Clemenceau, Saskatchewan

Clemenceau is a hamlet in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan named after Georges Clemenceau, the French physician, journalist and statesman.

Farmyard near Clemenceau, Saskatchewan
Farmyard near Clemenceau

Clemenceau is located on the Canadian National Railway approximately 27 kilometres (17 miles) south of Hudson Bay, Saskatchewan and by 1929 the town was one of the largest shipping points of railcar lots of lumber in the province.[1] The lumber industry was the key industry of the town, but a forest fire in 1942 seriously damaged forestry in the area.[2] In 1950, Clemenceau was one of nine provincial land settlement projects after World War II, and was primarily a resettlement block for farmers.[3]

As of 2011, a Federal grain elevator in Clemenceau still stands adjacent to the railway.[4]

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Clemenceau had a population of 15 living in 6 of its 24 total private dwellings, a change of 50% from its 2016 population of 10. With a land area of 0.27 km2 (0.10 sq mi), it had a population density of 55.6/km2 (143.9/sq mi) in 2021.[5]

References
  1. "Frank Moore, Saskatchewan Ghost Towns, Associated Printers (Regina) 1982, p. 13". Archived from the original on October 13, 2012. Retrieved November 27, 2011.
  2. "Frank Moore, Saskatchewan Ghost Towns, Associated Printers (Regina) 1982, p. 13". Archived from the original on October 13, 2012. Retrieved November 27, 2011.
  3. Burke G. Vanderhill, The Decline of Land Settlement in Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Economic Geography, Vol. 38, No. 3 (July 1962), pp. 270-277
  4. Verlo.ca Clemenceau Saskatchewan Webpage
  5. "Population and dwelling counts: Canada and designated places". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 31, 2022.

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