Rural Municipality of Blaine Lake No. 434
The Rural Municipality of Blaine Lake No. 434 is a rural municipality in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within Census Division No. 16 and Division No. 5. The RM extends east to the North Saskatchewan River and north to the village of Marcelin.
History
The RM of Blaine Lake No. 434 incorporated as a rural municipality on December 9, 1912.The story of Sgt John Wilson: One of Canada's most sensational murders took place close to Blaine Lake in 1917. The only Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer ever to be hanged for murder, Sgt John Wilson killed his wife, Polly Wilson, and his unborn child, to marry Jessie Patterson of Blaine Lake. They wed two days after his wife's murder. Polly Wilson had travelled to Canada from Scotland, leaving behind two children, and was pregnant with a third when she was killed. Her body was discovered in a culvert near Waldheim.
Geography
Communities and localities
The following urban municipalities are surrounded by the RM.;Towns
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Blaine Lakes IBA
The Blaine Lakes Important Bird Area of Canada covers the saline Blain Lakes and an area of. The Blaine Lakes consist of two bodies of water that are mostly within the RM of Blaine Lake. The western end of the southern lake is in the neighbouring RM of Redberry No. 435. The nearest communities are Blaine Lake and Krydor and access is from Highway 40. The lakes are shallow and depend on run off from intermittent creeks. During dry years, water levels drop significantly and extensive mudflats form. The IBA is important habitat for birds such as the rusty blackbird, sanderling, and whooping crane.Petrofka Recreation Site
Petrofka Recreation Site is a small, free provincially owned campground and recreation area on the west bank of the North Saskatchewan River in the RM of Blaine Lake. The park, which is accessed from Highway 12, was founded in 1991 and covers an area of 62 acres. It was named after the nearby Doukhobor village of Petrofka. The village was established in 1899 and then abandoned in 1929. There are two historical sites at the park, Petrofka Springs and Petrofka Ferry Historical Monument. The Petrofka Bridge replaced the ferry in 1962, and the springs are a natural spring in the area.Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the RM of Blaine Lake No. 434 had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.In the 2016 Census of Population, the RM of Blaine Lake No. 434 recorded a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2016.