North Battleford

North Battleford is a city in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. In 2006, she had 13,190 inhabitants.

Geography

North Battleford is located in western Saskatchewan on the North Saskatchewan River. On the other side of the river from Battleford. Together, they are also referred to as The Battlefords. The city covers an area of 33.5 km ².

Traffic

South of the city runs in an east -west direction of the northern branch of the Trans-Canada Highway, the Yellowhead Highway ( Highway 16). It is crossed by the highways 4 and 40

To the east of North Battleford, the Cameron McIntosh Airport is located.

Sons and daughters of the town

In North Battleford following personalities were born:

  • Irwin McIntosh (1926-1988), publisher
  • Emile Francis ( born 1926 ), ice hockey coach
  • Dave King ( born 1947 ), ice hockey coach
  • John David Thrower ( born 1951 ), composer
  • Kenneth Nowakowski (born 1958 ), Bishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church of New Westminster
  • Bob Francis (born 1958 ), ice hockey coach
  • Ian Gordon ( born 1975 ), ice hockey player
  • Gregory Schmidt (born 1976 ), ice hockey player
  • Steve Munn (* 1978), ice hockey player
  • Layne Ulmer ( born 1980 ), ice hockey player
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