442 (2016 population: 573) is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within Census Division No.

In 1907-1908 a post office was established in the home of Mr. Alex Wright, approximately one mile north-east of the present Marsden town site.

The fertile black soil attracted many first settlers to the area and soon farms developed with sod and log homes.

Farmers turned sod with horse and ox teams, sometimes using a walking plough (sulky) to prepare the ground for grain sowing.

The settler's children first attended school in Learig, and in 1925 a four-room schoolhouse was built in the hamlet of Marsden.

[4] Agriculture, cattle, and oil are primary industries for the population of 590 residents of the RM of Manitou Lake.

The region is famous for its prize-winning purebred cattle that include Hereford, Charolais, Simmental, and Angus.

The park facilities include a campground with 32 campsites, showers, cookhouse, playgrounds, horseshoe pits, ball diamonds, and a soccer field.

There is camping and guided trail rides through the Manitou Sand Hills, which are one of Western Canada's most distinctive landscapes.

442 is governed by an elected municipal council and an appointed administrator that meets on the first Thursday after the first Tuesday of every month.