Country Canada Census division 14 Founded 1924 Population 200 (2011) Province Saskatchewan | Provinces and territories of Canada Saskatchewan Rural Municipalities (R.M.) Barrier Valley No. 397 Post Office Founded March 16, 1925 Local time Tuesday 4:59 AM | |
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Archerwill (population 200) is a village in east-central Saskatchewan, Canada, approximately 55 km (34 mi) north of Wadena, 52 km (32 mi) south of Tisdale and 70 km (43 mi) southeast of Melfort. Since 1981 Archerwill has been the administrative centre of the Rural Municipality of Barrier Valley.
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Map of Archerwill, SK, Canada
History
The community is named, in a syllabic abbreviation, after the secretary-treasurer and two councilors of the executive governing council of the R.M. of Barrier Valley in 1924. They were: Archie Campbell and Ervie Hanson, councilors; and William Pierce, secretary-treasurer.
Archerwill is located on the Wadena-to-Tisdale branch line of the Canadian Pacific Railway. However, the nearly 55-year-old railway station was torn down in the early 1980s; and the nearly 60-year-old Saskatchewan Wheat Pool and UGG elevators were torn down in the 1990s.
The Archerwill Café (probably built in the late 1920s), most recently operating as Diner Thirty Five, burned down in a fire on June 23, 2016. The actions of the Archerwill Volunteer Fire Department, along with the Rose Valley Volunteer Fire Department – who arrived from 17 kilometres (11 mi) away – saved the adjacent Archerwill Hotel and the post office.
Amenities
Archerwill has a Co-op grocery store, Co-op lumber yard/hardware store, Co-op gas station/convenience store and a Co-op fertilizer plant. Archerwill also has an elementary school, a post office, a credit union, an indoor ice skating rink/curling rink, a community hall, a public library, a volunteer fire department/fire hall, a restaurant, a hotel/bar and a greenhouse/garden centre.