Stony Rapids (; ) is a northern hamlet in

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, Canada. It is located south of the border with the

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, along the Fond du Lac River. This river connects the community to Fond-du-Lac, Uranium City and

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Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by

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, Stony Rapids had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.

Transportation

Saskatchewan Highway 905 runs from Highway 102 to Stony Rapids. The highway is approximately long and is entirely unpaved. A section between Points North Landing and Black Lake is a seasonal

winter road A winter road is a seasonal road only usable during the winter, i.e. it has to be re-built every year. This road typically runs over land and over frozen lakes, rivers, swamps, and sea ice. Segments of a winter road that cross an expanse of flo ...

. A winter ice road connects Fond-du-Lac and Uranium City. There is an all-season road to the community of Black Lake, southeast. Like most northern communities, Stony Rapids relies on its Stony Rapids Airport and

Stony Rapids Water Aerodrome Stony Rapids Water Aerodrome is located on the Fond du Lac River (Saskatchewan), Fond du Lac River, adjacent to Stony Rapids, Saskatchewan, Canada. See also * List of airports in Saskatchewan * Stony Rapids Airport References

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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 th
Athabasca Health Authority

Climate

Stony Rapids has a

subarctic climate The subarctic climate (also called subpolar climate, or boreal climate) is a continental climate with long, cold (often very cold) winters, and short, warm to cool summers. It is found on large landmasses, often away from the moderating effects of ...

(

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''Dfc'') with long, severe winters and short, mild to warm summers. Winters are long, cold and snowy, with snow depth peaking at around , reaching an extreme depth of on 22 January 1991 and usually melting in mid-May. Unlike towns further west, temperature above 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 and an extreme daily fall of on 16 March 1995. Summers are mild to warm with frequent light rain, although 3.4 days per summer reach . The average frost-free period is eighty-one days from 9 June to 30 August, though temperatures below have occurred a handful of times in July. The highest temperature ever recorded in Stony Rapids was on 30 June 2021. The coldest temperature ever recorded was on 26 January 1966 and 13 January 1972.

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{{authority control Division No. 18, Saskatchewan Northern hamlets in Saskatchewan Road-inaccessible communities of Saskatchewan Dene communities