Lebret, Saskatchewan

Lebret
Village of Lebret
Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church
Lebret is located in Saskatchewan
Lebret
Lebret
Location of Lebret in Saskatchewan
Lebret is located in Canada
Lebret
Lebret
Lebret (Canada)
Coordinates: 50°45′25.66″N 103°42′10.20″W / 50.7571278°N 103.7028333°W / 50.7571278; -103.7028333
Country Canada
Province Saskatchewan
RegionSouth-central
Census division6
Rural MunicipalityNorth Qu'Appelle No. 187
Post office founded1880
Incorporated (Village)1912
Government
 • TypeMunicipal
 • Governing bodyLebret Village Council[1]
 • MayorRalph Blondeau
 • AdministratorCaroline MacMurchy
Area
 • Total1.31 km2 (0.51 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)
 • Total216
 • Density165.3/km2 (428/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
Postal code
S0G 2Y0
Area code306
Highways Hwy 56
WaterwaysKatepwa Lake
Mission Lake
[2][3][4][5]

Lebret (2016 population: 216) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of North Qu'Appelle No. 187 and Census Division No. 6. The village is situated on Mission Lake of the Fishing Lakes in the Qu'Appelle Valley. Lebret is located along Highway 56, about 70 km (43 mi) northeast of the City of Regina. The village was named after "the parish priest, Father Louis Lebret, who became the first postmaster of the community and, although he only held the position for a little more than six months, the office was named Lebret and the name became that of the community."[6]

  1. ^ Lebret Village Council
  2. ^ National Archives, Archivia Net, Post Offices and Postmasters, archived from the original on 6 October 2006
  3. ^ Government of Saskatchewan, MRD Home, Municipal Directory System, archived from the original on 21 November 2008
  4. ^ Canadian Textiles Institute. (2005), CTI Determine your provincial constituency, archived from the original on 11 September 2007
  5. ^ Commissioner of Canada Elections, Chief Electoral Officer of Canada (2005), Elections Canada On-line, archived from the original on 21 April 2007
  6. ^ http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/lebret.html David McLennan, "Lebret" in The Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan. Viewed 14 October 2012.