Brosseau () is a

hamlet ''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play, with 29,551 words. Set in Denmark, the play depicts ...

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, Canada within the

County of Two Hills No. 21 The County of Two Hills No. 21 is a municipal district in east-central Alberta, Canada. Located in Census Division No. 10, its municipal office is located in the Town of Two Hills. History The County of Two Hills No. 21 was formed in 1963 ...

. It is located on the north bank of the

North Saskatchewan River The North Saskatchewan River is a glacier-fed river that flows from the Canadian Rockies continental divide east to central Saskatchewan, where it joins with the South Saskatchewan River to make up the Saskatchewan River. Its water flows eventual ...

along the Highway 29 / Highway 36

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, southwest of

St. Paul Paul; grc, Παῦλος, translit=Paulos; cop, ⲡⲁⲩⲗⲟⲥ; hbo, פאולוס השליח (previously called Saul of Tarsus;; ar, بولس الطرسوسي; grc, Σαῦλος Ταρσεύς, Saũlos Tarseús; tr, Tarsuslu Pavlus; ...

. The hamlet of Duvernay is located immediately across the river along the south bank. The hamlet has the name of Edmond Brosseau, an early settler. Before Brosseau existed, a previous settlement had been created on the same site. Founded by

Father Lacombe Albert Lacombe (28 February 1827 – 12 December 1916), commonly known in Alberta simply as Father Lacombe, was a French-Canadian Roman Catholic missionary who travelled among and evangelized the Cree and also visited the Blackfoot First Nations ...

as ''Saint-Paul-des-Cris'', it was a

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to the

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which was established in 1865 and abandoned in 1874 due to Cree reluctance to adopt an agricultural lifestyle and several crop failures. Lacombe would try again nearby in 1896 with a new settlement called

Saint-Paul-des-Métis St. Paul, originally known as St-Paul-de-Métis or St-Paul-des-Métis, is a town in east-central Alberta, Canada that is surrounded by the County of St. Paul No. 19. It was known as St. Paul de(s) Métis between 1912 and 1936. History The com ...

, which also struggled until it was opened to white Francophones in 1909.

Demographics

Brosseau recorded a population of 13 in the 1981 Census of Population conducted by

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Hamlets in Alberta Populated places on the North Saskatchewan River County of Two Hills No. 21 {{CentralAlberta-geo-stub

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