Bracken, Saskatchewan

Bracken, Saskatchewan
Village
Railway tracks and elevator in Bracken
Location of Bracken in Saskatchewan
Coordinates: 49°10′41″N 108°05′46″W / 49.178°N 108.096°W
Country	Canada
Province	Saskatchewan
Region	Saskatchewan
Census division	4
Rural Municipality	Lone Tree
Post office Founded	N/A
Village Incorporated	N/A
Government
• Governing body	Bracken Village Council
• Mayor	Michael R Mitchell
• Administrator	Ron Johnson
• MP	David L. Anderson
• MLA	Wayne Elhard
Area
• Total	0.60 km^2 (0.23 sq mi)
Population (2006)
• Total	25
• Density	41.9/km^2 (109/sq mi)
Time zone	CST
Postal code	S0N 0G0
Area code(s)	306
Highways	Highway 43 Highway 4

Bracken is a village in the Lone Tree Rural Municipality No. 18, Saskatchewan, Canada. The population was 25 at the 2006 Canada Census

Bracken is named after John Bracken, Premier of Manitoba and leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, who was a professor at the University of Saskatchewan.

Demographics

In 2006, Bracken had a population of 25 living in 17 dwellings, a -28.6% decrease from 2001. The village had a land area of 0.60 km² (0.23 sq mi) and a population density of 41.9/km² (109/sq mi).^[1]

Education

Students in Bracken are bused to Frontier which has one school that covers Kindergarten through grade 12 in the Chinook School Division. Enrollment for 2006 was NA.

Attractions

• Grasslands National Park, one of Canada's newer national parks and is located in southern Saskatchewan along the Montana border.
• Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park, an interprovincial park straddling the southern Alberta-Saskatchewan border, located southeast of Medicine Hat. It is Canada's only interprovincial park.

See also

• List of communities in Saskatchewan
• Villages of Saskatchewan

References

1. Statistics Canada. "Canada 2006 Census: Bracken - Community Profile". Retrieved 2009-01-15.

External links

• Municipal Affairs - Bracken, Saskatchewan

Coordinates: 49°10′41″N 108°05′46″W / 49.178°N 108.096°W