Etzikom is a
hamlet
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in
Alberta
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, Canada within the
County of Forty Mile No. 8
The County of Forty Mile No. 8 is a municipal district in south eastern Alberta, Canada. It is located in Census Division 1, southwest of Medicine Hat. Its municipal office is located in the Village of Foremost.
Geography Communities and ...
. It is approximately east of
Foremost on
Highway 61.
Etzikom was founded in 1915. Its name comes from the
Blackfoot language
The Blackfoot language, also called Siksiká (its denomination in ISO 639-3, ; Siksiká ik͡siká syllabics ), often anglicised as ', is an Algonquian language spoken by the Blackfoot or ''Niitsitapi'' people, who currently live in the nor ...
word for ''valley'' or ''coulee'', referring to
Etzikom Coulee
Etzikom Coulee is a coulee located in Southern Alberta, Canada.
The waterway was formed as a glacial spillway channel at the end of the last ice age.
Course
The Etzikom Coulee begins northeast of the town of Stirling, and makes its way south ...
.
Etzikom is also home to The Canadian National Historic Windmill Centre, a museum dedicated to windmills throughout history.
Etzikom's representative in Alberta's provincial legislature is
Drew Barnes
Drew Barnes (born May 21, 1961) is a Canadian politician who was elected in the 2012, 2015 and 2019 Alberta general elections to represent the electoral district of Cypress-Medicine Hat in the 28th, 29th and 30th Alberta Legislatures, respectiv ...
.
[Alberta Assembly]
Drew Barnes
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Demographics
Etzikom recorded a population of 54 in the 1991 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada
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.[
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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 districts ...
*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
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County of Forty Mile No. 8
Ghost towns in Alberta
Hamlets in Alberta