Paddockwood is a village in Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....

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Canada

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. It was named after the town Paddock Wood

Paddock Wood

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 in Kent

Kent

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, England

England

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In the early 1900s by a Mr. Fred Pitts emigrated to the lumberland of Canada. From a log cabin he built there as a home, he set up a post office, collecting letters and parcels on horseback for residents of the settlement. He named the settlement Paddockwood after the village he had left in England.

Paddockwood was the home of the first Red Cross

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 hospital in the British Empire

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, and was set up after the First World War

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Paddockwood is served by the Paddockwood Public Library as well as the Helbig's Forest 9 hole Course Golf Club Paddockwood belongs to the Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....

 Provincial Constituency of Saskatchewan Rivers and the Federal Electoral District of Prince Albert.

Demographics

Location and maps

• Lat (DMS) 53° 31' 00" N
• Long (DMS) 105° 34' 00" W
• Dominion Land Survey Sec.25, Twp.52, R.25, W2
• Time zone (est) UTC-6
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Location relative to other communities

	North: Northern Provincial Forest Forest Gate | Rebitt Lake McConechy Lake | Montreal
West: Northside Northside, Saskatchewan Northside is a hamlet in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Listed as a designated place by Statistics Canada, the hamlet had a population of 25 in the Canada 2006 Census....  | Christopher Lake Christopher Lake, Saskatchewan Christopher Lake is a village located in the Rural Municipality of Lakeland No. 521. It is also the name of the large lake found approximately 2 km north and west of the village. The Village of Christopher Lake is recorded to have a population of 230 during the 2001 Canadian Census...  Emma Lake	Paddockwood	East: Meath Park Meath Park, Saskatchewan -External links:********-Footnotes:...  | Weirdale Weirdale, Saskatchewan Weirdale is a Village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Weirdale is about 48 km north-east of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan along Highway 55. As of 2001, Weirdale's population is roughly 90.-History:...  Foxford Foxford Foxford, historically called Bellasa , is a small village 16 km south of Ballina in County Mayo, Ireland. The village stands on the N26 national primary route from Swinford to Ballina and has a railway station served by trains between Dublin and Ballina.Situated between the Nephin and Ox...
	South: Albertville Albertville, Saskatchewan Albertville is a village in central Saskatchewan, Canada, approximately 25 km northeast of Prince Albert.-References:...  | Henribourg