Town of Nipawin | |
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 NASA satellite image of Tobin Lake | |
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  Town of Nipawin Location of Nipawin  Town of Nipawin Town of Nipawin (Canada) | |
| Coordinates: 53°21′26″N 104°01′01″W / 53.35722°N 104.01694°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Saskatchewan |
| Census division | No. 14 |
| Rural Municipality | Nipawin |
| Settled | 1910 |
| Incorporated (town) | 1937 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Marlon Zacharias[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 8.71 km2 (3.36 sq mi) |
| Population (2016) | |
• Total | 4,401 |
| • Density | 505.0/km2 (1,308/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−06:00 (CST) |
| Postal code | S0E 1E0 |
| Area code | 306 |
| Waterways | Saskatchewan River |
| Website | www |
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Nipawin (/ˈnɪpəwɪn/) is a town in Saskatchewan, Canada, on the Saskatchewan River portion of Tobin Lake. The town lies between Codette Lake, created by the Francois-Finlay Dam (built in 1986) and Tobin Lake, created by the E.B. Campbell Dam built in 1963, renamed from Squaw Rapids. The construction of Francois-Finlay Dam earned Nipawin the nickname the "Town of Two Lakes".
Nipawin is bordered by the Rural Municipality of Nipawin No. 487 and the Rural Municipality of Torch River No. 488 (the latter across the Saskatchewan River).
Highway 35 and Highway 55 intersect in Nipawin. The Nipawin Airport and the Nipawin Water Aerodrome also serve the community.
Nipawin is a Cree word meaning "a bed, or resting place" which referred to a low-lying area along the river now flooded by Codette Lake where First Nations women and children would camp and wait for the men to arrive.[4]
- ^ Zacharias elected as Nipawin mayor
- ^ National Archives, Archivia Net. "Post Offices and Postmasters". Retrieved September 27, 2013.
- ^ Government of Saskatchewan, MRD Home. "Municipal Directory System". Retrieved September 27, 2013.
- ^ "Nipawin & District".