Colonsay, Saskatchewan

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For other places with the same name, see Colonsay.
Colonsay
Town
Railway Avenue
Railway Avenue
Motto: "Isle of the Prairies"
Colonsay is located in Saskatchewan
Colonsay
Colonsay
Location of Colonsay in Saskatchewan
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Country Canada
Province Saskatchewan
Rural Municipalities (R.M.) Colonsay No. 342, Saskatchewan
Post office Founded 1908-05-21
Village established 1907
Town incorporated 1910
Government
 • Mayor James Gray[1]
 • Federal Electoral District Blackstrap (historical riding Rosthern) M.P. Lynne Yelich
 • provincial electoral districts Constituency of Humboldt M.L.A. Donna Harpauer
Area
 • Total 6.4 km2 (2.46 sq mi)
Population (2011)
 • Total 475
 • Density 193.1/km2 (500/sq mi)
Website Town Website
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Colonsay /kəˈlɒnziː/ is a town in the rural municipality of Colonsay No. 342, Saskatchewan, in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Colonsay is located on Highway 16 (the Yellowhead Highway part of the Trans-Canada Highway) running east-west in central Saskatchewan near the intersection with Highway 2.

Colonsay derived its name from the Inner Hebrides Scottish island of Colonsay [5] All the streets in the village are also named after islands located along the west coast of Scotland.

History

Colonsay experienced a record setting 167-day-long frost-free period in 1978, which was, to the dismay of a number of residents, still not a long enough growing season for yams or sweet potatoes.[6]

The ship U-Sea Colonsay is named after the local potash mine.[7][8]

Demographics

  • Lat (DMS) 51°59′00″ N
  • Long (DMS) 105°53′00″ W
  • Dominion Land Survey Section 1, Township 35, Range 28 West of the 2nd Meridian
  • Time zone (cst) UTC−6

Climate

Economy

The main economy of the area is agriculture featuring grain crops such as wheat, canola, barley, oats, rye, as well as lentils and peas. Livestock raised in the vicinity are cattle, hogs, sheep, and buffalo.[13] The potash mine of Colonsay was first named Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan, Colonsay, IMC Potash Colonsay and is now Mosaic Potash Colonsay.[14] Potash is mined and sold to crop nutrient manufacturers for fertilizer, as well as for use as icemelter ingredient and water softener regenerant.[15]

Sports

Colonsay & District Sports Centre was re-opened in 2006 following fund raising efforts by the community as well as funding initiatives such as the Green Municipal Investment Fund, a joint venture of the Government of Canada and the Federation of Canadian Municipalities. The Sports Centre has a new heating system as well as ice-cube heat which will allow a longer artificial ice season for skaters, curlers and ice hockey players.[16]

The Colonsay Monarchs were a team that played for the Northern Saskatchewan Baseball League as of 1951.[17][18]

See also

References

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Published works

  • Book Title Colonsay memoirs, 1905–1955

Author Colonsay, Saskatchewan. High School

  • Book Title Milestones and memories : Colonsay and Meacham Districts, 1905–1980

Published Colonsay, Sask. : R.M. 342 Celebrate Saskatchewan 1980 Committees, 1980

External links

 Meacham
Clavet-Elstow Viscount-Lanigan
  Colonsay  
Neely-Young

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