Smiley, Saskatchewan | |
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  Location of Smiley in Saskatchewan  Smiley, Saskatchewan (Canada) | |
| Coordinates: 51°22′49″N 109°16′53″W / 51.3803°N 109.2813°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Saskatchewan |
| Region | West-central |
| Census division | 13 |
| Rural Municipality | Prairiedale Website - www.major.ca |
| Government | |
| • Governing body | Smiley Village Council |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.64 km2 (0.25 sq mi) |
| Population (2021) | |
| • Total | 25 |
| • Density | 39.1/km2 (101/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CST |
| Postal code | S0L 2Z0 |
| Area code | 306 |
| Highways | Highway 51 |
| Railway | Canadian National Railway - Transferred to Canadian Pacific Railway - Abandoned 1997 |
| [1][2][3][4] | |
Smiley (2016 population: 60) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Prairiedale No. 321 and Census Division No. 13. The village is located approximately 20 km northwest of the town of Kindersley at the intersection of Highway 307 and Highway 772. The Grand Trunk Pacific Railway was completed in 1913, bringing an economic boom to the village's early years. On April 26, 1987 the Dodsland subdivision between Dodsland and Smiley was transferred to the Canadian Pacific Railway.[5] Due to the close proximity to major grain centres such as Kindersley, CPR put the line up for abandonment and was granted permission to remove the track by the Canadian Transportation Agency on October 29, 1997.[6]
An F3 tornado struck here leaving a 10-kilometre path and taking two unknown lives on July 6, 1935.
- ^ 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
- ^ "Smiley - Railway 87". Retrieved May 25, 2012.
- ^ CTA. "Smiley - Railway". Retrieved May 25, 2012.