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Location of Craik, Saskatchewan

Aerial view. Photo by Paul Stinson

Craik is a progressive town in south central Saskatchewan, Canada, incorporated on August 1, 1907. It is strategically located along Provincial Highway 11 (Louis Riel Trail), 140 km southeast of Saskatoon and 117 km northwest of Regina. The town slogan is "Friendliest Place by a Dam Site". The town's economy is based almost exclusively on agriculture, although efforts by the Town and RM of Craik No. 222 have been made to attract and develop industry related to the principles of sustainability. Craik used to be part of the Davidson School Division, but after amalgamations of school divisions it joined the Prairie South School Division. Craik is home to a kindergarten to grade 12 public school, as well as an RCMP detachment and Health Care Centre. The Prairie Pioneer Museum (c. 1966) is a Municipal Heritage Property on the Canadian Register of Historic Places. ^[1] The town of Craik also contains a number of services such as pump stations, grocery, hardware, agro and home center, auto service, hotel, and a cafe, as well as manufacturing industries including Harvest Services.

Local news coverage is provided by the Craik Weekly News and the Davidson Leader.

Craik is home to the Craik Sustainable Living Project, which is working to build a sustainable community.

According to the Canada 2006 Census:^[2]

Population:	408 (-2.4% from 2001)
Land area:	5.41 km² (2.09 sq mi)
Population density:	75.5 inhabitants per square kilometre (196 /sq mi)
Median age:	46.8 (males: 41.8, females: 50.8)
Total private dwellings:	225
Dwellings occupied by permanent residents:	181
Median household income:	$32,006

Town hall, Craik

[edit] Location relative to other communities in Saskatchewan

	North: Davidson \| Girvin
West: Lake Diefenbaker	Craik 51°2′50″N 105°49′5″W / 51.04722°N 105.81806°W / 51.04722; -105.81806	East: Last Mountain Lake
	South: Moose Jaw \| Aylesbury

[edit] Notable Craikers

Notable persons who were born, grew up or lived in Craik:

Jim Archibald - ice hockey player [1] [2]
Kenton Dulle - ice hockey player [3] [4]
Jim Edwards - umpire hall of fame [5]
Kim Ehman - film maker [6]
Tommy John Ehman - singer-songwriter [7]
Garnet Exelby - ice hockey player [8] [9]
Terry Garvin - author [10] [11]
Sherry Johnson - poet [12]
Chris Neiszner - ice hockey player [13]
Jim Nodge - artist [14]
Chad Reich - ice hockey player [15] [16]
Jeremy Reich - ice hockey player [17]
Alexander (Alex) Edward Spalding - writer, poet and Inuktitut linguist [18]
Ernie Spencer - Assistant Deputy Minister of Agriculture [19]
Alexander White - Navy war hero [20]
Thomas Orval Wilson - R.C.A.F war hero [21]

[edit] External links

http://www.craik.ca - the official Town of Craik home page
http://craikecovillage.ca - the Craik Sustainable Living Project
http://www.ourroots.ca/e/toc.asp?id=3142 - Craik History Book online
Saskatchewan Municipal Directory

[edit] References

^ http://www.historicplaces.ca/visit-visite/affichage-display.aspx?id=5825 Canadian Register of Historic Places.
^ "2006 Community Profiles". Statistics Canada. Government of Canada. 2009-02-24. http://www12.statcan.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/prof/92-591/index.cfm?Lang=E. Retrieved 9 March 2009.

[0] ttp://www.historicplaces.ca/visit-visite/affichage-display.aspx?id=5825 Canadian Register of Historic Places.

[1] "2006 Community Profiles". Statistics Canada. Government of Canada. 2009-02-24. http://www12.statcan.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/prof/92-591/index.cfm?Lang=E. Retrieved 9 March 2009.

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[edit] Location relative to other communities in Saskatchewan

[edit] Notable Craikers

[edit] External links

[edit] References