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Town of Pilot Butte
Town
Pilot butte hill.JPG
Motto(s): 
"The Town That Cares"
Country Canada
Province Saskatchewan
District Rural Municipality of Edenwold
Established 1882
Area
 • Town 5.05 km2 (1.95 sq mi)
Elevation
610 m (2,000 ft)
Population
 (2013)
 • Town 2,100
 • Density 420/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
 • Metro
2,250
Time zone UTC−6 (Saskatchewan (ST))
Area code(s) 306
Website http://www.pilotbutte.ca/

Pilot Butte is a town in Saskatchewan, Canada. It has over 2,100 people living in it. Most people live in town but drive into the nearby city Regina to work. The town got its name after the hill (or butte) that it surrounds. Pilot Butte is sometimes known as the "Sand Capital of Canada" because of all of the sand and gravel it has. The Pilot Butte Storm are a junior ice hockey team that play in Pilot Butte.

Images for kids

  • Railway Avenue, Pilot Butte, 1913 retouched

    North side of Railway Avenue, 1913

  • CPR station, Pilot Butte, 1915

    Pilot Butte's CPR station, 1915

  • CHWC control room, Pilot Butte, unknown year

    CHWC control room in the Kitchener Hotel, unknown year

  • Pilot Butte storm of 1995 photo two

    Damage at the cement plant after the Pilot Butte Storm, 1995

  • Pilot butte ball diamonds

    Ball diamonds as seen from the Butte Hill in Inland Park

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