Lampman
Town
Lampman is located in Saskatchewan
Lampman
Lampman
Lampman is located in Canada
Lampman
Lampman
Coordinates: 49°22′38″N 102°45′44″W / 49.3773°N 102.7621°W / 49.3773; -102.7621
CountryCanada
ProvinceSaskatchewan
Census divisionDivision No. 1
Rural MunicipalityRural Municipality of Browning No. 34
Post office founded1910-05-01
Incorporated (Village)1910
Town1963
Government
 • MayorJohn Jones
Population
 (2016)
 • Total735
Time zoneCST
Postal code
S0C 1N0
Area code306
HighwaysHighway 361 Highway 605
Websitetownoflampman.ca#con
[1][2][3]

Lampman is a small town of around 735 people located in the south-east part of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan, roughly 30 miles north-east of Estevan.[4]

To the north-west of Lampman, is Lake Roy, which is a shallow lake that often floods into town. Lampman's water supply is obtained from two deep wells that go through a water treatment system.

History

The village of Lampman was founded on September 13, 1910. It gained the status of town on June 1, 1963.[5] It was named for Canadian poet Archibald Lampman, one of the Confederation Poets. It is also part of "Poet's Corner" in south-east Saskatchewan. Several communities and stops along the CN Railway in this part of the province were named after famous British and Canadian poets. Some of the other places include, Carlyle (Thomas Carlyle), Browning (Robert Browning), Service (Robert W. Service), Cowper (William Cowper), and Wordsworth (William Wordsworth).[6]

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Lampman had a population of 673 living in 271 of its 327 total private dwellings, a change of -0.3% from its 2016 population of 675. With a land area of 2.13 km2 (0.82 sq mi), it had a population density of 316.0/km2 (818.3/sq mi) in 2021.[7]

Education

Lampman has one school that covers Kindergarten through grade 12.

Sports and recreation

Lampman has a community complex that includes an outdoor swimming pool, ice hockey arena, curling rink with four sheets of ice, and five baseball diamonds. The town also has a racetrack, golf course, campground, parks, and a walking path. The Lampman A's baseball team was inducted into the Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of Fame on August 18, 2012.

Services and transportation

Lampman has volunteer ambulance service, volunteer fire department, and emergency rescue.

The town is serviced by a freight railway line, grain elevator, Lampman Airport (CJQ2),[8] and two highways, Highway 361 and Highway 605.

See also

References

  1. ↑ National Archives, Archivia Net. "Post Offices and Postmasters". Retrieved 26 April 2014.
  2. ↑ Government of Saskatchewan, MRD Home. "Municipal Directory System". Archived from the original on 15 January 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
  3. ↑ Commissioner of Canada Elections, Chief Electoral Officer of Canada (2005). "Elections Canada On-line". Archived from the original on 21 April 2007. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
  4. ↑ "Lampman," Encyclopedia of Canada (Toronto: University Associates, 948), III, 379.
  5. ↑ "A Little Bit of History," Town of Lampman and Community Archived 2010-04-21 at the Wayback Machine. Web, Mar. 23, 2011.
  6. ↑ ""A Poetic Past": The quest | Globalnews.ca".
  7. ↑ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Saskatchewan". Statistics Canada. 9 February 2022. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  8. ↑ "Lampman Airport - CJQ2 - Airport Guide".
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