Quill Lake | |
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Village | |
Motto: Goose Capital of Saskatchewan | |
Coordinates: 52°04′00″N 104°15′00″W / 52.066667°N 104.25°W | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Saskatchewan |
Census division | 10 |
Rural Municipality | Lakeside |
Post office | 1904-02-01 |
Incorporated (Village) | 1907 |
Government | |
• Deputy Mayor | Collin Holderness |
• Acting Administrator | Julie Marshall |
• Councillors | Jim Nicholls Vicky Kerns Neil Marshall Collin Holderness |
Time zone | CST |
Postal code | S0A 3E0 |
Area code | 306 |
Highways | Highway 5 Highway 640 |
Website | [1] Village of Quill Lake Website |
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Quill Lake (2016 population: 387) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Lakeside No. 338 and Census Division No. 10. It is 170 km east of Saskatoon and 200 km northeast of Regina.
The village is located just to the northwest of the Quill Lakes. The Quill Lakes wetland complex is a designated Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network site where many migrating shorebirds stop during long migrations. Because of this the village is also known by its residents as the "Goose Capital of Saskatchewan".