Red Deer Hill | |
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Community | |
  Red Deer Hill  Red Deer Hill | |
| Coordinates: 53°01′00″N 105°48′00″W / 53.01667°N 105.80000°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Saskatchewan |
| Rural municipality | Prince Albert No. 461 |
| Government | |
| • Reeve | Eric Schmalz |
| • Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) | Delbert Kirsch[1] |
| • Member of Parliament (MP) | Randy Hoback, Conservative Party of Canada |
| Elevation | 443 m (1,453 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
| [2][3][4][5] | |
Red Deer Hill (formerly named Aaskana) is a community in Saskatchewan, Canada south of Prince Albert and north of St. Louis. First settlement occurred in the 1870s and 1880s by Anglo-Metis from Manitoba, and the area took its name from a large hill which in the early days was populated by many elk or "red deer". The area is part of the aspen parkland biome.
Red Deer Hill used to have a gas station at the bottom of the hill going south. It would close down some years later and a house would be built.
The Red Deer Hill post office was previously known as Aaskana, and was founded in 1888.[6] At the time, it was part of the District of Saskatchewan in the Northwest Territories, a precursor to the province. It changed name in 1897, and was located at the legal land description of Section 32, Township 46, Range 26, West of the 2nd Meridian. Later the post office was located at the North West 1/4 Section .18, Township 46, Range 26, West of the 2nd Meridian.
The Red Deer Hill area is mainly a farming community. Grain, cattle, and horses are the main items farmed in the area.
- ^ "Member of Legislative Assembly". Government of Saskatchewan. Retrieved September 26, 2021.
- ^ National Archives, Archivia Net, Post Offices and Postmasters
- ^ Government of Saskatchewan, MRD Home, Municipal Directory System, archived from the original on November 21, 2008
- ^ Canadian Textiles Institute. (2005), CTI Determine your provincial constituency, archived from the original on September 11, 2007
- ^ Commissioner of Canada Elections, Chief Electoral Officer of Canada (2005), Elections Canada On-line
- ^ "Red Deer Hill Post Office", Post Offices and Postmasters, Library and Archives Canada (Collections Canada), July 31, 2001, retrieved November 22, 2006[permanent dead link]