The North-West Mounted Police (NWMP) set up a divisional post in Broadview in 1885.[3] Sergeant Bill, a goat from Broadview, served as the mascot for the 5th Battalion, CEF, during World War I. The goat received a decoration, and after its passing resides now in the Broadview Museum.[4][5] The Broadview railway station was designated a historic railway station in 1992.[6]
Broadview has a humid continental climate, with extreme seasonal temperatures. It has hot summers and cold winters, with the average daily temperatures ranging from −14.2 °C (6.4 °F) in January to 18.1 °C (64.6 °F) in July. Annually, temperatures exceed 30 °C (86 °F) on an average in late July Typically, summer lasts from late June until late August, and the humidity is seldom uncomfortably high. Winter lasts from November to March, and varies greatly in length and severity. Spring and autumn are both short and highly variable.
On February 1, 1996, a record windchill of −60.7 °C (−77.3 °F) was recorded around 11:00 in the morning. Creating the windchill were north-westerly winds blowing at 44 kilometres per hour (27 mph) combined with a temperature of −39.3 °C (−38.7 °F).[10][11]
The highest temperature ever recorded in Broadview was 41.1 °C (106 °F) on 21 June 1910 and 5 July 1937.[12][13] The coldest temperature ever recorded was −46.7 °C (−52 °F) on 20 January 1943.[14]
Climate data for Broadview, 1981–2010 normals, extremes 1904–present
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Broadview had a population of 541 living in 256 of its 298 total private dwellings, a change of -2% from its 2016 population of 552. With a land area of 2.82 km2 (1.09 sq mi), it had a population density of 191.8/km2 (496.9/sq mi) in 2021.[17]
Government
The town of Broadview has a mayor as the highest ranking government official. The town also elects aldermen or councillors to form the municipal council. Previously the mayor was Sidney Criddle, but not anymore. The current councillors are Lori Stephan, Esther Bonk, Brent Bagshaw, Terry Fitzgerald, Tracy Strachan. The town administrator is Mervin Schmidt.[18]
The original grade which the 1882 rail was built upon was abandoned in favour of a better grade, and an historical marker commemorates the old rail track.[22]
Department of Transportation aerodrome
The Broadview aerodrome was located approximately three miles south of the town. In approximately 1942 the aerodrome was listed at 50°16′N102°32′W / 50.267°N 102.533°W / 50.267; -102.533 with a Var. 16 degrees E and elevation of 2030'. The aerodrome was listed as a Turf, all way field with three runways were listed as follows:
[25]
Runway Name
Length
Width
Surface
16/34
3600'
600'
Turf
7/25
3300'
600'
Turf
13/31
3500'
600'
Turf
Education
Currently Broadview school serves an enrolled population of about 150 students between Kindergarten to Grade 12 is a part of Prairie Valley School Division No. 208.[16][26] Broadview school division office is located in Broadview.[27]
Broadview School #5 was established 1885, followed by Meadow Lea #55, Forest Farm #90, Spring Lake #153, Spring Lake #153, Clifton #278, Highland #437, River Ayr 534, Northwood #2988, Elcapo #3013, Kingsley #3916, Weed Creek #4352, Logwood #4924.[28] Historically Cowesses Day School was situated near Broadview.[29] The Highland One Room Schoolhouse is preserved in the Broadview museum.[30]
Celebration Park comes equipped with baseball diamonds, tennis courts, rodeo ground, horseshoe pits, and a children's playground.[33] Broadview also features a natural ice-skating and hockey rink, Broadview Curling Club, and the nine-hole Broadview Golf Club.[33]
The Broadview Historical Museum, which opened on July 15, 1972,[33] features the Highland One Room Schoolhouse[30] a reconstructed sod house, the Delorme family's one-room log cabin, extensive indoor and outdoor installations of numerous Cree and settler archives, artifacts, and war memorabilia,[34] including Sergeant Bill, "Saskatchewan's most famous goat".[4][35] Archival photos and documents include agricultural, military, settler, and Cree history and heritage including genealogical resources.[34]
^McLennan, David (2006). "Broadview". Encyclopaedia of Saskatchewan. Canadian Plains Research Centre University of Regina. Archived from the original on November 25, 2012. Retrieved May 18, 2009.
^ abMcLennan, David (2006). "Sergeant Bill". Encyclopaedia of Saskatchewan. Canadian Plains Research Centre University of Regina. Retrieved August 29, 2017.
^ abThorpe, J. (1999). Kai-iu Fung; Bill Barry; Wilson, Michael (eds.). Natural Vegetation (Millennium ed.). Saskatchewan: University of Saskatchewan. pp. 46, 63, 76, 91, 160. ISBN0-88880-387-7. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
^ abCoupland, R.T. (1969). "Natural Vegetation of Saskatchewan". In J.H. Richards; K.I. Fung (eds.). Atlas of Saskatchewan. J.S. Rowe. Saskatoon, SK, CA: University of Saskatchewan. pp. 72–78.
^J., Thorpe (1999). Kai-iu Fung; Bill Barry; Wilson, Michael (eds.). Natural Vegetation. Saskatchewan: University of Saskatchewan. p. 119. ISBN0-88880-387-7.
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