Eaglesham () 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 ...

northern Alberta Northern Alberta is a geographic region located in the Canadian province of Alberta. An informally defined cultural region, the boundaries of Northern Alberta are not fixed. Under some schemes, the region encompasses everything north of the cent ...

, Canada within

Birch Hills County Birch Hills County is a municipal district in north-western Alberta, Canada. It is located in Census Division 19, northeast of Grande Prairie. The district takes its name from a range of hills of the same name, which in turn were named by Cre ...

, located north of Highway 49, approximately northeast of

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. The hamlet takes its name from

Eaglesham Eaglesham ( ) is a village in East Renfrewshire, Scotland, situated about south of Glasgow, southeast of Newton Mearns and south of Clarkston, and southwest of East Kilbride. The 2011 census revealed that the village had 3,114 occupants, dow ...

in Scotland. Eaglesham is primarily a farming community. Eaglesham also has a small K-12 school with 80 students.

Demographics

In the

2021 Census of Population The 2021 Canadian census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population with a reference date of May 11, 2021. It follows the 2016 Canadian census, which recorded a population of 35,151,728. The overall response rate was 98%, which is sli ...

conducted by

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, Eaglesham had a population of 76 living in 45 of its 60 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 93. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Eaglesham had a population of 93 living in 50 of its 60 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2011 population of 119. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016.

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Birch Hills County Hamlets in Alberta Designated places in Alberta Former villages in Alberta Populated places disestablished in 1996 {{NorthernAlberta-geo-stub

Demographics

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