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Van Tan Club, naturist club near North Vancouver [24] Witty's Lagoon Regional Park in Metchosin near Victoria, at the southern extremity of the beach (beyond the painted "nude" signs on fallen trees) [25] Wreck Beach is the second largest clothing-optional beach [26] in North America with over 100,000 visitors each year.
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.
Alberta is an unincorporated community in L'Anse Township of Baraga County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is situated on US Highway 41 (US 41) about eight miles (13 km) south of the village of L'Anse at 46°38′37″N 88°28′46″W / 46.64361°N 88.47944°W / 46.64361; -88.
Map of Canada This is a list of municipalities in Canada which have standing links to local communities in other countries known as " town twinning " (usually in Europe) or "sister cities" (usually in the rest of the world).
Five of Alberta's improvement districts are within national parks while two are within provincial parks. [32] Alberta's largest improvement district by population is ID No. 9, located within Banff National Park, with 1,004, while its largest by land area is ID No. 24, located within Wood Buffalo National Park, at 33,053.78 km 2 (12,762.14 sq mi).
Beaumont became Alberta's 19th city on January 1, 2019. [3] 157 elected city officials (19 mayors and 138 councillors) provide city governance throughout the province. [4] The highest density of cities in Alberta is found in the Edmonton Metropolitan Region (Beaumont, Edmonton, Fort Saskatchewan, Leduc, Spruce Grove and St. Albert).
Name Specialized / rural municipality Incorporation date (town) Municipal census population (year) Population (2016) Population (2011) Change (%) Land area (km 2) Population density (per km 2) Athabasca Athabasca County Sep 19, 1911 2,965 2,990 −0.8% 17.65 168.0 Banff Improvement District No. 9 (Banff) Jan 1, 1990 8,875 (2017) 7,851 7,584 +3.5% 4.77 1,645.9 Barrhead Barrhead No. 11, County ...
The authority to incorporate a community as a new town came from The New Towns Act, which was chapter 39 of the Statutes of Alberta, 1956. At least 12 communities incorporated as a new town between 1956 and 1967. Cynthia and Drayton Valley were the first communities in Alberta to incorporate as new towns on June 1, 1956.