Campsie is a
hamlet
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in
central Alberta
Central Alberta is a region located in the Canadian province of Alberta.
Central Alberta is the most densely populated rural area in the province. Agriculture and energy are important to the area's economy.
Geography
Central Alberta is bordered ...
within the
County of Barrhead No. 11, located approximately west of
Barrhead
Barrhead ( sco, Baurheid, gd, Ceann a' Bharra) is a town in East Renfrewshire, Scotland, southwest of Glasgow city centre on the edge of the Gleniffer Braes. At the 2011 census its population was 17,268.
History
Barrhead was formed when ...
then north of
Highway 18, roughly northwest of
Edmonton
Edmonton ( ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Alberta. Edmonton is situated on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Metropolitan Region, which is surrounded by Alberta's central region. The city ancho ...
. It has an elevation of .
The hamlet took its name, in 1909, from
Campsie, in Scotland, the ancestral home of an early postmaster. The post office operated until 1969. The community was a
block settlement
A block settlement (or bloc settlement) is a particular type of land distribution which allows settlers with the same ethnicity to form small colonies. This settlement type was used throughout western Canada between the late 19th and early 20th ...
established by
Black Canadian homesteaders from Oklahoma and Texas, within four to five years of Alberta becoming a province in 1905.
Climate
Demographics
Campsie recorded a population of 65 in the
1991 Census of Population conducted by
Statistics Canada.
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See also
*List of communities in Alberta
The province of Alberta, Canada, is divided into ten types of Local government in Canada, local governments – urban municipalities (including List of cities in Alberta, cities, List of towns in Alberta, towns, List of villages in Alberta, vil ...
* List of hamlets in Alberta
*Similar 1908 to 1910 Alberta homesteader settlements of Black Canadians:
**Amber Valley, Alberta
Amber Valley is an unincorporated community in northern Alberta, Canada, approximately north of Edmonton. Its elevation is . Originally named Pine Creek, Amber Valley was among several Alberta communities settled in the early 20th century by early ...
** Junkins (now Wildwood), Alberta
** Keystone (now Breton), Alberta
References
Black Canadian culture in Alberta
Black Canadian settlements
County of Barrhead No. 11
Hamlets in Alberta
Populated places established by African Americans
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