• Source: Maple Creek, Saskatchewan

      • Maple Creek is a town in the Cypress Hills of southwest Saskatchewan, Canada. It is surrounded by the Rural Municipality of Maple Creek No. 111. The population was 2,176 at the 2021 Census.
      The town is 103 kilometres (64 mi) southeast of Medicine Hat, Alberta, and 40 kilometres (25 mi) north of the Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park on Highway 21 and 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) south of the Trans-Canada Highway. Maple Creek runs along the west side of town.
      The administrative headquarters of the Nekaneet Cree Nation is 37 km (23 mi) southeast of Maple Creek.


      History



      After the North-West Mounted Police had been established at Fort Walsh, settlers began to explore the Cypress Hills area, living along the creeks and doing small-scale ranching. The Department of the Interior was operating a First Nations farm on the Maple Creek, a few miles south from the present town site. In 1882-1883 the First Nations (mainly Cree, Saulteaux, and Assiniboine) were moved to Qu'Appelle, and the farm was then operated by Major Shurtleff, an ex-Mounted Policeman, and George Wood, his brother-in-law.
      In the winter of 1882, a Canadian Pacific Railway construction crew of 12 decided to winter where the town of Maple Creek now stands. This marked the establishment of Maple Creek.
      In June 2010, a flood submerged some of the town when Maple Creek overflowed its banks. The same flood hit much of southwestern Saskatchewan and southern Alberta and even destroyed a portion of the Trans-Canada Highway.


      = Heritage sites

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      There are two designated municipal heritage Properties in Maple Creek:

      The W. R. Orr Heritage Building was constructed in 1910 and over its history it has housed the Union Bank of Canada; W.R. Orr Law Office; Royal Bank of Canada; Bank of Montreal; Burnett & Orr Law Office.
      The St. Mary's Anglican Church was constructed in 1909 in the Romanesque style. The church also contains a vestry, narthex, and octagonal belfry with steeple that was added in 1928.


      Demographics



      In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Maple Creek had a population of 2,176 living in 988 of its 1,083 total private dwellings, a change of 4.4% from its 2016 population of 2,084. With a land area of 4.35 km2 (1.68 sq mi), it had a population density of 500.2/km2 (1,295.6/sq mi) in 2021.


      Climate


      Maple Creek experiences a semi-arid climate (Köppen climate classification BSk). With the exception of southwestern Alberta, winters in Maple Creek are typically warmer than those in the adjacent plain region of southern Alberta and Saskatchewan, being a convergence point for Chinook winds originating along the Rocky Mountain Front. The mean maximum temperature in January 2006 was 5.3 °C [1] for the Maple Creek townsite, compared to 5.0 °C [2] for Calgary and 4.7 °C [3] for Medicine Hat.
      The highest temperature ever recorded in Maple Creek was 41.0 °C (106 °F) on 29 June 1984. The coldest temperature ever recorded was −46.7 °C (−52 °F) on 15 & 16 February 1936.


      Attractions


      Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park, an interprovincial park straddling the southern Alberta-Saskatchewan border, north-west of Robsart.
      Cypress Hills Vineyard & Winery
      Fort Walsh, a reconstructed North-West Mounted Police fort and part of the Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park. As a National Historic Site of Canada the area possesses national historical significance. It was established as a NWMP fort after and near the Cypress Hills Massacre.
      Grasslands National Park, represents the Prairie Grasslands natural region, protecting one of the nation's few remaining areas of undisturbed dry mixed-grass/shortgrass prairie grassland. The park is in the WWF-defined Northern short grasslands ecoregion, which spans across much of Southern Saskatchewan, Southern Alberta, and the northern Great Plains states in the USA. The unique landscape and harsh, semi-arid climate provide niches for several specially adapted plants and animals. The park and surrounding area house the country's only black-tailed prairie dog colonies. Other rare and endangered fauna in the park include the pronghorn, sage grouse, burrowing owl, ferruginous hawk, prairie rattlesnake, black-footed ferret and eastern short-horned lizard. Flora includes blue grama grass, needlegrass, Plains Cottonwood and silver sagebrush.
      Robsart Art Works features Saskatchewan artists featuring photographers of old buildings and towns throughout Saskatchewan.
      T.rex Discovery Centre, a facility to house the fossil record of the Eastend area started many years before the discovery of "Scotty" the T.Rex in 1994.


      Education


      The Sidney Street School and the Maple Creek Composite School serve the local community.
      Great Plains College operates a satellite campus in Maple Creek.


      Notable people


      Stuart John Cameron, MLA for Regina South
      Barry Dean, NHL player for the Philadelphia Flyers
      Dickson Delorme, YouTuber (Quick Dick McDick), farmer, comedian
      Gordon Poirier, NHL player for Montreal Canadiens
      Zack Smith, NHL player for the Chicago Blackhawks


      See also


      Maple Creek Airport
      List of communities in Saskatchewan
      List of towns in Saskatchewan


      References




      External links


      Media related to Maple Creek, Saskatchewan at Wikimedia Commons

    • Source: Maple Creek (Saskatchewan)

      • Maple Creek is a river in the south-west region of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The river is in the semi-arid region known as Palliser's Triangle. It begins in the Cypress Hills and flows generally in a northward direction and empties into the endorheic Bigstick Lake. The town of Maple Creek is the only notable community along the course of the river. Due to the generally dry and drought-prone conditions of the area, reservoirs were built along the river's course and in its watershed to ensure a stable water supply for irrigation. Two Important Bird Areas (IBA) of Canada cover much of the lower watershed of the river.


      Description


      Maple Creek begins at an elevation of over 1,200 metres (3,900 ft) in the Cypress Hills in the RM of Maple Creek No. 111. The Cypress Hills are part of the Missouri Coteau, which is a large upland region along the continental divide. Most of the lower watershed of the river is protected by the Maple Creek Grasslands and Bigstick Lake Plain IBAs.
      From the Cypress Hills, Maple Creek flows northward through valleys and coulees where it is joined by several creeks before opening up onto the plains. The town of Maple Creek is along the course of the river and is located near the base of the Cypress Hills. Just north of the town, Maple Creek is joined by its longest tributary, Gap Creek. From there, Maple Creek flows into Junction Reservoir. Maple Creek continues northward from the reservoir where it crosses the Trans-Canada Highway. From the Trans-Canada Highway, it continues northward where it is joined by several small creeks, such as one that flows in from Bitter Lake, en route to Bigstick Lake. At the western end of Bigstick Lake, a restriction dam was built in 1974 by Ducks Unlimited Canada that created a marsh that covers an area of about 100 to 200 hectares.
      Highway 21 parallels the river from near its source in the Cypress Hills to its mouth at Bigstick Lake. An historic trail called Big Stick Trail ran between the town of Maple Creek and the South Saskatchewan River following Maple Creek for much of the route. The trail was notable for a large, solitary tree along the route.


      = Tributaries

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      Several tributaries flow into Maple Creek. From upper to lower watershed, the notable ones include:

      Flemming Creek
      Gap Creek
      Shaw Creek
      Cypress Creek
      Downie Creek
      McShane Creek
      McCoy Creek


      Reservoirs



      There are four reservoirs in Maple Creek's watershed that are owned and operated by the Agri-Environmental Service Branch. The reservoirs retain water to be released for irrigation. In order from largest to smallest, they include:

      Junction Reservoir (49.9611°N 109.5127°W / 49.9611; -109.5127) is 3 km (1.9 mi) downstream from the town of Maple Creek along the course of Maple Creek. The dam is 8 km (5.0 mi) south of town. The reservoir has a surface area of 494.2 ha (1,221 acres), is 11 m (36 ft) deep, and has a volume of 12,933 dam3 (456,700,000 cu ft).
      Downie Lake (49.7986°N 109.6817°W / 49.7986; -109.6817) is near Downie Creek in the Gap Creek basin. Water is diverted into the lake from both Downie and Gap Creeks and then released as needed back into Downie Creek. The lake has a 25 km2 (9.7 sq mi) drainage basin, is 260 ha (640 acres) in size, and has a volume of 12,223 dam3 (431,700,000 cu ft).
      Harris Reservoir (49.8136°N 109.5028°W / 49.8136; -109.5028) is beside Flemming Creek and water is supplied to the lake via a channel from Flemming Creek. Two channels flow out of the lake – one west to Gap Creek and one east to Flemming Creek. Harris Reservoir has a 14 km2 (5.4 sq mi) drainage basin, is 9.5 m (31 ft) deep, has a 131 ha (320 acres) surface area, and has a volume of 6,047 dam3 (213,500,000 cu ft).
      McDougald Reservoir (49.8224°N 109.4451°W / 49.8224; -109.4451) is located beside Maple Creek, south of the town of Maple Creek in the hills, and is supplied by a diversion channel. Water is released back into Maple Creek as needed. It has a drainage basin of 2 km2 (0.77 sq mi), is 4 m (13 ft) deep, has a surface area of 21 ha (52 acres), and a volume of 931 dam3 (32,900,000 cu ft).


      Maple Creek Grasslands IBA


      Maple Creek Grasslands (SK 041) is an Important Bird Area (IBA) of Canada along the course of Maple Creek that covers an area of 736.56 km2 (284.39 sq mi). The IBA covers an area that includes the town of Maple Creek, Junction Reservoir, and the salt lakes of Bitter and Hay. The sandy soils in the area limit agricultural activity resulting in cattle grazing being prominent. A large portion of the site is covered by the Bigstick Lake Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration.
      Birds found at the site include the ferruginous hawk, burrowing owl, great blue heron, and the long-billed curlew.


      Fish species


      The northern pike is a fish commonly found in Maple Creek.


      See also


      List of rivers of Saskatchewan
      List of protected areas of Saskatchewan
      Maple Creek crater


      References

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