Parkbeg

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|subdivision_name4 = Wheatlands

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|leader_name2 = Angela Molde

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|leader_name3 = Jeremy Patzer (Cypress Hills—Grasslands)

|leader_title4 = MLA

|leader_name4 = Doug Steele (Cypress Hills)

|established_title = Post office Founded

|established_date = 1911

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|established_date2 = 1920

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Highway 627

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Parkbeg is a hamlet in Wheatlands Rural Municipality No. 163, Saskatchewan, Canada. The hamlet is located at the junction of Highway 1 and Highway 627 approximately 58 km directly west of the City of Moose Jaw on the Trans Canada Highway.

Demographics

Parkbeg, like so many other small communities throughout Saskatchewan, has struggled to maintain a sturdy population causing it to become a semi ghost town with only a few citizens. Prior to December 31, 1957, Parkbeg was incorporated under village status, but was restructured to hamlet status under the jurisdiction of the Rural municipality of Wheatlands on that date.Parkbeg Saskatchewan - [http://www.municipal.gov.sk.ca/div/munadvisory/munchanges/restructvillages.html Restructured Villages] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080325234155/http://www.municipal.gov.sk.ca/div/munadvisory/munchanges/restructvillages.html |date=2008-03-25 }}

Climate

{{Weather box|width=auto

|location = Parkbeg

|metric first = yes

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|Jan record high C = 10

|Feb record high C = 17

|Mar record high C = 22.5

|Apr record high C = 30

|May record high C = 37.5

|Jun record high C = 42

|Jul record high C = 38.5

|Aug record high C = 38.5

|Sep record high C = 37.5

|Oct record high C = 31.5

|Nov record high C = 20

|Dec record high C = 15

|year record high C = 42

|Jan high C = -7.7

|Feb high C = -4.3

|Mar high C = 2.1

|Apr high C = 12.2

|May high C = 19

|Jun high C = 23.7

|Jul high C = 26.4

|Aug high C = 26.1

|Sep high C = 19.2

|Oct high C = 11.9

|Nov high C = 0.2

|Dec high C = -6.1

|year high C = 10.2

|Jan mean C = -13

|Feb mean C = -9.2

|Mar mean C = -3

|Apr mean C = 5.4

|May mean C = 12

|Jun mean C = 16.8

|Jul mean C = 19.2

|Aug mean C = 18.6

|Sep mean C = 12.3

|Oct mean C = 5.6

|Nov mean C = -4.6

|Dec mean C = -11.2

|year mean C = 4.1

|Jan low C = -18.2

|Feb low C = -14.1

|Mar low C = -8

|Apr low C = -1.4

|May low C = 4.9

|Jun low C = 9.8

|Jul low C = 12

|Aug low C = 11.1

|Sep low C = 5.4

|Oct low C = -0.9

|Nov low C = -9.5

|Dec low C = -16.3

|year low C = -2.1

|Jan record low C = -40

|Feb record low C = -39.5

|Mar record low C = -29.5

|Apr record low C = -23

|May record low C = -7.5

|Jun record low C = -2

|Jul record low C = 2.5

|Aug record low C = -1

|Sep record low C = -6

|Oct record low C = -21

|Nov record low C = -32.5

|Dec record low C = -42.5

|year record low C = -42.5

|Jan precipitation mm = 10.1

|Feb precipitation mm = 9.2

|Mar precipitation mm = 17.8

|Apr precipitation mm = 17.8

|May precipitation mm = 48.1

|Jun precipitation mm = 64.5

|Jul precipitation mm = 65.3

|Aug precipitation mm = 48

|Sep precipitation mm = 38.6

|Oct precipitation mm = 15.9

|Nov precipitation mm = 13

|Dec precipitation mm = 9.9

|year precipitation mm = 358.4

|source 1 = Environment CanadaEnvironment Canada - Canadian Climate Normals 1971-2000—[http://climate.weatheroffice.gc.ca/climate_normals/results_e.html?Province=SASK&StationName=&SearchType=&LocateBy=Province&Proximity=25&ProximityFrom=City&StationNumber=&IDType=MSC&CityName=&ParkName=&LatitudeDegrees=&LatitudeMinutes=&LongitudeDegrees=&LongitudeMinutes=&NormalsClass=A&SelNormals=&StnId=2983& Canadian Climate Normals 1971–2000], accessed 10 December 2010

|date=December 2010

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Services

Parkbeg has a café that also serves as a post office. There was also a grain elevator owned by Paterson Grain which was serviced by the Canadian Pacific Railway but which has now been demolished.{{Cite web |title=Parkbeg – Grain Elevators of Canada |url=https://www.grainelevators.ca/saskatchewan/parkbeg/ |access-date=2023-08-15 |language=en-CA}}

Gainer the Gopher

Gainer the Gopher is the mascot of the Saskatchewan Roughriders, a Canadian Football League team. He is from Parkbeg.Saskatchewan Riderville - [http://www.riderville.com/page/gainer_the_gopher Gainer the Gopher] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100209094944/http://www.riderville.com/page/gainer_the_gopher |date=2010-02-09 }}