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Unity is a town in the western part of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan with a population of almost 2400. Unity is located at the intersection of Highway 14 and Highway 21, and the intersection of the CNR and CPR main rail lines. Unity is located 200 km west-northwest of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, and 375 km southeast of Edmonton, Alberta. The town of Wilkie is located 18.96mi to the east.The town was the subject of playwright Kevin Kerr's Governor General's Award-winning play Unity (1918), which dramatizes the effect of the 1918 flu pandemic on Unity.HistoryWith the coming of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway in 1908 Unity began to grow from a small settlement in 1904 to about 600 in the 1920s. By 1966 there were 2,154 residents.DemographicsLat 52°26′ NLong 109°10′00″ WDominion Land Survey Section 18, Township 40, Range 22, West of the 3rd MeridianTime zone UTC−6AttractionsAttractions in the Town of Unity include: the history murals in downtown Unity & District Heritage MuseumUnity Golf Course Unity Regional Park housing the Unity Ball Diamonds Unity Arena. Centennial Swimming PoolSink and Gordon Lakes are just to the west of Unity, providing wetlands for many migratory birds. Muddy Lake is just south of town.
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