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Big Beaver is an organized hamlet in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It is situated at the junction of Highways 18 and 34 in the Rural Municipality of Happy Valley No. 10. North of Big Beaver along Highway 34 is the Big Muddy Badlands. South of town, at the end of Highway 34, is the now closed US border crossing of Big Beaver. The port was closed to northbound traffic in 2011 and to southbound traffic in 2013.

Within the community is the Big Beaver Regional Park. The park has a picnic area and a campground.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Big Beaver had a population of 10 living in 12 of its 19 total private dwellings, a change of 0% from its 2016 population of 10. With a land area of 0.22 km (0.085 sq mi), it had a population density of 45.5/km (117.7/sq mi) in 2021.

In popular culture

Big Beaver is referenced in Warren Zevon's song "Hit Somebody (The Hockey Song)" from his 2002 album My Ride's Here. It featured vocals by David Letterman.

See also

• List of communities in Saskatchewan

References

1. "Big Beaver". Canadian Geographical Names Database. Government of Canada. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
2. "Whitetail/Big Beaver Border Crossing, Montana". The Center for Land Use Interpretation. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
3. "Big Beaver Regional Park". Tourism Saskatchewan. Government of Saskatchewan. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
4. "Population and dwelling counts: Canada and designated places". Statistics Canada. 9 February 2022. Retrieved 31 August 2022.

49°05′57″N 105°10′15″W / 49.09917°N 105.17083°W / 49.09917; -105.17083

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Cities	Weyburn
Towns	Bengough Midale Milestone Ogema Radville Yellow Grass
Villages	Avonlea Ceylon Creelman Fillmore Goodwater Halbrite Lang Macoun McTaggart Minton Osage Pangman Torquay
Rural municipalities	Bengough 40 Brokenshell 68 Caledonia 99 Cambria 6 Cymri 36 Elmsthorpe 100 Fillmore 96 The Gap 39 Griffin 66 Happy Valley 10 Key West 70 Lake Alma 8 Laurier 38 Lomond 37 Norton 69 Scott 98 Souris Valley 7 Surprise Valley 9 Wellington 97 Weyburn 67
First Nations	Piapot Cree
Indian reserves	Piapot Cree First Nation 75H
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