Country Canada Post office Founded 1908 Postal code S0M 0V0 Population 444 (2011) Province Saskatchewan | Rural Municipalities (R.M.) Turtle River 469 Village 1911 Area 113 ha Local time Friday 11:34 PM Number of airports 1 | |
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Time zone Central Standard Time (UTC−6) Weather -19°C, Wind E at 11 km/h, 71% Humidity | ||
Edam is a village in Saskatchewan, Canada. It had a population of 444 in 2011.
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Map of Edam, SK, Canada
Edam is located off Saskatchewan Highway 26, south of Turtleford and north of Vawn, Saskatchewan.
It is known as a "Little piece of Holland in Saskatchewan." The hamlet was established in 1907 and named for the city of Edam in the Netherlands, after the name Amsterdam was rejected by the Saskatchewan Government Office as "too long".
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Edam is the home town of Fiona Smith, of the Canadian Women's Hockey team.
Edam is the birthplace of Wayne Wouters, former Clerk of the Privy Council (the most senior civil servant) in the Government of Canada.
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Edam, Saskatchewan Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA