Stanmore is a hamlet located in Special Area No. 2 in Alberta, Canada.[1] It is directly adjacent to Alberta Highway 9, which takes the former route of the Canadian National Railway line that went through the community. The hamlet is believed to have been named after Stanmore, England.[2] Stanmore was formerly a larger settlement then it currently is, at its peak being home to a school, grain elevators, and a post office which opened in 1913 and closed in 1970.[3][4] There was also a municipal district named after the hamlet, Stanmore No. 454. Stanmore was the location of a minor breakout of the Bubonic plague in 1937 that led to the death of one mink farmer and the death of 22 minks, who had contracted the disease from dead prairie dogs.[5][6] Natural gas discoveries around Stanmore since the 1950s have led to it becoming one of the largest driver of economic development in the area, along with agriculture and ranching.
Stanmore | |
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  Location of Stanmore in Special Area No. 2  Stanmore, Alberta (Alberta) | |
| Coordinates: 51°34′48″N 111°30′43″W / 51.579862°N 111.512042°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Alberta |
| Region | Central Alberta |
| Census division | No. 4 |
| Special Area | Special Area No. 2 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Unincorporated |
| • Governing body | Special Areas Board |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (Mountain Time Zone) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (Mountain Time Zone) |
| Highways | |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Specialized and Rural Municipalities and Their Communities" (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. June 3, 2024. Retrieved June 14, 2024.
- ^ Holmgren, Eric J; Holmgren, Patricia M (1976). Over 2000 place names of Alberta (3rd ed.). Saskatoon: Western Producer Prairie Books. p. 260. ISBN 978-0-919306-67-7. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
- ^ "Alberta Grain Elevators P-S". Grain Elevators of Canada. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
- ^ "Stanmore". Prairie Towns. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
- ^ "New Plague Area in Alberta". Edmonton Journal. September 27, 1941. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
- ^ McCallum, Gordon (February 27, 1945). "Trace Bubonic Plague To Prairie Gophers". Windsor Star. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
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