Roche Percee

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title: "Roche Percee" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["villages-in-saskatchewan", "coalfields-no.-4,-saskatchewan", "division-no.-1,-saskatchewan"] description: "Village in Saskatchewan, Canada" topic_path: "general/villages-in-saskatchewan" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roche_Percee" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Village in Saskatchewan, Canada ::

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Field	Value
official_name	Roche Percee
settlement_type	Village
pushpin_map	Saskatchewan#Canada
pushpin_label_position	top
pushpin_map_caption	Location of Roche Percee
coordinates
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Canada
subdivision_type1	Province
subdivision_name1	Saskatchewan
subdivision_type2	Region
subdivision_name2	Southeast
subdivision_type3	Census division
subdivision_name3	Division No. 1
subdivision_type4	Rural Municipality
subdivision_name4	Coalfields No. 4
established_title	Post Office Established
established_date	August 1, 1890
unit_pref
population_total	75
population_as_of	2021
timezone	CST
utc_offset	−6
postal_code_type	Postal code
area_code	306
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Roche Percee (2021 population: ) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the RM of Coalfields No. 4 and Census Division No. 1. The village is near the Canada–United States border, just off Highway 39. Roche Percee is about 20 km east of Estevan in the Souris River valley.

History

Early settlement

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bf/In_the_park,_Roche_Perce.jpg" caption="Roche Percee Park]], c. 1910 to 1925" alt="A group of men and young boys are standing at a stall set up in a park at Roche Percee sometime between 1910 and 1925. Writing on the image indicates this is a park in Roche Perce."] ::

In 1872, the Boundary Commission travelled through this area while surveying the Canada–United States border between Canada and the United States. During the 1874 March West trek of the North-West Mounted Police, the force established its first camp (called Short Creek Camp) at this location. Short Creek is a tributary of the Souris River and it meets the river on the west side of Roche Percee.

In 1890, the federal government opened a post office serving the Roche Percee area, under the name of "Coalfields". Renamed "Roche Percée" in 1896, it closed in 1897, but re-opened in 1905. It permanently closed in 1970.

The community began being served by the Soo Line in 1893, permitting the coal mines in the region to become operational. Roche Percee incorporated as a village on January 12, 1909.

Rock formations

La Roche Percee Provincial Historic Site is located nearby. Referred to by local residents as "the Rocks", it has large sandstone deposits in which some caves have formed. The name of the village comes from the Métis French name of the rock formations. Another similar formation Percé Rock is in Quebec.

In 2010, the provincial government signed an agreement with Southeast Tour & Trails Inc. to restore Roche Percee Park after being closed for over a decade.

2011 Flood

In 2011, flooding on the Souris River inundated the village, forcing its residents to evacuate. Of the 64 homes in Roche Percee, 28 were damaged beyond repair, and had to be demolished.

Demographics

| title = Population history (1981–2016) | type = Canada | align = right | footnote = Source: Statistics Canada via Saskatchewan Bureau of Statistics |1981|142 |1986|159 |1991|154 |1996|149 |2001|162 |2006|149 |2011|153 |2016|110 In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Roche Percee had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 2.87 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.

In the 2016 Census of Population, the Village of Roche Percee recorded a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of . With a land area of 2.83 km2, it had a population density of in 2016.

Gallery

File:Plaque at Roche Percee Saskatchewan.jpg|Plaque at Roche Percee File:Entry at Roche Percee Saskatchewan.jpg|Entry at Roche Percee File:Cave at Roche Percee Saskatchewan.jpg|Cave at Roche Percee File:View from the top at Roche Percee Saskatchewan.jpg|View from the top at Roche Percee File:Roche Percee winter.jpg|The rocks of Roche Percee in winter

References

References

1. [https://m.facebook.com/rocheperceevillage Village of Roche Percee – Official Site.]
2. [http://www.mds.gov.sk.ca/apps/Pub/MDS/muniDetails.aspx?cat=3&mun=2183 Government of Saskatchewan Municipality Details: Roche Percee.]
3. "Short Creek". Government of Canada.
4. (January 31, 2007). "Roche Percée". [[Library and Archives Canada]].
5. "Urban Municipality Incorporations". Saskatchewan Ministry of Government Relations.
6. "La Roche Percee Provincial Historic Site & Short Creek Cairn". Tourism Saskatchewan.
7. McLennan, David. "Roche Percée". Canadian Plains Research Center, [[University of Regina]].
8. Saxon, Chad. (May 26, 2010). "Roche Percée Park plans moving forward". Glacier Media Group.
9. Varano, Lisa. (June 19, 2011). "Village underwater in Saskatchewan". [[The Weather Network]].
10. (June 21, 2011). "Tiny town submerged by Saskatchewan flood". [[CBC News]].
11. (July 18, 2016). "Five years after Roche Percee's epic flood, the village is looking to the future". [[Regina Leader-Post]].
12. "Saskatchewan Census Population". Saskatchewan Bureau of Statistics.
13. "Saskatchewan Census Population". Saskatchewan Bureau of Statistics.
14. (February 9, 2022). "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Saskatchewan". [[Statistics Canada]].
15. (February 8, 2017). "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Saskatchewan)". [[Statistics Canada]].

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