Sunset View Beach, Saskatchewan

Sunset View Beach is an organized hamlet in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the RM of Mervin No. 499 and Census Division No. 17. Part of the RM of Parkdale No. 498 prior to September 1992, it subsequently held resort village status until it dissolved to become part of the RM of Mervin No. 499 in January 2015. Sunset View Beach is on the southeast shore of Turtle Lake, approximately northeast of the town of Turtleford and north of the city of North Battleford.

History

Sunset View Beach originally incorporated as a resort village on September 1, 1992. Prior to incorporation it was part of the RM of Parkdale No. 498. Sunset View Beach subsequently dissolved on January 1, 2005, becoming an organized hamlet under the jurisdiction of the RM of Mervin No. 499.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Sunset View Beach had a population of 133 living in 71 of its 243 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 74. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.

Government

While Sunset View Beach is under the jurisdiction of the RM of Mervin No. 499, it has a three-person hamlet board that is chaired by Ray Fenrich.