Stony Rapids
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Stony Rapids (Template:Langx; Template:Langx) is a northern hamlet in Northern Saskatchewan, Canada. It is located Script error: No such module "convert". south of the border with the Northwest Territories, along the Fond du Lac River. This river connects the community to Fond-du-Lac, Uranium City and Camsell Portage.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Stony Rapids had a population of Script error: No such module "val". living in Script error: No such module "val". of its Script error: No such module "val". total private dwellings, a change of Script error: No such module "Percentage". from its 2016 population of Script error: No such module "val".. With a land area of Script error: No such module "convert"., it had a population density of Script error: No such module "Pop density". in 2021.[1]
Transportation
Saskatchewan Highway 905 runs from Highway 102 to Stony Rapids. The highway is approximately Template:Cvt long and is entirely unpaved. A Template:Cvt section between Points North Landing and Black Lake is a seasonal winter road.[2][3]
A winter ice road connects Fond-du-Lac and Uranium City. There is an all-season road to the community of Black Lake, Script error: No such module "convert". southeast. Like most northern communities, Stony Rapids relies on its Stony Rapids Airport and Stony Rapids Water Aerodrome for vital transportation.
Health care
The Athabasca Health Facility completed in 2003 at the cost of $12.7 million provides health care services to the Athabasca region. The hospital, located on reserve land (Chicken 224) of the Black Lake Dene Nation adjacent to Stony Rapids, is part of the Athabasca Health Authority.[4][5]
Climate
Stony Rapids has a subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc) with long, severe winters and short, mild to warm summers. Winters are long, cold and snowy, with snow depth peaking at around Script error: No such module "convert"., reaching an extreme depth of Script error: No such module "convert". on 22 January 1991 and usually melting in mid-May. Unlike towns further west, temperature above Script error: No such module "convert". are very rare during winter, occurring on average only 1.5 times from December to February. Snowfall is steady from October to April, totalling on average Script error: No such module "convert". and an extreme daily fall of Script error: No such module "convert". on 16 March 1995.
Summers are mild to warm with frequent light rain, although 3.4 days per summer reach Script error: No such module "convert".. The average frost-free period is eighty-one days from 9 June to 30 August, though temperatures below Script error: No such module "convert". have occurred a handful of times in July.
The highest temperature ever recorded in Stony Rapids was Script error: No such module "convert". on 30 June 2021.[6] The coldest temperature ever recorded was Script error: No such module "convert". on 26 January 1966 and 13 January 1972.[7][8]
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See also
References
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