The County of Warner No. 5 is a

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border, its municipal office is located in the Village of Warner.

History

*1912 - Warner was originally organised as a

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. *January, 1913 - Municipal District of Warner No. 36 incorporated. *January 23, 1923 - Municipal District of Sugar City No. 37 incorporated. *1942 - Sugar City Municipality enlarged to include

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No. 7 and portions of Local Improvement Districts 8, 38 and 67. *January 6, 1950 - Warner Municipality enlarged to include Milk River,

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and Masinasin districts. *December 31, 1953 - Sugar City dissolved and portion added to the Municipal District of Warner. *January 1, 1954 - County of Warner No. 5 incorporated.

Geography

The County of Warner No. 5 comprises approximately 50

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and is bordered on the south by the Canada-United States border. It is composed of the former Municipal District of Warner No. 36 and a portion of the former Municipal District of Sugar City No. 37.

Communities and localities

The following urban municipalities are surrounded by the County of Warner No. 5. ;

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*none ;

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* Milk River *

Raymond Raymond is a male given name. It was borrowed into English from French (older French spellings were Reimund and Raimund, whereas the modern English and French spellings are identical). It originated as the Germanic ᚱᚨᚷᛁᚾᛗᚢᚾᛞ ( ...

;

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Stirling Stirling (; sco, Stirlin; gd, Sruighlea ) is a city in central Scotland, northeast of Glasgow and north-west of Edinburgh. The market town, surrounded by rich farmland, grew up connecting the royal citadel, the medieval old town with its me ...

* Warner ; Summer villages *none The following

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are located within the County of Warner No. 5. ;

Hamlets A hamlet is a human settlement that is smaller than a town or village. Its size relative to a parish can depend on the administration and region. A hamlet may be considered to be a smaller settlement or subdivision or satellite entity to a lar ...

New Dayton New Dayton is a hamlet in southern Alberta, Canada within the County of Warner No. 5. It is located on Highway 4 between the villages of Stirling and Warner, approximately southeast of Lethbridge. New Dayton was named for their former home by ...

* Wrentham The following localities are located within the County of Warner No. 5. ;Localities * Clarinda * Conrad * Craddock *Elmspring * Judson *Knappen *

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* Masinasin * Maybutt * McNab *Miami *New Rockport * St. Kilda ;Other places * Allerston (Doran) *Mammoth *One-Seventeen *Two-Fifteen

Demographics

In the

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conducted by Statistics Canada, the County of Warner No. 5 had a population of 4,290 living in 907 of its 1,032 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 3,942. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the County of Warner No. 5 had a population of 3,847 living in 816 of its 941 total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 3,841. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016.

Attractions

Entrance to Stirling, Alberta - Tourist info

Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park, Alberta

Galt Historic Railway Park; Stirling, AB

Stirling Agricultural Village Stirling Agricultural Village was designated as a National Historic Site of Canada on June 22, 1989. The site was designated as a national historical site of Canada because it is the best surviving example of a Mormon agricultural village. The ...

National Historic Site of Canada National Historic Sites of Canada (french: Lieux historiques nationaux du Canada) are places that have been designated by the federal Minister of the Environment on the advice of the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada (HSMBC), as being ...

Warner elevator row The Warner elevator row is a group of four historic wood-cribbed grain elevators standing in a row from south to north alongside the Canadian Pacific Railway line from Great Falls, Montana to Lethbridge, Alberta at the east entrance of the village ...

, last surviving ''"Grain Elevator Row"'' in Alberta. * Galt Historic Railway Park *

Michelsen Farmstead The Andreas Michelsen Farmstead was originally built as a two-room house in 1902 by Andreas himself. In 1912 an addition was added to the home, making seven rooms in total, and little has changed since. The homestead consists of a 1 1/2-story Vic ...

* William T. Ogden House * Lost Frontier Mini-Railway *

Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park is located about southeast of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada, or east of the community of Milk River, and straddles the Milk River itself. It is one of the largest areas of protected prairie in the Alberta park sy ...

* Devil's Coulee Dinosaur Heritage Museum *Centennial Park * Stirling Elevator * Neils Hogenson House *Andrew Larson House * Temple Hill *Raymond Golf Club *Milk River Golf Club

Events

*Stirling Settler Days *Victorian Prairie Christmas - ''Galt Railway Park'' *

Raymond Stampede The Raymond Stampede is an annual rodeo that is held in the town of Raymond, Alberta, Canada every 1 July. Famous for being Alberta's oldest rodeo, the Raymond Stampede is also known for being Canada's oldest professional rodeo, having started a ...

*Milk River Bonanza Days *Coutts Days *Warner Dino Days

Education

Westwind School Division No. 74 and Horizon School Division No. 67 provide education within the boundaries of the County of Warner No. 5.

Early school districts

Listed below are the former school districts that once provided education within the County of Warner No. 5.Early School Districts - Warner County No. 5, Alberta
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References

External links

* {{Coord, 49, 16, 34, N, 112, 06, 43, W, region:CA-AB, display=title Warner