [5]

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Sunset View Beach had a population of 133 living in 71 of its 243 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 74. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.[6]

Government

While Sunset View Beach is under the jurisdiction of the RM of Mervin No. 499,[7] it has a three-person hamlet board that is chaired by Ray Fenrich.[8] [9]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and designated places, 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Saskatchewan) . Statistics Canada . February 20, 2019 . June 7, 2020.
  2. Web site: Sunset View Beach . Canadian Geographical Names Database . Government of Canada . 15 February 2024.
  3. Web site: Interim List of Changes to Municipal Boundaries, Status and Names: January 2, 1991 to January 1, 1996 . . 232 . February 1997 . June 9, 2020.
  4. Web site: Interim List of Changes to Municipal Boundaries, Status, and Names: From January 2, 2001 to January 1, 2006 (Table 1: Changes to Census Subdivisions in Alphabetical Order by Province [Saskatchewan]) ]. . June 2007 . June 7, 2020.
  5. Web site: Saskatchewan Ministry of Municipal Affairs . Restructured Villages . June 7, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080325234155/http://www.municipal.gov.sk.ca/div/munadvisory/munchanges/restructvillages.html . March 25, 2008.
  6. Web site: Population and dwelling counts: Canada and designated places . . February 9, 2022 . Aug 31, 2022.
  7. Web site: 2019-2020 Rural Revenue Sharing Organized Hamlet Grant . Government of Saskatchewan . June 7, 2020.
  8. Web site: Sunset View Beach . Rural Municipality of Mervin No. 499 . June 7, 2020.
  9. Web site: Sunset View Beach Hamlet Board Annual General Meeting (minutes) . Rural Municipality of Mervin No. 499 . May 19, 2019 . June 7, 2020.