Craven | |
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| Village of Craven | |
.jpg) Aerial view, from the south, of Craven and vicinity (2013). Craven is just left of centre; Lumsden is obscured by clouds at lower left. Last Mountain Lake is at upper left. | |
  Craven  Craven | |
| Coordinates: 50°42′29″N 104°48′33″W / 50.70806°N 104.80917°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Saskatchewan |
| Region | Central |
| Census division | 6 |
| Rural Municipality | Longlaketon No. 219 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal |
| • Governing body | Craven Village Council |
| • Mayor | Dayna Anderson |
| • Administrator | Sherry Beatty-Henfrey |
| Area | |
| • Land | 1.00 km2 (0.39 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 214 |
| • Density | 176.7/km2 (458/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−06:00 (CST) |
| Postal code | S0G 0W0 |
| Area code(s) | 306, 639, 474 |
| Highways |  Highway 20 Highway 99  Highway 641 |
| Railways | Canadian Pacific Railway |
| [1][2][3][4] | |
Craven (2016 population: 214) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Longlaketon No. 219 and Census Division No. 6. The village lies north-east of the town of Lumsden in the Qu'Appelle Valley. It sits at the confluence of the Qu'Appelle River and Last Mountain Creek. The Craven Dam is on the east side of the village.
Craven is host to an annual country music festival called Country Thunder Saskatchewan.[5] Originally called the Big Valley Jamboree, it was first established by Father Lucien Larré as a fundraiser for his Bosco Homes for emotionally disturbed youth.[6] A successor event, the Kinsmen Rock'N the Valley rock music festival, ran until 2004. The country music format was revived in 2005.
- ^ National Archives, Archivia Net, Post Offices and Postmasters, archived from the original on 6 October 2006
- ^ Canadian Textiles Institute. (2005), CTI Determine your provincial constituency, archived from the original on 11 September 2007
- ^ Government of Saskatchewan, MRD Home. "Municipal Directory System". Archived from the original on 15 January 2016. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
- ^ Commissioner of Canada Elections, Chief Electoral Officer of Canada (2005), Elections Canada On-line, archived from the original on 21 April 2007
- ^ "Craven Country Jamboree". Craven Country Jamboree Ltd. Retrieved 17 August 2010.
- ^ "Larre, Lucien (1933-)". Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan. Great Plains Research Center, University of Regina. 2006. Archived from the original on 18 March 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2014.