Janet is a
hamlet
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in southern
Alberta
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under the jurisdiction of
Rocky View County
Rocky View County is a municipal district in southern Alberta, Canada that is named for its views of the nearby Rocky Mountains to the west. It surrounds most of Calgary, forming the city's northern boundary and most of the city's western and e ...
. It is located on Township Road 240, approximately east of
downtown Calgary
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, southwest of the Town of
Chestermere, and south of
Highway 1A. Janet is primarily an industrial area that is home to some transportation and logistics companies.
History
Janet began as a siding and
flag station
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built by the
Canadian National Railway
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CN i ...
at which a station was erected in 1912. It is believed that the Harry Whittaker family was one of Janet's first settlers. Whittaker built a house approximately from the crossing. The Columbia Grain Co. built an elevator in 1928 and rented it to Parrish & Heimbecker. It carried the Columbia name for many years thereafter. The precise name of Janet is unknown.
For a period of time in the mid-2000s, Janet was considered for annexation by the City of
Calgary
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in its negotiations with Rocky View County. Although the annexation that occurred on July 31, 2007 did not include the hamlet, the annexation brought Calgary's city limits to the west and to the north of Janet. The hamlet remains within a Rocky View County industrial growth corridor, while lands north of Township Road 240 are within a joint planning area.
Demographics
The population of Janet according to the
2006 municipal census conducted by Rocky View County is 1.
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See also
*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 ...
*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 ...
References
:Karamitsanis, Aphrodite (1992). ''Place Names of Alberta – Volume II, Southern Alberta'', University of Calgary Press, Calgary, Alberta.
:Read, Tracey (1983). ''Acres and Empires – A History of the Municipal District of Rocky View'', Calgary, Alberta.
Rocky View County
Hamlets in Alberta
Calgary Region
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