Frontier, Saskatchewan
| Frontier | |
|---|---|
| Village | |
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Ex. Saskatchewan Wheat Pool | |
  Frontier Location of Frontier in Saskatchewan | |
| Coordinates: 49°11′59″N 108°34′01″W / 49.199738°N 108.56703°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Saskatchewan |
| Region | Saskatchewan |
| Census division | No. 4 |
| Rural Municipality | No. 19 |
| Post office Founded | 1917 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Connie Korsberg |
| • Administrator | Barb Webber |
| • Governing body | Frontier Town Council |
| • MP Cypress Hills—Grasslands | David L. Anderson (CON) |
| • MLA Cypress Hills | Wayne Elhard |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.93 km2 (0.36 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
| • Total | 351 |
| • Density | 376.9/km2 (976/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CST |
| Postal code | S0N 0W0 |
| Area code(s) | 306 |
| Highways |
Highway 43 Highway 4 |
| Website | Official Website |
| [2][3] | |
Frontier is a small village in the rural municipality of Frontier No. 19, Saskatchewan, Canada. The population was 351 in the 2011 Canada Census. Frontier is on Highway 18 and is served by the Frontier Airport located (3.7 km) south of the town.
History
The Frontier post office was founded in 1917.[2]
Demographics
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Climate
| Climate data for Frontier | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 13 (55) |
19 (66) |
22.5 (72.5) |
30 (86) |
35 (95) |
37.5 (99.5) |
38 (100) |
38.5 (101.3) |
35 (95) |
32 (90) |
23.5 (74.3) |
13 (55) |
38.5 (101.3) |
| Average high °C (°F) | −5.8 (21.6) |
−2.1 (28.2) |
4.8 (40.6) |
12.9 (55.2) |
19.1 (66.4) |
23.6 (74.5) |
26.8 (80.2) |
27 (81) |
19.8 (67.6) |
12.6 (54.7) |
1.7 (35.1) |
−3.6 (25.5) |
11.4 (52.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −11.5 (11.3) |
−7.8 (18) |
−1 (30) |
5.8 (42.4) |
11.9 (53.4) |
16.4 (61.5) |
18.8 (65.8) |
18.8 (65.8) |
12.2 (54) |
5.6 (42.1) |
−3.6 (25.5) |
−9.1 (15.6) |
4.7 (40.5) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −17.2 (1) |
−13.5 (7.7) |
−6.8 (19.8) |
−1.3 (29.7) |
4.6 (40.3) |
9.1 (48.4) |
10.7 (51.3) |
10.4 (50.7) |
4.5 (40.1) |
−1.4 (29.5) |
−9 (16) |
−14.6 (5.7) |
−2 (28) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −41.5 (−42.7) |
−43 (−45) |
−35 (−31) |
−20.5 (−4.9) |
−6.5 (20.3) |
−2 (28) |
3 (37) |
−1 (30) |
−11.5 (11.3) |
−29 (−20) |
−35 (−31) |
−40 (−40) |
−43 (−45) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 14 (0.55) |
11.3 (0.445) |
20.1 (0.791) |
27.7 (1.091) |
55.6 (2.189) |
66.4 (2.614) |
46.5 (1.831) |
41.6 (1.638) |
21.5 (0.846) |
16.1 (0.634) |
19.6 (0.772) |
13.6 (0.535) |
354.1 (13.941) |
| Source: Environment Canada[7] | |||||||||||||
Attractions
- Frontier & District Golf Course, a 9-hole facility located in Frontier, it also features all the hallmarks of Saskatchewan golf.
- 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.
Education
Frontier School offers Kindergarten through grade 12 and is in the Chinook School Division.
Notable people
NHL players, Rhett Warrener and Braydon Coburn, along with Conservative MP David L. Anderson.
See also
References
- ↑ "2011 Community Profiles". Statistics Canada. Government of Canada. Retrieved 2014-04-22.
- 1 2 National Archives, Archivia Net. "Post Offices and Postmasters". Retrieved 2014-04-22.
- ↑ Government of Saskatchewan, MRD Home. "Municipal Directory System". Retrieved 2014-04-22.
- ↑ "2011 Community Profiles". Canada 2011 Census. Statistics Canada. July 5, 2013. Retrieved 2014-04-22.
- ↑ "2006 Community Profiles". Canada 2006 Census. Statistics Canada. March 30, 2011. Retrieved 2014-04-22.
- ↑ "2001 Community Profiles". Canada 2001 Census. Statistics Canada. February 17, 2012.
- ↑ Environment Canada Canadian Climate Normals 1971–2000, accessed 27 July 2010
- Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 24 July 2014 to 0901Z 18 September 2014
External links
- Page about this airport on COPA's Places to Fly airport directory
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Coordinates: 49°11′56″N 108°34′01″W / 49.199°N 108.567°W
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