Acadia Valley is a
hamlet
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in southeast
Alberta
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, Canada within the
Municipal District (MD) of Acadia No. 34. The MD of Acadia No. 34's
municipal office is located in Acadia Valley.
Acadia Valley is located along
Highway 41 commonly referred to as Buffalo Trail between
Oyen
Oyen is a town in east-central Alberta, Canada near the Saskatchewan boundary and north of Medicine Hat. It is on Highway 41, south of its junction with Highway 9.
Early name, Bishopburg, was changed in 1912 to honour Andrew Oyen, an early s ...
and
Medicine Hat
Medicine Hat is a city in southeast Alberta, Canada. It is located along the South Saskatchewan River. It is approximately east of Lethbridge and southeast of Calgary. This city and the adjacent Town of Redcliff to the northwest are with ...
and sits about west of the Alberta-Saskatchewan border. Acadia Valley sits at an elevation of .
The hamlet is located within
census division No. 4. It was named in 1910 by settlers from Nova Scotia.
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population
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conducted by
Statistics Canada, Acadia Valley had a population of 143 living in 71 of its 86 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 149. 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, Acadia Valley had a population of 149 living in 71 of its 82 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2011 population of 137. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016.
Attractions
*
Prairie Elevator Museum
The Prairie Elevator Museum is a former Alberta Wheat Pool grain elevator that has been restored and converted into a community gift shop and tea house. The elevator stands within the Hamlet of Acadia Valley, Alberta, next to the defunct Canadian ...
M.D. of Acadia No. 34
- Points of Interest
* Acadia Municipal Recreation Dam - trout
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fishing
See also
*List of communities in Alberta
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*List of designated places in Alberta
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* List of hamlets in Alberta
References
External links
Hamlet of Acadia Valley
from the M.D. of Acadia No. 34 official web site
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Municipal District of Acadia No. 34
Hamlets in Alberta
Designated places in Alberta