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Dillon
DillonLocation of Dillon in Saskatchewan
Coordinates: 55°55′43″N 108°56′14″W / 55.92861°N 108.93722°W / 55.92861; -108.93722
Country	Canada
Province	Saskatchewan
Government
• Chief	Norma Catarat
• MLA Athabasca	Buckley Belanger
• MP Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River	Gary Vidal
Area
• Total	86.32 km (33.33 sq mi)
Population
• Total	764
• Metro density	8.9/km (23/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central Standard Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5
Postal code	S0M 0S0
Highways	Hwy 925

Dillon is an unincorporated community in the boreal forest of northern Saskatchewan, Canada. It is located on the western shore of Peter Pond Lake at the mouth of the Dillon River. The community is the administrative headquarters of the Buffalo River Dene Nation and is accessed by Highway 925 from Highway 155.

History

The North West Company had a post near Dillon in 1790. It was called Lac des Boeufs Post (Buffalo Lake Post). The Hudson's Bay Company had a post nearby in 1791.

In 1819–1820 Sir John Franklin noted the position of the North West Company Post on Buffalo Lake (Peter Pond Lake) where Buffalo River (Dillon River) is located. (see map)

The first post office opened under the name of Buffalo River in 1926 and closed in 1929. In 1954 the post office was re-opened under the name of Dillon.

Name changes

In 1932 the name of the community was officially changed from Buffalo River to Dillon, the name of the river was changed from Buffalo River to Dillon River and Buffalo Lake was renamed Peter Pond Lake. A lake on the Dillon River just west of Vermette Lake also received its official name of Dillon Lake in 1932.

The source of the Dillon River is in Alberta east of Lake Winefred near co-ordinates 55°30′00″N 110°15′32″W / 55.50°N 110.259°W / 55.50; -110.259.

References

1. "2011 Community Profiles". Statistics Canada. Government of Canada. Archived from the original on December 26, 2018. Retrieved March 6, 2012.
2. Government of Saskatchewan, MRD Home. "Municipal Directory System". Archived from the original on January 15, 2016. Retrieved September 6, 2009.
3. Commissioner of Canada Elections, Chief Electoral Officer of Canada (2005). "Elections Canada On-line". Archived from the original on April 21, 2007. Retrieved September 6, 2009.
4. "Natural Resources Canada-Canadian Geographical Names (Dillon River)". Retrieved August 29, 2014.
5. "ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SASKATCHEWAN (list of forts in Northern Saskatchewan)". Retrieved October 12, 2012.
6. "Library and Archives Canada (Post Offices and Postmasters)". Archived from the original on November 3, 2012. Retrieved October 12, 2012.
7. ^ "Geographical Names Query". Archived from the original on April 6, 2013. Retrieved April 16, 2013.

v t e Places adjacent to Dillon, Saskatchewan
La Loche Michel Village Alberta Dillon Peter Pond Lake St. George's Hill Buffalo Narrows, Ile a la Crosse

v t e Division No. 18, Saskatchewan
District	Northern Saskatchewan Administration District
Cities	Flin Flon (part)
Northern towns	Creighton La Ronge
Northern villages	Air Ronge Beauval Buffalo Narrows Cumberland House Denare Beach Green Lake Île-à-la-Crosse La Loche Pelican Narrows Pinehouse Sandy Bay
First Nations	Birch Narrows Black Lake Buffalo River Canoe Lake Clearwater River Cumberland House English River Fond du Lac Hatchet Lake Lac La Ronge Montreal Lake Peter Ballantyne
Indian reserves	Amisk Lake 184 Amiskosakahikan 210 Barkwell Bay 192I Beauval Forks 192O Birch Portage 184A Budd's Point 20D Buffalo River Dene Nation 193 Cable Bay 192M 192N Canoe Lake 165 165A 165B Chicken 224 Chicken 225 Chicken 226 Churchill Lake 193A Clearwater River Dene Band 221 222 223 Cree Lake 192G Cumberland House Cree Nation 20 Dipper Rapids 192C Elak Dase 192A English River 192H Flatstone Lake 192L Fond du Lac 227 228 229 231 232 233 Four Portages 157C Fox Point 157D 157E Grandmother's Bay 219 Kimosom Pwatinahk 203 Kinoosao-Thomas Clark 204 Kitsakie 156B Lac la Hache 220 Lac la Ronge 156 La Plonge 192 Little Hills 158 Little Hills 158B Montreal Lake 106 Morin Lake 217 Pelican Narrows 184B Potato River 156A Southend 200 Stanley 157 Sturgeon Weir 184F Sucker River 156C Turnor Lake 193B Wapachewunak 192D
Unorganized areas	Unorganized Division No. 18
Unincorporated communities	Northern hamlets Black Point Cole Bay Dore Lake Jans Bay Michel Village Patuanak St. George's Hill Stony Rapids Timber Bay Turnor Lake Weyakwin Northern settlements Bear Creek Brabant Lake Camsell Portage Descharme Lake Garson Lake Missinipe Sled Lake Southend Stanley Mission Uranium City Wollaston Lake Indian settlements Brabant Lake
See also: Municipalities in Saskatchewan Census divisions of Saskatchewan Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities

• Dene communities
• Unincorporated communities in Saskatchewan