Archerwill
Village
Village of Archerwill
Motto: 
"Where You're A Stranger Only Once"
Archerwill is located in Saskatchewan
Archerwill
Archerwill
Location of Archerwill in Saskatchewan
Archerwill is located in Canada
Archerwill
Archerwill
Archerwill (Canada)
Coordinates: 52°26′23″N 103°51′41″W / 52.43972°N 103.86139°W / 52.43972; -103.86139
CountryCanada
ProvinceSaskatchewan
Census division14
Rural municipality (RM)Barrier Valley No. 397
Founded1924
Post office foundedMarch 16, 1925
Incorporated (village)January 1, 1947
Government
 • MayorCurtis Lozinski (2018)
 • Governing bodyArcherwill Village Council
 • MP, Yorkton—MelvilleCathay Wagantall (2019)
 • MLA, Kelvington-WadenaHugh Nerlien (2020)
Area
[1]
 • Land0.82 km2 (0.32 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Total153
 • Density186.6/km2 (483.3/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
Postal code
S0E 0B0
Area codes306 / 639
Highways Hwy 35 / Hwy 349
RailwaysCanadian Pacific
WaterwaysBarrier Lake, Barrier River, George Williams Lake, Marean Lake, Carps Lake, Nut Lake

Archerwill (2021 population: 153) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Barrier Valley No. 397 and Census Division No. 14. The village is approximately 55 km (30 mi) north of Wadena, 52 km (30 mi) south of Tisdale and 70 km (40 mi) southeast of the City of Melfort. Since 1981[2] Archerwill has been the administrative centre of the RM of Barrier Valley.

History

The community is named, in a syllabic abbreviation, after the secretary-treasurer and two councilors of the executive governing council of the RM of Barrier Valley in 1924. They were: Archie Campbell and Ervie Hanson, councilors; and William Pierce, secretary-treasurer.[3][4] Archerwill incorporated as a village on January 1, 1947.[5]

Archerwill is located on the Wadena-to-Tisdale branch line of the Canadian Pacific Railway. However, the nearly 55-year-old railway station[6] was torn down in the early 1980s; and the nearly 60-year-old Saskatchewan Wheat Pool and UGG elevators[7] were torn down in the 1990s.

The Archerwill Café (probably built in the late 1920s),[8] 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.[9]

Demographics

Population history
(1981–2021)
YearPop.±%
1981286—    
1986284−0.7%
1991272−4.2%
1996254−6.6%
2001215−15.4%
2006185−14.0%
2011200+8.1%
2016166−17.0%
2021153−7.8%
Source: Statistics Canada via Saskatchewan Bureau of Statistics[10][11][1]

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Archerwill had a population of 153 living in 78 of its 102 total private dwellings, a change of -7.8% from its 2016 population of 166. With a land area of 0.82 km2 (0.32 sq mi), it had a population density of 186.6/km2 (483.3/sq mi) in 2021.[1]

In the 2016 Census of Population, the Village of Archerwill recorded a population of 166 living in 82 of its 104 total private dwellings, a -20.5% change from its 2011 population of 200. With a land area of 0.83 km2 (0.32 sq mi), it had a population density of 200.0/km2 (518.0/sq mi) in 2016.[12]

Attractions

Archerwill has a post office,[8][13] an indoor ice skating rink with attached curling sheets,[14] a community hall[14] with an attached small public library, and a "Senior Citizens' Centre" social hall.

Education

Archerwill has an elementary school.[15]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Saskatchewan". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved April 1, 2022.
  2. ^ Pederson 1984, page 3.
  3. ^ Pederson 1984, page 10; Barry 1998, page 19.
  4. ^ Government of Saskatchewan, MRD Home, Municipal Directory System, archived from the original on January 15, 2016, retrieved 2009-06-27
  5. ^ "Urban Municipality Incorporations". Saskatchewan Ministry of Government Relations. Archived from the original on October 15, 2014. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
  6. ^ Pederson 1984, pages 151–152.
  7. ^ Pederson 1984, pages 10, 153 and 155.
  8. ^ a b Pederson 1984, page 11.
  9. ^ Anderson, Karen (July 4, 2016). "Archerwill News". Wadena News. Vol. 108, no. 26. p. 8.
  10. ^ "Saskatchewan Census Population" (PDF). Saskatchewan Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 24, 2015. Retrieved May 31, 2020.
  11. ^ "Saskatchewan Census Population". Saskatchewan Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved May 31, 2020.
  12. ^ "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Saskatchewan)". Statistics Canada. February 8, 2017. Retrieved May 30, 2020.
  13. ^ National Archives, Archivia Net, Post Offices and Postmasters, retrieved June 27, 2009[permanent dead link]
  14. ^ a b Pederson 1984, page 17.
  15. ^ Pederson 1984, pages 9, 16, and 79–80.
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