Country Canada Census division 4 Established 1882 Local time Monday 11:51 AM Province Saskatchewan Number of airports 1 | Region Southwest Saskatchewan Rural Municipality Maple Creek No. 111 Incorporated (Village) 1896 Population 2,176 (2011) Area code 306 | |
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Weather 2°C, Wind NW at 14 km/h, 50% Humidity Points of interest Fort Walsh, Jasper Cultural and Historical Centre, Oldtimers Museum |
A living museum maple creek saskatchewan
Maple Creek is a town in Maple Creek Rural Municipality No. 111, Saskatchewan, Canada. The population was 2,084 at the 2016 Census.
Contents
- A living museum maple creek saskatchewan
- Map of Maple Creek SK Canada
- History
- Heritage sites
- Climate
- Attractions
- Education
- Notable people
- References
Map of Maple Creek, SK, Canada
The town is 103 km southeast of Medicine Hat, Alberta, and 40 km north of the Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park on Highway 21 and 8 km south of the Trans Canada Highway.
The administrative headquarters of the Nekaneet Cree First Nation band government is 37 km southeast of Maple Creek.
History
After the North-West Mounted Police had been established at Fort Walsh, settlers began to explore the Cypress Hills area, living along the creeks and doing small-scale ranching. The Department of the Interior was operating a First Nations farm on the Maple Creek, a few miles south from the present town site. In 1882-1883 the First Nations (mainly Cree, Saulteaux, and Assiniboine) were moved to Qu'Appelle, and the farm was then operated by Major Shircliff, an ex-Mounted Policeman.
In the winter of 1882, a Canadian Pacific Railway construction crew of 12 decided to winter where the town of Maple Creek now stands. This marked the establishment of Maple Creek.
In June 2010, a flood submerged some of the town. The same flood hit much of southwest Saskatchewan and southern Alberta and even destroyed a portion of the Trans-Canada Highway.
Heritage sites
There are two designated municipal heritage Properties in Maple Creek:
Climate
Maple Creek experiences a semi-arid climate (Köppen climate classification BSk). With the exception of southwestern Alberta, winters in Maple Creek are typically warmer than those in the adjacent plain region of southern Alberta and Saskatchewan, being a convergence point for Chinook winds originating along the Rocky Mountain Front. The mean maximum temperature in January 2006 was 5.3 °C [1] for the Maple Creek townsite, compared to 5.0 °C [2] for Calgary and 4.7 °C [3] for Medicine Hat.
The highest temperature ever recorded in Maple Creek was 41.0 °C (106 °F) on 29 June 1984. The coldest temperature ever recorded was −46.7 °C (−52 °F) on 15 & 16 February 1936.
Attractions
Education
The Sidney Street School and the Maple Creek Composite School serve the local community.
Great Plains College operates a satellite campus in Maple Creek.