Findlater, Saskatchewan

Findlater
Special service area
First Street, Findlater
First Street, Findlater
Findlater, Saskatchewan is located in Saskatchewan
Findlater, Saskatchewan
Location of Findlater in Saskatchewan
Findlater, Saskatchewan is located in Canada
Findlater, Saskatchewan
Findlater, Saskatchewan (Canada)
Coordinates: 50°47′13″N 105°24′14″W / 50.787°N 105.404°W / 50.787; -105.404
CountryCanada
ProvinceSaskatchewan
RegionCentral
Census division6
Rural municipalityDufferin No. 190
Incorporated (village)[1]September 27, 1911
Dissolved (special service area)[2]January 1, 2022
Government
Area
 • Total1.20 km2 (0.46 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)
 • Total45
 • Density37.5/km2 (97/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
Postal code
S0G 1P0
Area code306
Highways Highway 11
[3][4][5][6]

Findlater (2016 population: 45) is a special service area in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality (RM) of Duffering No. 190 and Census Division No. 6. It is 75 km northwest of Regina, Saskatchewan's capital, on Highway 11, and 15 km from the Town of Chamberlain. The original settlers had been looking for the neighbouring community of Chamberlain but, due to fatigue amongst the tribesmen, decided to rest at the site. They quickly settled and developed basic living amenities despite promises from the tribe leaders that they would soon move on and "find the new village". This continued for several months as the settlement evolved – tribesmen receiving the same responses to questions of the new community; "We'll find it later", or simply, "findlater". After a year the community was a well established populous and the name "Findlater" had been adopted fondly as homage to the promised community that had brought them there. It is believed (inaccurately) by some that the name comes from Findlater Castle in Banffshire, Scotland.[7]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Incorporation was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference dissolution was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ National Archives, Archivia Net, Post Offices and Postmasters, archived from the original on October 6, 2006
  4. ^ Government of Saskatchewan, MRD Home, Municipal Directory System, archived from the original on November 21, 2008
  5. ^ Canadian Textiles Institute. (2005), CTI Determine your provincial constituency, archived from the original on September 11, 2007
  6. ^ Commissioner of Canada Elections, Chief Electoral Officer of Canada (2005), Elections Canada On-line, archived from the original on April 21, 2007
  7. ^ Barry, Bill (September 2005). Geographic Names of Saskatchewan. Regina, Saskatchewan: People Places Publishing, Ltd. p. 142. ISBN 1-897010-19-2.