Nipawin is a town located in north-east Saskatchewan, Canada on the Saskatchewan River. Industries in the area include agriculture. tourism, vegetable oil processing, honey production and lumber. Motto: Multis E Gentibus Vires (Latin: The Strength of Many Peoples) Capital Regina Largest city Saskatoon Official languages English Government - Lieutenant-Governor Gordon Barnhart - Premier Lorne Calvert (NDP) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament - House seats 14 - Senate seats 6 Confederation September 1, 1905 (Split from NWT) (9th (province)) Area Ranked... The Saskatchewan River is a major river in Canada, approximately 550 km (340 mi) long, flowing roughly eastward across Saskatchewan and Manitoba to drain into Lake Winnipeg. ...

The town lies between Codette Lake, created by the Francois-Finlay Hydro Dam (built in 1986) and Tobin Lake, created by the E.B. Campbell Hydro Dam (built in 1963). Nipawin has become a tourist destination featuring camping, boating, golfing, hunting and fishing. Nipawin hosts two annual fishing events: The Great Northern Pike Festival, a summer-long event offering prizes for catching tagged fish, and the Saskatchewan Premier's Walleye Cup, a weekend fishing derby. Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Binomial name Esox lucius Linnaeus, 1758 Northern pike The northern pike, Esox lucius, is a carnivorous fish of brackish and freshwaters of the northern hemisphere. ... Binomial name (Mitchill, 1818) Subspecies S. v. ...

Nipawin is a Cree word meaning "a bed, or resting place" which referred to a low-lying area along the river now flooded by Codette Lake where Native American women and children would camp and wait for the men to arrive from treks by canoe. Cree is the name for a group of closely-related Algonquian languages spoken by approximately 50,000 speakers across Canada, from Alberta to Labrador. ... Olmec script These glyphs written in Epi-Olmec script, the earliest examples of writing in the Americas, give a calendar date of 7. ...

The first permanent settlement of Nipawin occurred in 1910 with the establishment of a trading post. In 1924 the Canadian Pacific Railway passed nearby, and the settlement was moved, building by building, to its current location to be closer to the railway. 1910 (MCMX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Sunday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar). ... An eastbound CPR freight at Stoney Creek Bridge in Rogers Pass. ...

Nipawin is one of several Saskatchewan towns whose population has fluctated around the 5,000 mark in the last decade (5,000 being the legislated threshold at which a town may apply for city status in the province). Presently, the population is around 4,200, well below the threshold.

The name Nipawin was also given to Nipawin Provincial Park, a large recreational park some distance to the northwest of the town. In the 1990s the park was renamed Narrow Hills Provincial Park.

One of the major forms of entertainment in town is the Nipawin Hawks of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League. The Hawks are currently coached by Hardy Sauter. The Nipawin Hawks are a Tier-II Junior A team based out of Nipawin, Saskatchewan. ... SJHL Emblem The Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League is a Tier II Junior A ice hockey league under Hockey Canada, a part of the Canadian Junior A Hockey League. ...

Education

The town is home to a community college, Cumberland Regional College, whose students number 360; as well as a small Bible college called Nipawin Bible College, which has a population of about 50 students. Nipawin is also home to three public schools: Central Park Elementary School, Wagner Elementary School, and L.P. Miller Comprehensive School. In Canada and the United States, a community college, sometimes called a technical college, county college, junior college or a city college, is an educational institution providing higher education and lower-level tertiary education, granting certificates, diplomas, and Associates degrees. ... This Gutenberg Bible is displayed by the United States Library of Congress. ... It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles accessible from a disambiguation page. ...

Statistics

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According to the Canada 2001 Census: Image File history File links Current_event_marker. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... The Canada 2001 Census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population. ...

Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Prince Consort to Queen Victoria Prince Albert is the third-largest city (after Saskatoon and Regina) with a population of 41,072 as of 2006, in the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. ... Carrot River is a town located in North-East Saskatchewan (population location) and center Saskatchewan (Geographical location), in Canada. ... Tisdale is a business centre for the rich agricultural area of northeastern Saskatchewan in Canada. ...

Notable Nipawanians

• Sharon Butala, novelist
• Dane Byers, NHL hockey player
• Lyndon Byers, retired NHL player for the Boston Bruins
• Greg Klassen, NHL hockey player for Nashville Predators

Sharon Butala (born 1940 in Nipawin, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian novelist who lives in Eastend, Saskatchewan. ... Dane Byers, the son of Patti and Kelly Byers from Nipawin, Saskatchewan, is currently under contract with the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League. ... Lyndon Svi Byers (born on February 29, 1964, in Nipawin, Saskatchewan, Canada) is a professional hockey player turned radio host. ... The Boston Bruins are a professional ice hockey team based in Boston, Massachusetts. ...

External links

• Town of Nipawin - Official Site
• Nipawin Hawks - Official Site
• Statistics Canada 2001 Community Profile

Coordinates: 53°22′N, 104°01′W Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...