Spring Lake, originally named Edmonton Beach, is a
village
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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 bordere ...
, Canada. It is located on the eastern shore of Spring Lake, approximately and west of the cities of
Spruce Grove
Spruce Grove is a city that is west of Edmonton, Alberta in Canada. The city is adjacent to the Town of Stony Plain and is surrounded by Parkland County.
With a 2021 population of 37,645, Spruce Grove is the ninth-largest city in Alberta. T ...
and
Edmonton
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respectively.
Hasse Lake is located southwest of Spring Lake. It was known as the
Summer Village
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of Edmonton Beach from 1959 to 1999.
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population conducted by
Statistics Canada
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, the Village of Spring Lake had a population of 711 living in 286 of its 308 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 699. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
In the
2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Spring Lake recorded a population of 699 living in 261 of its 303 total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 533. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016.
The Village of Spring Lake's 2012 municipal census counted a population of 614,
a 3.7% increase over its 2007 municipal census population of 592.
Services
There is a large RV park on the east side of the lake, which has a small camping store which sells candy, newspapers, and a variety of camping items. Other than this there are no commercial businesses in the village.
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 villages in Alberta
A village is an urban municipality status type used in the Canadian province of Alberta. Alberta villages are created when communities with populations of at least 300 people, where a majority of their buildings are on parcels of land smaller ...
References
External links
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{{Subdivisions of Alberta, villages=yes
1959 establishments in Alberta
Edmonton Metropolitan Region
Villages in Alberta