RM of Pittville’s story
The Rural Municipality of Pittville No. 169 was incorporated as a rural municipality on January 1, 1913. It lies in the southwest part of Saskatchewan, northwest of Gull Lake, and surrounds the village of Hazlet, where the RM office is located. Other communities in the municipality include Nadeauville, Roadene, Roseray and Verlo.
Long before the municipality was formed, the area was marked by Standing Rock, a large glacial erratic left behind by the last ice age around 14,000 years ago. Made of granite from the Hudson Bay area, it stands about 3.35 metres high and 9.14 metres long, roughly 6 kilometres west of Hazlet along Highway 332. Bison used it as a scratching post for centuries, and First Nations and later early settlers used it as a landmark. Today it is a recorded petroglyph site and a historical site.
The RM is run by an elected council and an appointed administrator, who meet on the second Tuesday of each month. Hazlet Regional Park offers recreation within its boundaries.
Written from Wikipedia’s article “Rural Municipality of Pittville No. 169” (CC BY-SA 4.0), and shared under the same licence.