The Rural Municipality of Lumsden No. 189 (2016 population: ) is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within Census Division No. 6 and SARM Division No. 2. It is located in the south-east portion of the province.

History

The RM of Lumsden No. 189 incorporated as a rural municipality on December 9, 1912. It is named after Hugh D. Lumsden who was the chief surveyor on the project in 1887 to take the railroad from Regina to Prince Albert.

Geography

Communities and localities

The following urban municipalities are surrounded by the RM. The following unincorporated communities are within the RM.

Transportation

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the RM of Lumsden No. 189 had a population of 1,968 living in 742 of its 826 total private dwellings, a change of NaN% from its 2016 population of 1,938. With a land area of 816.17 km2, it had a population density of in 2021. In the 2016 Census of Population, the RM of Lumsden No. 189 recorded a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a NaN% change from its 2011 population of. With a land area of 817.13 km2, it had a population density of in 2016.

Government

The RM of Lumsden No. 189 is governed by an elected municipal council and an appointed administrator that meets on the second and fourth Thursday of every month. The reeve of the RM is Kent Farago while its administrator is Monica Merkosky. The RM's office is located in Lumsden.

Hidden Valley Wildlife Refuge

Hidden Valley Wildlife Refuge (50.7167°N, -104.7172°W) is a designated provincial wildlife refuge owned and operated by the charitable Nature Regina. The 130 ha refuge is in the Qu'Appelle Valley on the south side of the Qu'Appelle River near Craven. It is open to the public and access is from Highway 729. The refuge has multiple walking and hiking paths that traverse the wooded hills and coulees of the Qu'Appelle Valley. Nature Regina originally leased the land in 1945. Nine years later, in 1954, it acquired the land. "The purpose of the Hidden Valley Sanctuary is to preserve and protect wild fauna and flora and the surface itself in a natural form".