Parkbeg
Community in Saskatchewan, Canada
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Parkbeg is a hamlet in the Rural Municipality of Wheatlands No. 163, Saskatchewan, Canada. The hamlet is located at the junction of Highway 1 (the Trans-Canada Highway) and Highway 627 approximately 58 kilometres (36 mi) directly west of the city of Moose Jaw.
Parkbeg, Saskatchewan | |
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  Location of Parkbeg in Saskatchewan  Parkbeg (Canada) | |
| Coordinates: 50.4500°N 106.2667°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Saskatchewan |
| Region | Southwest |
| Census division | 7 |
| Rural municipality | Wheatlands No. 163 |
| Post office Founded | 1911 |
| Incorporated (Village) | 1920 |
| Restructured (Hamlet) | December 31, 1957 |
| Government | |
| • Governing body | Wheatlands No. 163 |
| • Administrator | Angela Molde |
| • MP | Jeremy Patzer (Cypress Hills—Grasslands) |
| • MLA | Doug Steele (Cypress Hills) |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (CST) |
| Postal code | S0H 0E0 |
| Area code | 306 |
| Highways |    Highway 1 (TCH) / Highway 627 |
| Railways | Canadian Pacific Railway |
| [1][2][3][4] | |
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.[5]
Climate
| Climate data for Parkbeg | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 10 (50) |
17 (63) |
22.5 (72.5) |
30 (86) |
37.5 (99.5) |
42 (108) |
38.5 (101.3) |
38.5 (101.3) |
37.5 (99.5) |
31.5 (88.7) |
20 (68) |
15 (59) |
42 (108) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −7.7 (18.1) |
−4.3 (24.3) |
2.1 (35.8) |
12.2 (54.0) |
19 (66) |
23.7 (74.7) |
26.4 (79.5) |
26.1 (79.0) |
19.2 (66.6) |
11.9 (53.4) |
0.2 (32.4) |
−6.1 (21.0) |
10.2 (50.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −13 (9) |
−9.2 (15.4) |
−3 (27) |
5.4 (41.7) |
12 (54) |
16.8 (62.2) |
19.2 (66.6) |
18.6 (65.5) |
12.3 (54.1) |
5.6 (42.1) |
−4.6 (23.7) |
−11.2 (11.8) |
4.1 (39.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −18.2 (−0.8) |
−14.1 (6.6) |
−8 (18) |
−1.4 (29.5) |
4.9 (40.8) |
9.8 (49.6) |
12 (54) |
11.1 (52.0) |
5.4 (41.7) |
−0.9 (30.4) |
−9.5 (14.9) |
−16.3 (2.7) |
−2.1 (28.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −40 (−40) |
−39.5 (−39.1) |
−29.5 (−21.1) |
−23 (−9) |
−7.5 (18.5) |
−2 (28) |
2.5 (36.5) |
−1 (30) |
−6 (21) |
−21 (−6) |
−32.5 (−26.5) |
−42.5 (−44.5) |
−42.5 (−44.5) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 10.1 (0.40) |
9.2 (0.36) |
17.8 (0.70) |
17.8 (0.70) |
48.1 (1.89) |
64.5 (2.54) |
65.3 (2.57) |
48 (1.9) |
38.6 (1.52) |
15.9 (0.63) |
13 (0.5) |
9.9 (0.39) |
358.4 (14.11) |
| Source: Environment Canada[6] | |||||||||||||
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.[7]
Gainer the Gopher
Gainer the Gopher is the mascot of the Saskatchewan Roughriders, a Canadian Football League team. He is from Parkbeg.[8]