Parkbeg

Parkbeg is a hamlet in Wheatlands Rural Municipality No. 163, Saskatchewan, Canada. The hamlet is located at the junction of Highway 1 and Highway 627 approximately 58 km directly west of the City of Moose Jaw on the Trans Canada Highway.

Parkbeg, Saskatchewan
Hamlet
Location of Parkbeg in Saskatchewan
Parkbeg (Canada)
Coordinates: 50.4500°N 106.2667°W / 50.4500; -106.2667
CountryCanada
ProvinceSaskatchewan
RegionSaskatchewan
Census division7
Rural MunicipalityWheatlands
Post office Founded1911
Incorporated (Village)1920
Restructured (Hamlet)December 31, 1957
Government
 • Governing bodyWheatlands No. 163
 • AdministratorElaine Salikin
 • MPJeremy Patzer (Cypress Hills—Grasslands)
 • MLADoug Steele (Cypress Hills)
Time zoneUTC−6 (CST)
Postal code
S0H 0E0
Area code(s)306
HighwaysHighway 1
Highway 627
RailwaysCanadian Pacific Railway
[1][2][3][4]

Demographics

Parkbeg, like so many other small communities throughout Saskatchewan, has struggled to maintain a sturdy population causing it to become a semi ghost town with only a few citizens. Prior to December 31, 1957, Parkbeg was incorporated under village status, but was restructured to hamlet status under the jurisdiction of the Rural municipality of Wheatlands on that date.[5]

Climate
Climate data for Parkbeg
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 10
(50)		 17
(63)		 22.5
(72.5)		 30
(86)		 37.5
(99.5)		 42
(108)		 38.5
(101.3)		 38.5
(101.3)		 37.5
(99.5)		 31.5
(88.7)		 20
(68)		 15
(59)		 42
(108)
Average high °C (°F) −7.7
(18.1)		 −4.3
(24.3)		 2.1
(35.8)		 12.2
(54.0)		 19
(66)		 23.7
(74.7)		 26.4
(79.5)		 26.1
(79.0)		 19.2
(66.6)		 11.9
(53.4)		 0.2
(32.4)		 −6.1
(21.0)		 10.2
(50.4)
Daily mean °C (°F) −13
(9)		 −9.2
(15.4)		 −3
(27)		 5.4
(41.7)		 12
(54)		 16.8
(62.2)		 19.2
(66.6)		 18.6
(65.5)		 12.3
(54.1)		 5.6
(42.1)		 −4.6
(23.7)		 −11.2
(11.8)		 4.1
(39.4)
Average low °C (°F) −18.2
(−0.8)		 −14.1
(6.6)		 −8
(18)		 −1.4
(29.5)		 4.9
(40.8)		 9.8
(49.6)		 12
(54)		 11.1
(52.0)		 5.4
(41.7)		 −0.9
(30.4)		 −9.5
(14.9)		 −16.3
(2.7)		 −2.1
(28.2)
Record low °C (°F) −40
(−40)		 −39.5
(−39.1)		 −29.5
(−21.1)		 −23
(−9)		 −7.5
(18.5)		 −2
(28)		 2.5
(36.5)		 −1
(30)		 −6
(21)		 −21
(−6)		 −32.5
(−26.5)		 −42.5
(−44.5)		 −42.5
(−44.5)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 10.1
(0.40)		 9.2
(0.36)		 17.8
(0.70)		 17.8
(0.70)		 48.1
(1.89)		 64.5
(2.54)		 65.3
(2.57)		 48
(1.9)		 38.6
(1.52)		 15.9
(0.63)		 13
(0.5)		 9.9
(0.39)		 358.4
(14.11)
Source: Environment Canada[6]

Services

Parkbeg has a café that also serves as a post office, and a grain elevator owned by Paterson Grain which is serviced by the Canadian Pacific Railway.

Gainer the Gopher

Gainer the Gopher is the mascot of the Saskatchewan Roughriders, a Canadian Football League team. He is from Parkbeg.[7]

See also

References
  1. National Archives, Archivia Net, Post Offices and Postmasters, archived from the original on October 6, 2006
  2. Government of Saskatchewan, MRD Home, Municipal Directory System, archived from the original on January 15, 2016
  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 April 21, 2007, retrieved February 15, 2008
  5. Parkbeg Saskatchewan - Restructured Villages Archived 2008-03-25 at the Wayback Machine
  6. Environment Canada - Canadian Climate Normals 1971-2000—Canadian Climate Normals 1971–2000, accessed 10 December 2010
  7. Saskatchewan Riderville - Gainer the Gopher Archived 2010-02-09 at the Wayback Machine

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