Lac Ste. Anne County is a

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in central

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, Canada. It is located in Census Division 13, north west of

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. Highway 43 stretches across this county. Its municipal office is located in the Hamlet of Sangudo. The county was named after Lac Ste. Anne, which in turn was named for

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Geography

Communities and localities

The following urban municipalities are surrounded by Lac Ste. Anne County. *

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Mayerthorpe Mayerthorpe is a town in central Alberta, Canada. It is approximately northwest of Edmonton at the intersection of Highway 43 and Highway 22 (Cowboy Trail). The town is surrounded by Lac Ste. Anne County and is in Alberta's Census Division No ...

Onoway Onoway is a town in central Alberta, Canada. It is approximately northwest of Edmonton at the junction of Highway 37 and Highway 43. History Two theories are behind the naming of the community. "Onoway" in Chipewyan translates to "fair field ...

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** Alberta Beach * Summer villages ** Birch Cove ** Castle Island ** Nakamun Park ** Ross Haven ** Silver Sands ** South View ** Sunrise Beach ** Sunset Point ** Val Quentin ** West Cove **

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The following

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are located within Lac Ste. Anne County. *

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Glenevis Glenevis is a hamlet (place), hamlet in central Alberta, Canada within Lac Ste. Anne County. It is located on Alberta Highway 43, Highway 43, approximately northwest of Edmonton. The community takes its name from Glennevis, in Nova Scotia. ...

Green Court Greencourt is a hamlet in central Alberta, Canada within Lac Ste. Anne County. It is located at the intersection of Highway 43 and Highway 18, approximately northwest of Edmonton. The community takes its name from Greencourt, England. His ...

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** Rich Valley **

Rochfort Bridge Rochfort Bridge is a hamlet in Alberta, Canada within Lac Ste. Anne County. It is located approximately northwest of Edmonton and east of Mayerthorpe. Rochfort Bridge is named for Cooper (Cowper) Rochfort, who with his associate, Percy Mich ...

** Sangudo (location of municipal office) The following localities are located within Lac Ste. Anne County. ;Localities *Ardea Park *Arndt Acres *Aspen Hills *Ballantine * Balm *Bay Bridge Park *Bilby *Birchwood Estates *Cheviot Hills *Cheyenne Estates * Connor Creek *Corsair Cove Subdivision *Cosmo *Darbyson Estates * Darwell *Darwell Rolling Woods *Fern Valley Trailer Park *Forest West * Glenford *Glenister *Golden Glen Estates *Hansen-Mayer *Heatherdown *Heldar *Highland Park Subdivision *Hillview Estates *Hoffman Beach *Home Acres *Horne Beach *Jalna *Johnston Park *Jones Beach *Lac la Nonne * Lac Ste. Anne *Lac Ste. Anne Settlement * Lake Isle *Lake Majeau *Lakewood Estates *Laurentian Heights *Lisburn *Louden Park *Manly *Mayfair Park *Mission Creek Estates *Nakamun *Noyes Crossing *Noyes Crossing Estates *Padstow *Paradise Estates *Peavine *Pembridge *Robinson *Ronan *Roydale *Spruce Lane *Stanger *Ste Anne *Stettin *Tri Lakes Manor *Valhalla Acres *Warawa Estates *Woodland Bay

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by

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, Lac Ste. Anne County had a population of 10,832 living in 4,373 of its 5,566 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 10,899. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Lac Ste. Anne County had a population of 10,899 living in 4,346 of its 5,385 total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 10,260. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016.

Attractions

The municipality of Lac Ste. Anne maintains the Lessard Lake Campground, the Lessard Lake Outdoor Ed Centre, the Riverside Campground, and the Paddle River Dam Campground. Many summer villages are established, especially on lake shores (such as Lac Ste. Anne,

Lac la Nonne Lac la Nonne is a lake in northern Alberta, Canada. It is located between Lac Ste. Anne County and the County of Barrhead No. 11, 85 km north-west from Edmonton, east of the Grizzly Trail. The lake is located within the Athabasca River ba ...

, Nakamun Lake, and Lake Isle). Protected and recreational areas in the county include ''Lily Lake Provincial Natural Area'', ''Pembina River Provincial Natural Area'', ''Majeau Lake Provincial Natural Area'' (with two campgrounds), ''Paddle River Dam'' Picnic Site, ''Park Court Provincial Natural Area'', ''Lily Lake Provincial Natural Area'' and ''Prefontaine and Brock Lake Provincial Natural Area''. * Lac Ste. Anne Mission * Lac Ste. Anne Pilgrimage

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