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Distribution of Alberta's 403 hamlets as of 2023 by latest population available Hamlets in the Canadian province of Alberta are unincorporated communities administered by, and within the boundaries of, specialized municipalities or rural municipalities (municipal districts, improvement districts and special areas). They consist of five or more dwellings (a majority of which are on parcels of ...
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The former hamlets of Glenwood and Grande Prairie Trail were annexed from Yellowhead County by the Town of Edson on 1 January 1984. [8] [9] In 2023, Edson was evacuated due to wildfires, a few weeks later, Edson declared another state of emergency due to floods.
In Alberta, a hamlet is a community which has more than four dwellings, a specified boundary, a name, and land used for non-residential purposes. Those communities in Alberta that are recognized as hamlets by Alberta Municipal Affairs are assigned to this category.
A municipal district (MD) is the most common form of all rural municipality statuses used in the Canadian province of Alberta.Alberta's municipal districts, most of which are branded as a county (e.g. Yellowhead County, County of Newell, etc.), are predominantly rural areas that may include either farmland, Crown land or a combination of both depending on their geographic location.
Rural and specialized municipalities, cities, towns, and select hamlets in Alberta Distribution of Alberta's 6 specialized municipalities (red) and 74 rural municipalities, which include municipal districts that are often branded as counties (orange), improvement districts (dark green) and special areas (light green) (2020)
Bindloss / ˈ b aɪ n d l oʊ s / [2] is a hamlet in southern Alberta, Canada within Special Area No. 2. [note 1] [4] [5] It is located approximately 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) west of Highway 41 and 97 kilometres (60 mi) north of Medicine Hat. It is named after English author Harold Edward Bindloss, who wrote a number of Western novels. [6]
Marlboro is a hamlet in west-central Alberta, Canada within Yellowhead County. [3] It is located on the Yellowhead Highway (Highway 16), approximately 25 kilometres (16 mi) west of Edson. Sundance Provincial Park is located northwest of the hamlet. Statistics Canada recognizes Marlboro as a designated place. [4]