Bottrel is a
hamlet
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in southern
Alberta
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under the jurisdiction of
Rocky View County.
Bottrel is located approximately northwest of
Calgary
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, just off
Highway 22. Bottrel features a historic
general store with campground.
Edward Botterel was an early settler who arrived in the area c. 1888. The local post office operated from December 1, 1909 to March 31, 1969, and was named after Edward Botterel despite the erroneous spelling at its adoption. The error was never corrected and the current spelling is locally used.
Demographics
The population of Bottrel according to the
2018 municipal census conducted by Rocky View County is 5.
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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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