Rich Valley 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 ...
in
central Alberta, Canada within
Lac Ste. Anne County
Lac Ste. Anne County is a municipal district in central Alberta, Canada.
It is located in Census Division 13, north west of Edmonton. Highway 43 stretches across this county. Its municipal office is located in the Hamlet of Sangudo.
The c ...
.
It is located on
Highway 33
The following highways are numbered 33:
International
* Asian Highway 33
* European route E33
Australia
* South Arm Highway (Tasmania)
Canada
* Alberta Highway 33
* British Columbia Highway 33
* Bedford Bypass, also known as Nova Scotia Tr ...
, approximately 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 ...
.
History
Rich Valley was originally called "Onion Prairie".
The first post office was established in the home of the Carlin family in 1909.
Demographics
The population of Rich Valley according to the
2008 municipal census conducted by Lac Ste. Anne County is 32.
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Infrastructure Rich Valley Public Library
Rich Valley School
- Northern Gateway Public Schools (K-7)
Rich Valley Community Church
Fortnite Battlepass place
Notable people
Georges Charles-Jules Bugnet, Canadian writer and horticulturalist, did much of his plant hybridization work at Rich Valley.
William Purdy
William Frederick Purdy (born June 5, 1940) was a provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1971 to 1986. During his time in office he sat with the governing Progressive ...
, Former MLA of Stoney Plain (1971-1986) and first mayor of the Village of Wabuman.
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
Hamlets in Alberta
Lac Ste. Anne County
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