Turtleford was first settled in 1907 and 1908. It took its name from its closeness to an early river crossing, or ford, on the Turtlelake River. A post office opened in 1913, and by 1914 the Canadian Northern Railway's branch line extending from North Battleford had reached the community.
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Weather in Turtleford
-2°
Cloudy
Feels like -6° with the wind chill · Wind WNW 15 km/h, gusts 32 · Humidity 92%
- Today -1°-8°
- Fri -1°-7°
- Sat 0°-6°
- Sun 2°-6°
- Mon 5°-3°
- Tue 6°-4°
- Wed 6°
Today: Periods of light snow. Wind becoming northwest 20 km/h this afternoon. High minus 1. Wind chill near minus 8.
Normal for today: high 3°, low -6°
- 9 h 43 min of daylight, 3 min 58 s shorter than yesterday · sunrise 8:08 a.m., sunset 5:50 p.m.
- Frost likely tonight, low -8°
- Waning gibbous · the Beaver Moon is full Nov 24
- On this day: record high 18° in 2008, record low -21° in 1991
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Forecast for the Lloydminster area, 69 km away, observed at Lloydminster Airport at 12:00 p.m. Forecast and alerts from Environment and Climate Change Canada; water advisories from the Water Security Agency and the Saskatchewan Health Authority, checked at 12:27 p.m..
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Council- Phone
- 306-845-2156
- Website
- townofturtleford.com
- Address
- Box 38
Turtleford SK S0M 2Y0 - Hours
- Monday to Friday: 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
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