Kirriemuir, Alberta
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Kirriemuir is
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in east- central Alberta, Canada within Special Area No. 4. It is located on
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, approximately west of Altario. It has an elevation of . Kirriemuir has a hall, a small general store with a post office and gas station, a playground, and two ball diamonds. The hamlet draws children from the greater area to participate on its softball teams during the summer months. One of the more popular events each year is the annual discing
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, which is held at the Kirriemuir Hall. An older
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remains standing at the edge of the community and it is still in use, but by private owners as the railroad tracks have long since been removed. The hamlet was named after Kirriemuir in Scotland.


Demographics

Kirriemuir recorded a population of 28 in the 1991 Census of Population conducted by
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See also

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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 ...
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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

Hamlets in Alberta Special Area No. 4 {{CentralAlberta-geo-stub