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In 1932 the name of the community was officially changed from
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The first post office opened under the name of
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noted the position of the North West
Company Post on Buffalo Lake (Peter Pond Lake) where Buffalo River (Dillon River) is located. (see map)
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at the mouth of the Dillon River. The community is the administrative headquarters of the
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The source of the Dillon River is in
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16:Unincorporated community in Saskatchewan, Canada
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108:55.92861°N 108.93722°W
77:Location of Dillon in
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1622:Brabant Lake
1599:Uranium City
1559:Brabant Lake
1521:Stony Rapids
1418:Southend 200
1155:Lac La Ronge
1150:Hatchet Lake
1062:Denare Beach
959:Saskatchewan
885:Saskatchewan
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1574:Garson Lake
1531:Turnor Lake
1486:Black Point
1470:communities
1423:Stanley 157
1253:Chicken 226
1248:Chicken 225
1243:Chicken 224
1145:Fond du Lac
574:October 12,
548:October 12,
411: /
399:110°15′32″W
315:Highway 155
311:Highway 925
262:Postal code
111: /
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1665:Categories
1638:See also:
1554:Bear Creek
1526:Timber Bay
1125:Canoe Lake
1115:Black Lake
1067:Green Lake
527:August 29,
424:References
396:55°30′00″N
207:Population
188:Gary Vidal
148:Government
96:55°55′43″N
1584:Sled Lake
1579:Missinipe
1496:Dore Lake
1092:Sandy Bay
1087:Pinehouse
1042:Air Ronge
1019:Creighton
1000:Flin Flon
852:Treaty 11
847:Treaty 10
792:Numbered
605:April 16,
229:Time zone
168:Athabasca
1589:Southend
1536:Weyakwin
1511:Patuanak
1501:Jans Bay
1491:Cole Bay
1077:La Loche
1024:La Ronge
966:District
862:Manitoba
842:Treaty 9
837:Treaty 8
832:Treaty 7
827:Treaty 6
822:Treaty 5
817:Treaty 4
812:Treaty 3
807:Treaty 2
802:Treaty 1
794:Treaties
659:La Loche
452:March 6,
274:Highways
137:Province
1047:Beauval
686:Alberta
321:History
279:Hwy 925
267:S0M 0S0
125:Country
1002:(part)
992:Cities
697:Dillon
291:Dillon
130:Canada
71:Dillon
28:Dillon
340:from
313:from
255:UTC−5
234:UTC−6
155:Chief
1348:157E
1238:165B
1233:165A
1223:192N
782:The
607:2013
576:2012
550:2012
529:2014
508:2009
481:2009
454:2012
351:The
194:Area
43:Flag
1333:233
1328:232
1323:231
1318:229
1313:228
1273:223
1268:222
344:to
332:'s
248:DST
215:764
166:MLA
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