Clairmont, Alberta
Clairmont | |
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Hamlet | |
Location of Clairmont in Alberta | |
Coordinates: 55°15′41″N 118°47′37″W / 55.2614°N 118.7936°W | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Alberta |
Census division | No. 19 |
Municipal district | County of Grande Prairie No. 1 |
Government | |
• Type | Unincorporated |
• Reeve | Leanne Beaupre |
• Governing body |
County of Grande Prairie No. 1 Council
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Population (2006)[1] | |
• Total | 2,174 |
Time zone | MST (UTC-7) |
Clairmont is a hamlet in northern Alberta, Canada within the County of Grande Prairie No. 1.[2] Previously an incorporated municipality, Clairmont dissolved from village status on January 1, 1946 to become part of the Municipal District of Bear Lake No. 740.[3]
Clairmont is located in the Peace Country, along Highway 2, approximately 10 km (6.2 mi) north of Grande Prairie and 9 km (5.6 mi) south of Sexsmith.
Clairmont lies at an elevation of 685 m (2,247 ft), on the western shore of Clairmont Lake.[4] Initially the area was commonly known as Twin Lakes.[5] The first use of the name “Clairmont” was in 1907 by the earliest surveyor of the township boundaries, JB Saint Cyr.[6]
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History[edit]
Development of the townsite really got started once it was surveyed and after the arrival of the Edmonton, Dunvegan & British Columbia Railway in 1916. By the end of 1916, the townsite had a railway station, two or three grain elevators, an agent’s house, the Buffalo Lakes Lumber Yard, Clairmont Hotel, a Union Bank, a butcher shop, several stores, a Baptist church, and a handful of residences.[7] On September 10, 1915 the Clairmont Lake School District was opened.[5] A post office was established in 1916.[8] In 1922, a large fire consumed many Clairmont businesses, while a train station was built in 1923.
Clairmont was incorporated as a village in 1917, but renounced the village status in 1946 after a downturn in economy caused by the great depression. It eventually became the location of the County of Grande Prairie No. 1's municipal office.
A new school was built with municipal funding in 2007 and opened in 2008.
Demographics[edit]
The population of Clairmont according to the County of Grande Prairie No. 1's 2006 municipal census is 2,174.[1]
Industry Canada shows that Clairmont's greater rural area had a total population of 1,975 living in 712 dwellings in 2001. With a land area of 247.83 km2 (95.69 sq mi), its greater rural area has a population density of 8.0/km2 (21/sq mi).[9]
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References[edit]
- ^ a b County of Grande Prairie No. 1. "Economic Profile" (PDF). Retrieved January 10, 2010.
- ^ "Specialized and Rural Municipalities and Their Communities" (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. April 1, 2010. Retrieved June 6, 2010.
- ^ "Table 6a: Population by census divisions and subdivisions showing reorganization of rural areas, 1931-1946". Census of the Prairie Provinces, 1946. Volume I: Population. Ottawa: Dominion Bureau of Statistics. 1949. p. 429.
- ^ Discover the Peace Country. "Clairmont". Retrieved 2007-06-21.
- ^ a b South Peace Regional Archives (September 1, 2015). "100th Anniversary of Clairmont". Telling our Stories 6 (4): 5.
- ^ "Township Notes/Field Plans". SpinII. Alberta Registries and Land Titles. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
- ^ Sheehan, Beth (1992). Turn Back the Pages Clairmont 1908-1992. South Peace Regional Archives: Beth Sheehan. p. 21.
- ^ "Post Offices and Postmasters". Library and Archives Canada. Government of Canada. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
- ^ Industry Canada/Web Archive (2006-11-04). "Clairmont - Community demographics (2001 census)". Retrieved 2010-02-07.
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Coordinates: 55°15′41″N 118°47′37″W / 55.26139°N 118.79361°W