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Endeavour
Village
Village of Endeavour
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Coordinates: 52°09′30″N 102°39′12″W / 52.1582°N 102.6534°W / 52.1582; -102.6534
Country	Canada
Province	Saskatchewan
Region	East-central
Census division	9
Rural Municipality	Preeceville No. 334
Post office Founded	December 1, 1915
Government
• Type	Municipal
• Governing body	Endeavour Village Council
• Mayor	James German
• Administrator	Kathleen Ambrose
Area
• Total	0.99 km (0.38 sq mi)
Population
• Total	65
• Density	65.7/km (170/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−6 (CST)
Postal code	S0A 0W0
Area code	306
Highways	Highway 9 Highway 759
Railways	Via Rail
Waterways	Lilian River

Endeavour (2016 population: 65) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Preeceville No. 334 and Census Division No. 9. It is on the west bank of the Lilian River. The Endeavour railway station receives Via Rail service, as well the village can be accessed via Highway 9.

Preceding station	Via Rail			Following station
Reservetoward Churchill		Winnipeg–Churchill		Sturgistoward Winnipeg
Former services
Preceding station	Canadian National Railway			Following station
Ushervilletoward Hudson Bay Junction		Regina – Hudson Bay Junction		Ushtatoward Regina

History

Endeavour incorporated as a village on April 29, 1953. The community, originally named Annette, was renamed Endeavour after the first attempted commercial passenger flight across the Atlantic in 1930.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Endeavour had a population of 75 living in 42 of its 60 total private dwellings, a change of 15.4% from its 2016 population of 65. With a land area of 1 km (0.39 sq mi), it had a population density of 75.0/km (194.2/sq mi) in 2021.

In the 2016 Census of Population, the Village of Endeavour recorded a population of 65 living in 34 of its 45 total private dwellings, a -44.6% change from its 2011 population of 94. With a land area of 0.99 km (0.38 sq mi), it had a population density of 65.7/km (170.0/sq mi) in 2016.

In pop-culture

A feature on Mars was named for the village: the crater Endeavour, which the rover Opportunity has been investigating since 2011.

Johnny Cash makes reference to Endeavour in his song 'The Girl in Saskatoon': "I left a little town a little south of Hudson Bay."

See also

• List of communities in Saskatchewan
• List of villages in Saskatchewan

References

1. National Archives, Archivia Net, Post Offices and Postmasters, archived from the original on October 12, 2012
2. Government of Saskatchewan, MRD Home, Municipal Directory System, archived from the original on November 21, 2008
3. Canadian Textiles Institute. (2005), CTI Determine your provincial constituency, archived from the original on September 11, 2007
4. Commissioner of Canada Elections, Chief Electoral Officer of Canada (2005), Elections Canada On-line, archived from the original on April 21, 2007
5. "Urban Municipality Incorporations". Saskatchewan Ministry of Government Relations. Archived from the original on October 15, 2014. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
6. "I 1900 and Before - 8". cdm22007.contentdm.oclc.org. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
7. "Saskatchewan Census Population" (PDF). Saskatchewan Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 24, 2015. Retrieved May 31, 2020.
8. "Saskatchewan Census Population". Saskatchewan Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved May 31, 2020.
9. "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Saskatchewan". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved April 1, 2022.
10. "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Saskatchewan)". Statistics Canada. February 8, 2017. Retrieved May 30, 2020.
11. "Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Endeavour on Mars". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. Retrieved February 14, 2016.
12. A.J.S. Rayl (September 30, 2008). "Mars Exploration Rovers Update: Opportunity Embarks on New Endeavour, Spirit Gets Back To Normal Schedule". The Planetary Society. Retrieved February 14, 2016.

v t e Places adjacent to Endeavour, Saskatchewan
Usherville Kelvington Endeavour Manitoba Preeceville

v t e Division No. 9, Saskatchewan
Cities	Yorkton
Towns	Canora Kamsack Norquay Preeceville Springside Sturgis
Villages	Arran Buchanan Calder Ebenezer Endeavour Hyas Invermay Lintlaw Pelly Rama Rhein Sheho Stenen Theodore Togo
Rural municipalities	Buchanan 304 Calder 241 Clayton 333 Cote 271 Garry 245 Good Lake 274 Hazel Dell 335 Insinger 275 Invermay 305 Keys 303 Livingston 331 Orkney 244 Preeceville 334 St. Philips 301 Sliding Hills 273 Wallace 243
First Nations	Cote Keeseekoose The Key
Indian reserves	Cote 64 Keeseekoose 66 66A 66-CA-04 66-CA-05 66-CA-06 66-KE-04 66-KE-05 The Key 65
Unincorporated communities	Organized hamlets Amsterdam Burgis Beach Crystal Lake Good Spirit Acres Hazel Dell Ketchen Okla Runnymede Swan Plain Tadmore Usherville Special service areas Stornoway Veregin Willowbrook Hamlets Lady Lake Mikado Arabella Barvas Beaver Dale Burgis Calley Canora Beach Cote Crysler Danbury Dernic Donald Gunn Dobrowody Drobot Dunleath Fitzmaurice Fort Pelly Goldenvale Gorlitz Hassan Hinchliffe Homefield Insinger Jedburgh Kamsack Beach Kessock Kitchimanitou Lone Spruce Ministik Beach Mitchellview Netherton Orcadia Parkerview Rock Dell Rockford Rokeby St. Philips Spirit Lake Stonyview Stove Creek Tiny Tonkin Whitebeech Whitesand Wroxton
See also: Municipalities in Saskatchewan Census divisions of Saskatchewan Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities

• Villages in Saskatchewan
• Preeceville No. 334, Saskatchewan
• Division No. 9, Saskatchewan