Parkbeg is a hamlet in the Rural Municipality of Wheatlands No. 163, Saskatchewan, Canada. The hamlet is located at the junction of Highway 1 (the Trans-Canada Highway) and Highway 627 approximately directly west of the city of Moose Jaw.
Demographics
Parkbeg, like so many other small communities throughout Saskatchewan, has struggled to maintain a sturdy population causing it to become a semi ghost town with only a few citizens. Prior to December 31, 1957, Parkbeg was incorporated under village status, but was restructured to hamlet status under the jurisdiction of the Rural Municipality of Wheatlands on that date.Parkbeg Saskatchewan - Restructured Villages
Climate
Services
Parkbeg has a café that also serves as a post office. There was also a grain elevator owned by Paterson Grain which was serviced by the Canadian Pacific Railway but which has now been demolished.
Gainer the Gopher
Gainer the Gopher is the mascot of the Saskatchewan Roughriders, a Canadian Football League team. He is from Parkbeg.Saskatchewan Riderville - Gainer the Gopher
See also List of hamlets in Saskatchewan
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