Broadview is a community in
Saskatchewan along the #1
highway, the Trans Canada
Highway, 155 kilometres (96 mi) east of the provincial
capital city of Regina
. The local economy is based mainly on
agriculture.
History
The
Royal Northwest
Mounted Police 
set up a divisional post in Broadview in
1885. Sergeant Bill, a goat from Broadview served as the
mascot for the Fifth Canadian Battalion during
World War I. The goat received a decoration, and
after its passing resides now in the Broadview Museum.
Geography
Broadview is located in the Indian Head Plain of the
Aspen Parkland ecoregion. The
physiographic region is the Qu'Appelle plains in the Saskatchewan
Plains physiographic region. Broadview is within the
topographical area of Weed Hills.
The bedrock geology
belongs to that of the Mannville Group
, a stratigraphical unit
of Cretaceous age in the Western Canadian Sedimentary
Basin formed during the lower Cretaceous period. The area is
characterised by lush rolling grasslands, interspersed with
poplar bluffs (in prairie Canadian terminology
poplar groves surrounding sloughs) and open sloughs. The Cowessess,
Kahkewistahaw, Ochapowace
Indian reserves are
within of Broadview.
Weather
Broadview has a
humid
continental climate, with extreme seasonal temperatures. It has
hot summers and cold winters, with the average daily temperatures
ranging from in January to in July. Annually, temperatures exceed
on an average in late July Typically, summer lasts from late June
until late August, and the humidity is seldom uncomfortably high.
Winter lasts from November to March, and varies greatly in length
and severity. Spring and autumn are both short and highly
variable.
On February 1, 1996, a record
windchill
was recorded around 11:00 in the morning. Creating the windchill
were northwesterly winds blowing at combined with a temperature of
.
Demographics
Government
The town of Broadview has a
mayor as
the highest ranking government official. The town also elects
aldermen or
councillors to form the municipal council.
Currently the mayor is Sidney Criddle, and is serving with
councillors Stan Morden, Esther Bonk, Patrick Chaskavich, Lawrence
Hedman, WAyne Berlin, Brent Bagshaw. The town adminsitrator is
Mervin Schmidt.
Provincially Grenfell is within the constituency of
Moosomin served by their
Member of legislative
assembly, the honourable
Don
Toth.
Federally the
Souris--Moose
Mountain riding is represented by their
Member of Parliament,
Ed Komarnicki.
Economy
The
Mainline Regional Economic Development Authority provides
assistance and business advice for Broadview and the rural municipality of Elcapo
NO.
154.
Infrastructure
Transportation
Broadview
is located on the #1 highway,
the Trans Canada Highway, east
of the provincial capital city of Regina at the junction with Highway 201 north and Highway 605 south.
Broadview was the western terminus of the
Canadian Pacific Railway in 1882,
and later went on to become a major divisional point for the CPR.
Broadview
was located on the CPR West line between Regina and Winnipeg
, Manitoba
.
The line
ran through Wolseley
, Summerberry, Grenfell
, Oakshela,
Broadview, it continued east through Percival, Whitewood
and Burrows
. At Broadview in 1925, the time zone changed
from
Central Standard
Time to
Mountain Standard
Time.
The original grade which the 1882 rail was built upon was abandoned
in favour of a better grade, and an historical marker commemorates
the old rail track.
Education
Currently Broadview school serves an enrolled population of about
150 students between Kindergarden to Grade 12 is a part of
Prairie Valley School Division
No. 208.
Broadview school division office is located in Broadview.
Broadview School #5 was established 1885, followed by Meadow Lea
#55, Forest Farm #90, Spring Lake #153, Spring Lake #153, Clifton
#278, Highland #437, River Ayr 534, Northwood #2988, Elcapo #3013,
Kingsley #3916, Weed Creek #4352, Logwood #4924. Historically
Cowesses Day School was situated near Broadview. The Highland One
Room Schoohouse is preserved in the Broadview museum.
Museums and other points of interest
The Broadview Recreation Site is located from town. Broadview
museum opened July 15, 1972.
Celebration Park comes equipped with baseball diamonds, tennis
courts, rodeo ground, horseshoe pits, and a children's playground.
Broadview also features a natural ice-skating and hockey rink,
Broadview Curling Club and the Broadview Golf Club.
Prominent people
Dr.
Frederick J. Gathercole B.Ed., M.Ed., Ph.D.
started out teaching in several one room school houses in
Saskatchewan before becoming the Director of Education. Gathercole
received the
Saskatchewan
Order of Merit, and the
Saskatoon Board of
Education offices were housed in the Dr. F.J.
Gathercole Education
Centre located in the central
business diestrict
on June 16, 1972 until the offices moved to the
former Eaton's
Building. In 1988 the University
of Saskatchewan
conferred upon him an honourary doctorate of laws
for his contributions in community service and
education.
John Hall Archer was born 1914 near
Broadview, becoming the first president of the University
of Regina
and provincial archivist. The
Order of Canada and the
Saskatchewan Order of Merit have
been conferred upon him, and the U of R library is named in his
honour.
Location
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