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Brooks is a city in southeast Alberta, Canada in the County of Newell. It is on Highway 1 ( Trans-Canada Highway ) and the Canadian Pacific Kansas City railway, approximately 186 km (116 mi) southeast of Calgary , and 110 km (68 mi) northwest of Medicine Hat .
The origin of the city's name is disputed. One story is that the city is named after a worker who supervised the building of the railroad in the area. Another story is the name came from a Scottish man who exclaimed "Wee Burn!" after stumbling upon the Souris River on a hot day. [119] Yorkton: English
The Brooks Public Library is a public library located in Brooks, Alberta, Canada and is a part of the Shortgrass Library System and The Alberta Library (TAL). Established in 1951, the library serves residents of the City of Brooks and the County of Newell .
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the County of Newell had a population of 7,465 living in 2,404 of its 2,642 total private dwellings, a change of -0.8% from its 2016 population of 7,524.
The Medicine Hat News is the daily newspaper in Medicine Hat; other local weekly papers in the region include the Brooks Bulletin, Brooks and County Chronicle, Bassano Times, Hanna Herald, Bow Island Commentator, Oyen Echo, and Prairie Post. Local television network CFCN-TV, which broadcasts in Calgary and Lethbridge, is the local CTV affiliate.
Alberta has recognized three other cities in its history. The Town of Strathcona incorporated as a city on March 15, 1907, and subsequently amalgamated with Edmonton on February 1, 1912. Fort McMurray was incorporated as a city on September 1, 1980, but reverted to its current urban service area form as a result of its amalgamation with ...
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English: Automatically generated series of street maps depicting Alberta urban communities. Municipal boundaries: AltaLIS open data accessed May 25, 2019. Road network: Statistics Canada NRN 2018.