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Carvel is a
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in
Alberta Alberta ( ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is part of Western Canada and is one of the three prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to the west, Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest Ter ...
, Canada within
Parkland County Parkland County is a municipal district in central Alberta, Canada. Located west of Edmonton in Census Division No. 11, its municipal office, Parkland County Centre, is located north of the Town of Stony Plain on Highway 779. History ;20 ...
. It is located on Highway 770, approximately west of
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. The hamlet's name is derived from the novel ''
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'' by the American writer
Winston Churchill Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (30 November 187424 January 1965) was a British statesman, soldier, and writer who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice, from 1940 to 1945 Winston Churchill in the Second World War, dur ...
. Carvel's largest building is the St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church and adjoining community hall. In August 2008, a memorial to the founding pioneer families of Carvel was placed at the entrance to the church's graveyard. Carvel is home to the CASCV
Weather Radar Weather radar, also called weather surveillance radar (WSR) and Doppler weather radar, is a type of radar used to locate precipitation, calculate its motion, and estimate its type (rain, snow, hail etc.). Modern weather radars are mostly puls ...
Station, which functions as central Alberta's main weather radar station with an average range of about .Weather Radar - Carvel
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Demographics

The population of Carvel according to the 2009 municipal census conducted by Parkland County is 19.


See also

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List of communities in Alberta The province of Alberta, Canada, is divided into ten types of local governments – urban municipalities (including cities, towns, villages and summer villages), specialized municipalities, rural municipalities (including municipal district ...
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List of hamlets in Alberta Hamlets in the province of Alberta, Canada, are unincorporated communities administered by, and within the boundaries of, specialized municipalities or rural municipalities ( municipal districts, improvement districts and special areas). The ...


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{{Alberta, hamlets=yes Hamlets in Alberta Parkland County