Rosthern

{{About|the town in Saskatchewan, Canada|the surrounding rural municipality|Rural Municipality of Rosthern No. 403|the civil parish in England|Rostherne}}

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Sixth Street

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|subdivision_name = Canada

|subdivision_type1 = Province

|subdivision_type2 = Rural municipality

|subdivision_name1 = Saskatchewan

|subdivision_name2 = Rosthern

|established_title =Post office founded

|established_date = 1893-09-01

|established_title2 = Village established

|established_date2 = 1898

|established_title3 = Town incorporated

|established_date3 = 1903

|leader_title = Mayor

|leader_name = Dennis Helmuth

|leader_title1 =M.P. (Carlton Trail—Eagle Creek)

|leader_name1 = Kelly Block

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|postal_code_type = Postal code

|postal_code = S0K 3R0

|area_code = 306

|website = {{URL|http://rosthern.com}}

|footnotes = {{cite web |title=2011 Community Profiles |work=Statistics Canada |publisher=Government of Canada |url=http://www12.statcan.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/index.cfm?Lang=E |access-date=2014-08-02 |archive-date=2018-12-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226131643/http://www12.statcan.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/index.cfm?Lang=E%0A |url-status=live }}{{Citation |last=National Archives |first=Archivia Net |title=Post Offices and Postmasters |url=http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/post-offices/001001-100.01-e.php |access-date=2007-08-02 |archive-date=2006-10-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061006045957/http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/post-offices/001001-100.01-e.php |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Government of Saskatchewan |first=MRD Home |title=Municipal Directory System |url=http://www.mds.gov.sk.ca/apps/Pub/MDS/welcome.aspx |access-date=2014-08-02 |archive-date=2016-01-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160115125115/http://www.mds.gov.sk.ca/apps/Pub/MDS/welcome.aspx |url-status=live }}{{Citation |last=Canadian Textiles Institute. |title=CTI Determine your provincial constituency |year=2005 |url=http://www.textiles.ca/eng/nonAuthProg/redirect.cfm?path=IssPolContacts§ionID=7601.cfm |url-status=dead |archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20070911025012/http://www.textiles.ca/eng/nonAuthProg/redirect.cfm?path=IssPolContacts§ionID=7601.cfm |archive-date =2007-09-11}}{{Citation |last=Commissioner of Canada Elections |first=Chief Electoral Officer of Canada |title=Elections Canada On-line |year=2005 |url=http://www.elections.ca/home.asp |access-date=2007-08-02 |archive-date=2007-04-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070421084430/http://www.elections.ca/home.asp |url-status=live }}

|leader_title2 =M.L.A. (Rosthern-Shellbrook)

|leader_name2 = Scott Moe

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Rosthern is a town at the juncture of Highway 11 and Highway 312 in central Saskatchewan, Canada. It is roughly halfway between the cities of Prince Albert and Saskatoon.

History

Mennonite settlers, led by Gerhard Ens, began arriving in the area around 1890, with the establishment of the Qu'Appelle, Long Lake & Saskatchewan Railway to Prince Albert.{{cite book |title=Rosthern (Saskatchewan, Canada) |publisher=Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia}} The post office was established in 1893, and by 1898 the community achieved village status. In 1903, Rosthern was incorporated as a town.{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/rosthern.html |title=Rosthern |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan |publisher=Canadian Plains Research Center, University of Regina |year=2006 |access-date=2016-05-13 |archive-date=2016-04-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160418230634/http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/rosthern.html |url-status=live }}

There are several apocryphal versions of the story about how the town got its name. One is that in the late 1880s when the railway ran through from Regina to Prince Albert a man by the name of Ross drowned in the creek that flows through the town. Terne is old English for tarn meaning a pool, and the name stuck.{{Citation |last=Russell |first=E. T. |title=What's in a Name? |publisher=Western Producer Prairie Books |year=1975 |location=Saskatoon, Sk |pages=276 |isbn=1-894022-92-0}} In all likelihood, however, the town's name echoes an old world name brought over by a homesick worker on the railroad, in this case that of Rostherne, a village in the United Kingdom.{{Citation |last=Barry |first=Bill |title=People Places Contemporary Saskatchewan Placenames |publisher=Print West communications |year=2003 |location=Regina, Canada |pages=230 |isbn=1-894022-92-0}}

Attractions and recreation

Image:Rosthern Mennonite Heritage Museum.jpg

Rosthern has a public library, many parks and walking trails, Valley Regional Park with an 18-hole grass green golf course, two ball-diamonds, two indoor hockey rinks, a curling rink, bowling alley, and three school gyms. An outdoor swimming pool was completed in 2005. Rosthern is also home to the Youth Farm Bible Camp.

Nearby Rosthern is the Seager Wheeler Farm, a National Historic Site of Canada, and the Rosthern Mennonite Heritage Museum ({{circa}} 1909–1910). It is a Municipal Heritage Property on the Canadian Register of Historic Places.http://www.historicplaces.ca/visit-visite/affichage-display.aspx?id=1576 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224032648/http://www.historicplaces.ca/visit-visite/affichage-display.aspx?id=1576 |date=2012-02-24 }} Canadian Register of Historic Places.

Valley Regional Park

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Valley Regional Park ({{Coord|52.6834|-106.3006|display=inline}}),{{cite web |title= Valley Regional Park (Rosthern Section) |url=https://toponymes.rncan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique/HAWIW|website=Canadian Geographical Names Database |publisher=Government of Canada |access-date=23 September 2023}} founded in 1974, is a regional park about {{convert|2|km}} north-east of Rosthern on the western shore of Rempel Lake. The park has an 18-hole golf course, campground, and picnic area. There is also a 100-foot slide and an 80-foot zip line. The campground has about 80 campsites and modern washrooms and showers. Access to the park is from Highway 11.{{cite web |title=Golf, Regional Park Campground, Municipal / Regional Park |url=https://www.tourismsaskatchewan.com/listings/2998/valley---rosthern-regional-park |website=Tourism Saskatchewan |publisher=Government of Saskatchewan |access-date=24 September 2023}}{{cite web |title=Valley |url=https://saskregionalparks.ca/park/valley/ |website=Regional Parks of Saskatchewan |publisher=Saskatchewan Regional Parks |access-date=24 September 2023}}

Valley Regional Park Golf Club is an 18-hole, par 72 course with grass greens and 6,577 total yards. There is a pro shop, practice green, and a licensed clubhouse.{{cite web |title=Valley Regional Park Golf Club |url=https://www.golfcanada.ca/golf-facility/valley-regional-park-golf-club-en/ |website=Golf Canada |publisher=Golf Canada |access-date=24 September 2023}}

Churches

Rosthern is home to over ten churches including Mennonite, Ukrainian Orthodox, Swedenborgian, Pentecostal, Anglican, Roman Catholic, Ukrainian Catholic, Lutheran, Seventh-day Adventist, Christian & Missionary Alliance, and Baptist.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Rosthern had a population of {{val|1602|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|642|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|694|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:1602-1688}}|1688|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|1688|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|4.14|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|1602|4.14|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.{{cite web |url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000203&geocode=A000247 |title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Saskatchewan |publisher=Statistics Canada |date=February 9, 2022 |accessdate=April 1, 2022 |archive-date=September 5, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220905031958/https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000203&geocode=A000247 |url-status=live }}

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|location = Rosthern

|2021_population=1,602 |2021_pop_delta=-5.1 |2021_land_area=4.14 |2021_pop_density=386.9

|2021_median_age=41.2 |2021_median_age_m=40 |2021_median_age_f=42.4

|2021_total_pvt_dwell=645 |2021_mean_hh_income= |2021_geocode=2021A00054715032 |2021_access_date=2022-04-27

|2001_population = 1,504

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|2001_pop_density=375.4

|2001_median_age=41.5

|2001_median_age_m=39.2

|2001_median_age_f= 43.9

|2001_total_pvt_dwell=702

|2001_mean_hh_income=29,671

|2006_population= 1,382

|2006_pop_delta=-8.1

|2006_land_area=4.01

|2006_pop_density=375.4

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|2006_total_pvt_dwell=660

|2006_total_pvt_dwell_usual=607

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|2006_access_date=2009-02-24

|2011_population= 1,572

|2011_pop_delta=13.7

|2011_land_area=4.31

|2011_pop_density=365.0

|2011_median_age=46.0

|2011_median_age_m=43.6

|2011_median_age_f=47.7

|2011_total_pvt_dwell=731

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|2011_access_date=2012-07-01

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