Redwing, Saskatchewan
{{Other uses|Redwing (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Redwing, Saskatchewan
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| other_name = Red Wing
| settlement_type = Hamlet
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = Canada
| subdivision_type1 = Province
| subdivision_name1 = Saskatchewan
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| subdivision_type3 = Census division
| subdivision_name3 = 15
| subdivision_type4 = Rural Municipality
| subdivision_name4 = Buckland
| established_title = Incorporated (village)
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| leader_title = Former Mayor
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| leader_title1 = Administrator RM Reeve
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| leader_name2 = Buckland No. 491
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Redwing, Saskatchewan, Canada, is a small community in the rural municipality (RM) of Buckland No. 491, located on Saskatchewan Highway 2. Redwing and Red Wing Terrace are both localities of Buckland No. 491.{{cite web |title=4715094 - Buckland No. 491, geographical codes and localities, 2006 |work=Statistics Canada |publisher=Government of Canada |date=2006-07-03 |url=http://stds.statcan.ca/english/sgc/2006/2006-cma-searchlocal-fin.asp?criteria=4715094 |access-date=2008-10-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610222444/http://stds.statcan.ca/english/sgc/2006/2006-cma-searchlocal-fin.asp?criteria=4715094 |archive-date=2011-06-10 |url-status=dead
}} Red Wing Terrace is north of the locality of Green Acres on Green Acres Road and south of both Red Wing Terrace Road, and White Star. White Star is located on White Star Road, which is concurrent with Township Road 502 and Saskatchewan Highway 780.
Redwing is {{convert|3|km|abbr=on}} north of the city limits of Prince Albert and {{convert|6|km|mi}} north of its city centre. Red Wing is {{convert|18|km|abbr=on}} south of Spruce Home. Red Wing Road runs concurrent with Township Road 494, which intersects Saskatchewan Highway 2.{{cite map
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}} For a short time Nesbit Forest post office, located at the legal land description of North West 1/4 Section 8, Township 49, Range 26, West of the 2nd meridian, was the nearest postal location to Red Wing. Prince Albert is located quite near Township 48, Range 26, West of the 2nd meridian.
Education
{{see also|Saskatchewan Rivers School Division|Prince Albert Catholic School Division}}
=Historical education=
In 1912, the one-room school house, named RED WING School District #2857, was formed at South East Section 32 Township 49 range 26 West of the 2 Meridian, according to the Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan Regina Branch. This location is just to the northwest of the city of Prince Albert. According to the book, Buckland's Heritage, Margaret Willis was the first teacher.{{Cite journal| last =Buckland History Book Committee| title =Buckland's heritage| place =Saskatchewan| publisher =RE-published online 2006 University of Calgary, Université Laval| year =1980| url =http://www.ourroots.ca/e/page.aspx?id=501217| page =391| url-status =dead| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20110615034918/http://www.ourroots.ca/e/page.aspx?id=501217| archive-date =2011-06-15}}
=Current education=
Redwing has an elementary school which is a part of the Saskatchewan Rivers School Division. Red Wing Roman Catholic Separate School Division No. 136 of Saskatchewan was established May 6, 1999.{{cite web
| title = Sask Gazette, Part I, Jun 18, 1999
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| publisher =Government of Saskatchewan
| date = September 2005
| url =http://www.qp.gov.sk.ca/documents/gazette/part1/1999/g1199924.pdf
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| access-date = 2008-10-11}}
Economy
A light industrial park has been developed at Redwing via PAREDA, the Prince Albert Regional Economic Development Authority.{{cite web
| title = Economic Development Strategy Rural Municipality of Buckland Profile
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| publisher = Rural Municipality of Buckland
| date = September 2005
| url = http://www.pacf.ca/docs/Profile%20--%20RM%20of%20Buckland
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| access-date = 2008-10-11}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}
| title = PAREDA
| year = 2006
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| publisher = Prince Albert Regional Economic Development Authority
| url = http://www.pareda.com/
| format = pdf
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| access-date = 2008-10-11}}
{{Geographic Location
| North = Spruce Home
White Star Locality
Red Wing Terrace Locality
Green Acres Locality
| Northeast =
| West =
| Northwest = Wahpaton Indian Reserve 94A, Wahpeton Dakota Nation[sic]
| Center = Red Wing
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| East = Wahpaton Indian Reserve 94B, Wahpeton Dakota Nation[sic]
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| South = Prince Albert{{Cite web
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It is spelled either Wahpaton, or Wahpeton for the Dakota Sioux Indian reserves. Red Wing was the traditional name for chiefs of the Wahpetonm as they wore a swan's feather dyed red as a sign of their leadership position.{{cite web |url= http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=21391 |title= Profile for Red Wing, Minnesota, MN |publisher= ePodunk |access-date= October 9, 2012 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130204023354/http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=21391 |archive-date= February 4, 2013 |url-status= dead }}
Notes
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20050825223944/http://www.ourroots.ca/e/toc.asp?id=1398 Our Roots Nos Racines Buckland's Heritage Buckland History Book Committee]
- [http://www.rootsweb.com/~cansk/school/ Saskatchewan Gen Web - One Room School Project]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20061006045957/http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/post-offices/001001-100.01-e.php Post Offices and Postmasters - ArchiviaNet - Library and Archives Canada]
- [http://www.rootsweb.com/~canmaps/RandMcNally1924/index.html Saskatchewan, Canada, Rand McNally 1924 Indexed Pocket Map Tourists' and Shippers' Guide]
- [http://www.rootsweb.com/~skpralbt/index.html Prince Albert Gen Web Region]
- [https://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Red+Wing,+Buckland+No.+491,+SK,+Canada&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=32.114675,56.25&ie=UTF8&ll=53.249963,-105.754738&spn=0.011837,0.027466&z=15&g=Red+Wing,+Buckland+No.+491,+SK,+Canada&iwloc=addr Redwing, Saskatchewan on Google Maps]
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