Nokomis, Saskatoon Census Division, Saskatchewan, Canada

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Nokomis

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Nokomis is located in SaskatchewanNokomisNokomis

Location of Nokomis in Saskatchewan

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Coordinates: 51?30'36"N 105?00'32"WCoordinates: 51?30'36"N 105?00'32"W

Country Canada

Province Saskatchewan

Census division 11

Rural Municipality Wreford

Established 1904

Incorporated (Village) N/A

Incorporated (Town) 1908

Government

? Mayor David Mark

? Town Administrator Tanya Zdunich

? Governing body Nokomis Town Council

Area

? Total 2.61 km2 (1.01 sq mi)

Population (2001)

? Total 436

? Density 167.3/km2 (433/sq mi)

Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))

Postal code

S0G 3R0

Area code 306

Highways Highway 20

Highway 15

Nokomis /n?'ko?m?s/ is a town in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan.



Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Nokomis had a population of 414 living in 179 of its 217 total private dwellings, a change of 2.5% from its 2016 population of 404. With a land area of 2.55 km2 (0.98 sq mi), it had a population density of 162.4/km2 (420.5/sq mi) in 2021.[1]



Canada census ? Nokomis community profile

2021 2011

Population 414 (+2.5% from 2016) 397 (-1.7% from 2006)

Land area 2.55 km2 (0.98 sq mi) 2.61 km2 (1.01 sq mi)

Population density 162.6/km2 (421/sq mi) 152.3/km2 (394/sq mi)

Median age 49.2 (M: 47.2, F: 52.4)

Total private dwellings 180 220

Median household income

References: 2021[2] 2011[3] earlier[4][5]

History



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1904: The area was opened up to homesteading.

1906: Florence Mary Halstead established a post office on the Halstead farm and called it "Nokomis".[6] After the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway was built, the town requested the post office be moved into town, accepting the condition of the post-mistress that the town be renamed "Nokomis". The post office was first located in Henry's Men's Clothing Store, and moved into its own building just north of the Times Office the next year.

1907: The town was named Junction City, with the hopes that it would become the largest city in western Canada

1907: The Canadian Bank of Commerce was constructed with K.W. Reikie as manager, and the Northern Crown Bank with R.S. Inkster as manager. Inkster's residence (Earl McDougall's house) was one of the first residences constructed. Others were homes of Norman Townsend and J.I. Jamieson. Ewart's hall opened above the Northern Crown Bank, and here the first schoolroom classes were held. Mabel Dobbyn, who later married K.W. Reikie of the Bank of Commerce, was the first teacher.

1908: Carloads of lumber, hardware and carpenters were arriving, and the Sash and Door Factory was kept busy. For a time the Franklin Realty Co. contemplated starting a brickyard, using the good clay of the district. Almost every train brought in new settlers, and many cars of settlers' effects. That month, the Nokomis Times building was put up on 2nd Avenue by W.C.R. Garrioch.

1908: The town was renamed Nokomis

1909: The post office was opened

1910: The Carter Land Company began purchasing land in the Nokomis district.

1912: The first coal seam was discovered south east of Nokomis in the Tate area (now known as the NSC1 Pit) (51.43935N,-104.819276W).

1914?1916: Two more mines were started, one 6 miles (9.7 km) (NCS2) and the other straight east(NCS3).

1918: Officials from Hunter Valley Coal Chain (HVCC) were sent to the Nokomis area to purchase the surface rights to 5,000 acres (20 km2) as well as mineral rights

1946: After the Second World War many men returned to the area where they found work with a new oil company from the United States (ND Oil Seekers)

1947: The first well was drilled, which is known as NOW1 (Nokomis Oil Well 1). It was drilled in the formation known as the Hatfield Basin (Latitude: 51? 25' 26.117" N, Longitude: 105? 00' 47.486" W). The Hatfield Basin was mainly sweet crude oil and was extremely shallow. This made the area very popular to new oil companies.

1988: The first horizontal well was drilled in the area by the directional driller Ryan Oliver and MWD was done by Kent Ruether. This well broke many records. It was one of the fastest ever drilled, the longest ever drilled and had the best production upon completion (this record still has not been beaten).

1998: the Saskatchewan Provincial Rifle Association purchased land 6-miles east of Nokomis (NE 34-31-22 West of the 2nd) to re-open an abandoned rifle range now known as North Star Range. The SPRA operate it as a club facility where competitors can practice long range shooting target shooting from measured firing points back to 1665-yds.[7]

2008: Nokomis had its 100th anniversary

Latitude: 000000, Longitude: -105.008889

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