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Turner Valley was a town in the Calgary Metropolitan Region of Alberta, Canada within the Town of Diamond Valley. It is on Highway 22 (Cowboy Trail), [ 6 ] 3 km (1.9 mi) west of Black Diamond and approximately 60 km (37 mi) southwest of Calgary .
Town Lac La Biche Lakeland County: Town Municipal district: August 1, 2007 [19] Lac La Biche County: Municipal district: The municipal district subsequently changed to specialized municipality status on January 1, 2018. [20] Black Diamond Turner Valley: Town Town: January 1, 2023 [4] Diamond Valley: Town: Caroline Clearwater: Village Municipal ...
Turner Valley incorporated as a town on September 1, 1977 after 47 years of village status. [1] The thought of amalgamating the towns of Black Diamond and Turner Valley first surfaced in the mid-1980s. Turner Valley withdrew from the discussions after Alberta Municipal Affairs completed a feasibility report on the amalgamation in 1986. [5]
It was a sister town to Turner Valley, and has a hospital, shops, hotels and residences, elementary school (K-6th grade), high school (7th-12th grade), hockey rink and a Boys and Girls Club. Black Diamond is located in the foothills of the Canadian Rockies in the midst of some of Canada's best ranch country.
Highway 7 is an east–west highway in the Calgary Region of Alberta, Canada.It spans approximately 26 km (16 mi) from Highway 22 (Cowboy Trail) to Highway 2. [1] [2]Highway 7 begins in the Town of Diamond Valley, which was created on January 1, 2023 with the merger of the towns of Black Diamond and Turner Valley. [3]
The first major crude oil discovery at Turner Valley was made in 1936 at a depth of 2,080 metres (6,820 ft), the deepest well in Alberta at the time. [7] The Turner Valley oil field reached a peak production of 10 million barrels (1,600,000 m 3) in 1942, [8] four years after it was recognized as the largest oil field in the British Empire. [9]
Drayton Valley was the province's first model oil town as the government organized the rapid growth the hamlet of less than 100 people experienced beginning in 1954 following the discovery of the nearby Pembina oil field the year previous. [73] Prior to the 1953 oil boom, the community of Drayton Valley was sparsely populated.
The original alignment of Highway 22 started at Highway 2 (Macleod Trail) south of Calgary and travelled west to Priddis, where it turned south to Turner Valley and terminated at Highway 7 in Black Diamond. [5] In the 1970s, the province of Alberta began upgrading a series of roads to form a north–south, all-weather highway west of Highway 2.