D'Arcy, Saskatchewan

D'Arcy is an unincorporated community in Rural Municipality of Pleasant Valley No. 288 in western-central Saskatchewan, Canada. The post office started out with the name D'Arcy Station in 1911 in the Federal Electoral District of Kindersley. Along with McGee, Saskatchewan, the town is named after the Father of Confederation, D'Arcy McGee.

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Coordinates: 51.465811°N 108.540231°W / 51.465811; -108.540231
CountryCanada
ProvinceSaskatchewan
RegionSouthwest Saskatchewan
Census division12
Rural MunicipalityPleasant
Government
  Governing bodyPleasant Valley No. 288
Time zoneCentral Standard Time (CST)
Area code(s)306
HighwaysHighway 7
RailwaysCanadian National Railway
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Transportation

D'Arcy was also a Canadian National Railways C.N.R. Rail Station on the Saskatoon - Calgary Branch line.

Education

D'Arcy is located within the Sun West School Division. D'Arcy School District No. 3016 was the first one-room school house in D'Arcy region.

References

  1. National Archives, Archivia Net, Post Offices and Postmasters, archived from the original on 2006-10-06
  2. Government of Saskatchewan, MRD Home, Municipal Directory System, archived from the original on November 21, 2008
  3. Canadian Textiles Institute. (2005), CTI Determine your provincial constituency, archived from the original on 2007-09-11
  4. Commissioner of Canada Elections, Chief Electoral Officer of Canada (2005), Elections Canada On-line, archived from the original on 2007-04-21

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