Insinger, Saskatchewan

Insinger, Saskatchewan is an unincorporated area in the rural municipality of Insinger No. 275, Saskatchewan, in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Insinger is located on Saskatchewan Highway 16, the Yellowhead in south eastern Saskatchewan. Lawrie post office first opened in 1898 at the legal land description of Sec.6, Twp.29, R.7, W2. It changed names in 1907 to Insinger and moved to Sec.21, Twp.29, R.8, W2. The population is smaller than a hamlet, and is counted within the Insinger No. 275, Saskatchewan, however it is still listed as a village at Geonames. Insinger is located between Yorkton and Foam Lake. Insinger is located within 14 km of Whitesand Regional Park. <!-- For lead paragraph also add...


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 * Metro population (one number)
 * Brief note about historical roots/founding
 * Nicknames, if notable
 * Primary industries supporting its economy (e.g. service, manufacturing, tourism, etc...)
 * Notable unique characteristics and characteristics commonly associated with it
 * Compare and Contrast - R.M.s are a type of Types of country subdivision compare to our provincial rural municipality or a typical international country subdivision
 * Compare and Contrast - community compare to provincial or international communities

History
Major historical events that occurred in community, arrival of railway, arrival of settlers, ethnic bloc settlement, construction of grain elevator. First Nations, and pre history of the area. See Online Historical Map Digitization Project listed in external links for helpful URLs for historical appearance of community's surrounding area as well as historic rail lines. The naming convention of the community can also be listed here, or changes in names, or difference between rail station, post office, school district, or community name. Historically one name may have been in use more than the others till it was adopted as the current name. School districts usually changed name to adopt the community name, once the community became officially established. Add the name as Community's popular name, Noth West Territories in the infobox if the post office / community was established before 1905. Before 1905 it would be part of the Noth West Territories As well add the name of the provisional district of the North West Territory, the community belonged to, whether, Assiniboia (south) - which was further divided into East Assiniboia and West Assiniboia, Saskatchewan (central), or Athabasca / Athabaska (north). For the various township boundaries of the provisional districts see Map information Sask Gen Web

If article is about a rural municipality then discover if it changed names. If it is larger than one township 6 miles by 6 miles, there was an amalgamation with other R.M.'s. Investigate what it was named as a Local Improvement District, LID or what its name was as a Fire District, Statute Labour and Fire (SLF) District or Statute Labour District. LID and SLF's were precursors to R.M.'s.

Law and government

 * Mayor or City Executive—current, previous executives This can be accessed at Government of Saskatchewan, MRD Home, Municipal Directory System in the external links listed below.
 * representative body such as M.L.A. of which Provincial Constituency and M.P. of which Federal Electoral District

Geography

 * Physical geography (area, unique features) See Geography of Saskatchewan for physiographic region
 * Major Parks Check out Saskatchewan parks and add neighboring parks
 * Transportation - highway, rail, waterway, historic, current

Economy

 * Major industries/products
 * Taxes
 * Shopping Centres

Demographics

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Check out also Culture of Saskatchewan
 * city population
 * racial/ethnic makeup
 * religious makeup

Sites of interest
Check out FestivalsSaskatchewan or historic sites of Saskatchewan on Saskatchewan parks or Saskatchewan topics

Education
Check out Education in Saskatchewan There were historic one room school houses see link in external links below for helpful URLs, as well as current school divisions.


 * Public
 * Private
 * Colleges and universities

Notable natives
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