The Town of Oxbow is a clean, safe, and affordable community for you and your family. Oxbow's population is 1,305 (Saskatchewan Heath - Covered Population 2006). Oxbow has a full and vibrant business community and many recreation facilities.

Oxbow is located in South East Saskatchewan on number 18 highway. Oxbow is located 63 kilometres from Estevan (regional centre), 166 kilometres (104 miles) from Minot, North Dakota, and 230 kilometres (144 miles) from Brandon, Manitoba.

   
Distances from Oxbow, Saskatchewan to other major Canadian cities:

Distances from Oxbow, Saskatchewan to major U.S. cities:

2165 kilometres (1353 miles) to Portland, Oregon
1602 kilometres (1001 miles) to Denver, Colorado
1618 kilometres (1011 miles) to Chicago, Illinois
3192 kilometres (1995 miles) to Boston, Massachusetts
2882 kilometres (1801 miles) to New York, New York
2738 kilometres (1711 miles) to Washington, D.C.
2789 kilometres (1743 miles) to Houston, Texas
2736 kilometres (1710 miles) to Los Angeles, California

Library Services

The South East Regional Library has a branch in Oxbow. The Southeast Regional Library is a cooperative system that provides public library service to all municipalities in south eastern Saskatchewan. It serves 97,000 people within an 18,112 square mile area. Log onto http://www.southeast.lib.sk.ca/ for more information or to view the library catalogue.

Ada Staples Library

516 Prospect Avenue - P.O. Box 387, Oxbow, SK, S0C 2B0

Contact: (306) 483-5175

Librarian - Shirley Berntson
Library Assistants - Liz Wallick and Nadine Hames

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Oxbow's library offers a variety of adult and children programming. There is public access computer (internet), and inter-library loans gives individuals' access to all provincial libraries and their collections.

The conference room is available to community non-profit organizations at no charge. It can be rented by others at $35 per day with kitchen access $5 extra. Contact the library to reserve the conference room or for more information!

Hours of Operation:
Tuesday 1:00 to 8:00
Wednesday 2:00 to 8:00
Thursday 9:30 to 3:00
Friday and Saturday 1:00 to 5:00

Emergency Contacts & Safety

For all emergencies call 911

Oxbow Town Council works hard to promote community safety and works closely with police and other agencies in helping to address issues relating to crime and other anti-social behaviour.

Community Safety involves everyone in the Town from the Mayor and councillors to the private sector, community groups, other orders of government, R.C.M.P, Fire Department, volunteer organizations and individual residents.

Policing

RCMP

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police patrols the town of Oxbow. Although the detachment is located in the Town of Carnduff (33 KM from Oxbow), the RCMP has a satellite office in the Town Office building and has office hours every Thursday from 10AM to noon.

Fire

The Oxbow Fire Department is run by a group of volunteer fire fighters. The fire hall is located on Main Street. Fire Chief, Doug Pierce 483-5017.

Ambulance

Oxbow and Enniskillen have access to 24 hour ambulance service.

Places of Worship

All Saints Anglican Church Rev. Marlene Haygarth - Pearl Haygarth Worship is Sunday at 9:30 A.M.

St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church Rev. Fr. George Misa 101 Peters Avenue Contact: (306) 483-2845 Worship is Sunday at 9:00 A.M.

Catholic Church Hall 204 Peters Avenue Contact: (306) 483-2616

St. Paul's United Church Rev. Lori Erhardt 504 Peters Avenue Contact: (306) 483-2701 Worship is Sunday at 10:30 A.M.

St. Peter's Lutheran Church Pastor Jason Schultz 109 Galloway Drive http://web.mac.com/spsjparish Contact: (306) 483-2311 Worship is Sunday at 9 A.M., Sunday school at 10 A.M.

Shekinah Dr. Botha St. Peter's Lutheran Church - 109 Galloway Drive Worship is Sunday at 5:30 P.M., Bible study is Wednesday at 7 P.M.

Housing

Oxbow Housing Authority

The Oxbow Housing Authority is an administrative branch of Saskatchewan Housing. Oxbow Housing Authority looks over and manages 47 low income rental units and 4 market rent units. The low income units are divided into 42 senior residences and 5 houses. The 4 market rent units are duplexes.

Contact Verla Pierce at (306) 483-2834 for availability and conditions.

Oxbow Villa

Senior's Assisted Living

319 Wylie Ave, Oxbow, Saskatchewan S0C 2B0
Contact: (306) 483-2744 or Fax: (306) 483-2915 for more information regarding the facility and services.

Parks and Playgrounds

Bow Valley Park

Bow Valley Park is nestled in Souris Valley. Bow Valley Park is located south of Oxbow just off of Marconi Road in the valley. There are well treed camp sites with full services. The Souris River runs along side the park. The wide open park also has trails perfect for your hiking adventure. The park features:

• 20 Electric camp sites & 15 Non-Electric
• Children's playground
• Cookhouse
• Showers & Bathrooms
• Ball Diamonds
• Lady Souris boat rides
• Drinking water
• Dumping station

$15 per electric site or $10 per non-electric site.  Weekly rates at $90 per electirc site or $60 per non-electric.

At this time, campsites are on a first come first serve basis.



Moose Creek Regional Park

Moose Creek Regional Park is located 4 miles North and 1.5 miles West of Oxbow. Moose Creek is a full service camp site with electric and water campsites. Group camping, tenting and primitive campsites are also available. Services include: dumping station, boat launch, picnic tables, grills, showers, and fish filleting shack.

Moose Creek offers many recreational activities such as boating, fishing, swimming, golfing, and a playground.

Contact: (306) 485-8055 from 9 A.M. to 5 P.M. for more information!

Lions Playground

Lions playground is located across the Oxbow swimming pool and Oxbow arena. Playground is equipped with many play structures.










 

Organizations

Oxbow Community Emergency Support Program

Contact:
Brenda Miller - Residence: (306) 483-5253 or
Ellie Hook - Residence: (306) 483-2771

We provide emergency help for families in our area (i.e. medical travel, groceries, etc.). We also help to provide for the needs of children. We do annual Christmas hampers for Oxbow and surrounding area.

Southeast Al-Anon

P.O. Box 427, Oxbow, SK, S0C 2B0
Contact: (306) 483-5023

Southeast Al-Anon meets every Thursday at 8 P.M. year round at Greer Block on Main Street (Old Bank Building).

Since this is an anonymous fellowship, we will not provide names, only numbers. Al-Anon is a fellowship of men and women, friends and relatives of alcoholics, who come together to solve their common problem by sharing their experience, strength and hope. There are no dues for membership.

Oxbow Community Foundation- A way to say thanks for the past . . .a means of sharing the future.

This foundation is a community fund established to support cultural, educational, recreational and charitable purposees in your community.  A permanent pool of capital, held in perpetuity, to safeguard it, to increase its value as prudent investment will permit and to distribute the income annually through grants to qualifying charitable purposes.  Now is the time to invest in your communities future.

For more informaiton contact Mel Flahr 483-2184 or Sandy Dalziel 483-2629.