Chaplin became an incorporated village on 8 October 1912. It sits within the Rural Municipality of Chaplin No. 164, on the Trans-Canada Highway between Moose Jaw and Swift Current, roughly 85 kilometres from the first and 90 from the second.
The village lies on the north edge of Chaplin Lake, a body of water covering nearly 20 square miles. Today the main industries are Saskatchewan Minerals and farming and ranching. Chaplin is run by an elected mayor and five councillors.
Written from Wikipedia’s article “Chaplin, Saskatchewan” (CC BY-SA 4.0), and shared under the same licence.