Katepwa

Katepwa
Resort Village of the District of Katepwa
Katepwa Beach
Katepwa Beach
Katepwa is located in Canada
Katepwa
Katepwa
Katepwa is located in Saskatchewan
Katepwa
Katepwa
Coordinates: 50°42′00″N 103°38′02″W / 50.7°N 103.634°W / 50.7; -103.634[1]
CountryCanada
ProvinceSaskatchewan
Census division6
Rural municipalityRM of Abernethy No. 186
Incorporated[2]July 24, 2004
Government
 • MayorDon Jewitt
 • Governing bodyResort Village Council
 • AdministratorGail E. Sloan
Area
 (2016)[4]
 • Land5.78 km2 (2.23 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)[4]
 • Total312
 • Density54/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zoneCST
 • Summer (DST)CST
Area code(s)306 and 639
Waterway(s)Katepwa Lake

Katepwa (2016 population: 312) is a resort village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within Census Division No. 6. It is on the eastern and southern shores of Katepwa Lake in the Rural Municipality of Abernethy No. 186. The name Katepwa likely comes from the Cree word Kahtapwao meaning "What is calling?" The name was given to the last in the chain of four lakes, Katepwa Lake. Legend has it that spirits inhabited the shores of the lake and First Nation people would hear voices on the lake.

The Resort Village of the District of Katepwa was incorporated on July 24, 2004.[2] Its incorporation was the result of the amalgamation of three separate resort villages – Katepwa Beach, Katepwa South and Sandy Beach.[5] Katepwa Beach and Katepwa South originally incorporated as a resort villages on August 1, 1957 and January 1, 1990 respectively.[6][7]

  1. ^ "Download Geographical Names Data: Files to download by province and territory (Saskatchewan, CSV)". Government of Canada. April 8, 2020. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Urban Municipality Incorporations". Saskatchewan Ministry of Government Relations. Archived from the original on October 15, 2014. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
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  4. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference 2016censusSKmunis was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "Interim List of Changes to Municipal Boundaries, Status, and Names: From January 2, 2001 to January 1, 2006 (Table 1: Changes to census subdivisions in alphabetical order, by province/territory [Saskatchewan])". Statistics Canada. June 2007. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  6. ^ "The Saskatchewan Gazette". Government of Saskatchewan: The Queen's Printer. June 5, 1992. p. 723. Retrieved June 7, 2020.
  7. ^ "Interim List of Changes to Municipal Boundaries, Status and Names: July 1988 to January 1990 (Table 1: Changes to census subdivisions in alphabetical order, by province/territory [Saskatchewan])". Statistics Canada. January 1990. p. 48. Retrieved June 6, 2020.