Stavely is a town in
southern Alberta
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on
Highway 2 and east of
Willow Creek Provincial Park.
History
Stavely was named for
Alexander Staveley Hill
Alexander Staveley Hill (21 May 1825 – 25 June 1905) was a Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was a Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) from 1868 to 1900, representing ...
, Managing Director of the Oxley Ranching Company that was founded in 1882
by John R Craig on 100,000 acres of grazing rights.
The
Canadian Pacific Railway
The Canadian Pacific Railway (french: Chemin de fer Canadien Pacifique) , also known simply as CPR or Canadian Pacific and formerly as CP Rail (1968–1996), is a Canadian Class I railway incorporated in 1881. The railway is owned by Canadi ...
once ran through the town. Its closure led to the removal of all but one of Stavely's grain elevators.
The people of Stavely and area are proud of their friendliness and community spirit.
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Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada
Statistics Canada (StatCan; french: Statistique Canada), formed in 1971, is the agency of the Government of Canada commissioned with producing statistics to help better understand Canada, its population, resources, economy, society, and cultur ...
, the Town of Stavely had a population of 544 living in 269 of its 287 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 541. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
Arts and culture
Stavely is known as the home of the ''Stavely Indoor Rodeo''. Founded in 1929, it is the world's first indoor rodeo.In Cold Blood
''In Cold Blood'' is a non-fiction novel by American author Truman Capote, first published in 1966. It details the 1959 murders of four members of the Clutter family in the small farming community of Holcomb, Kansas.
Capote learned of the qua ...
'' was filmed in Stavely.
In 2012 the community celebrated its 100th birthday.
Attractions
The town has a 9-hole golf course named the Stavely Golf Club. It was one of the few remaining sand green golf courses in Canada[ until the sand greens were recently converted to artificial greens. Other recreation venues and facilities include an arena, archery lanes, a recreational vehicle campground, a ball diamond and parks. Stavely is also home to a museum.
The Pine Coulee Reservoir, a popular place for recreation and camping, is west of Stavely.
Clear Lake recreation area (camping/water sports) is located 19 km east of Stavely. Willow Creek Municipal Park (campground) is located
16 km west of Stavely.
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Education
Stavely's only school, Stavely Elementary School, teaches local children from Kindergarten through Grade 6.
Community services
The following is a list of the Town of Stavely's volunteer community organizations and service groups.
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 towns in Alberta
A town is an urban municipality status type used in the Canadian province of Alberta. Alberta towns are created when communities with populations of at least 1,000 people, where a majority of their buildings are on parcels of land smaller than ...
References
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1903 establishments in the Northwest Territories
Populated places established in 1903
Towns in Alberta