Paddockwood, Saskatchewan

For the surrounding rural municipality, see Rural Municipality of Paddockwood No. 520.
Paddockwood
Village
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Coordinates: 53°31′N 105°34′W / 53.517°N 105.567°W / 53.517; -105.567
CountryCanada
ProvinceSaskatchewan
Rural municipalityPaddockwood
Federal Electoral DistrictPrince Albert
Provincial ConstituencySaskatchewan Rivers
Government
 • MayorHintz Reg (2005)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central)
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Paddockwood (2016 population: 154) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Paddockwood No. 520 and Census Division No. 15. It was named after the town Paddock Wood in Kent, England.

In the early 1900s, Fred Pitts immigrated to the lumberland of Canada. From a log cabin he built there as a home, he set up a post office, collecting letters and parcels on horseback for residents of the settlement. He named the settlement Paddockwood after the village he had left in England.[2]

Paddockwood was the home of the first Red Cross hospital in the British Empire, and was set up after the First World War.[3]

Paddockwood is served by the Paddockwood Public Library [4] as well as a nine-hole golf course, the Helbig's Forest Course.[5] Paddockwood belongs to the Saskatchewan Provincial Constituency of Saskatchewan Rivers[6] and the Federal Electoral District of Prince Albert.

  1. ^ Government of Saskatchewan (April 11, 2007), Municipal Directory System, archived from the original on March 19, 2005, retrieved 2007-05-05
  2. ^ Walker, Jack (1985), Beginnings and Bygones of Old Paddock Wood, Paddock Wood, Kent: J C Walker
  3. ^ Paddockwood Historical Society (1982), Cordwood and courage : 1911-1982, Paddockwood, Sask.: Paddockwood & District History Book, ISBN 0-88925-407-9
  4. ^ Wapiti Regional Library. An entire world worth exploring., archived from the original on 2006-12-13, retrieved 2007-05-05
  5. ^ Helbig's Forest Course, Paddockwood, Saskatchewan - Golf Course, archived from the original on 2007-09-27, retrieved 2007-05-05
  6. ^ Government of Canada through the Canadian Apparel & Textile Industries Program (CATIP), POLITICAL CONTACTS, archived from the original on 2007-09-27, retrieved 2007-05-05