Lodgepole is a
hamlet
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in
central Alberta
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, Canada within
Brazeau County
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. It is located approximately west of
Highway 22 and southwest of
Edmonton
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.
History
The Town of Lodgepole was established on July 1, 1956, and had a population of 508 by 1961.
The population declined to 207 by 1966.
The town was dissolved in 1970, becoming a hamlet.
On October 17, 1982, a
sour gas well AMOCO DOME BRAZEAU RIVER 13-12-48-12, being drilled 20 km west of Lodgepole, blew out. The burning well was finally capped 67 days later by the Texas well-control company,
Boots & Coots Boots & Coots was a well control company. It was founded in 1978 by Asger "Boots" Hansen and Ed "Coots" Matthews, veterans of the Red Adair Service and Marine Company. The two companies extinguished approximately one third of the more than 700 oil ...
.
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population
The 2021 Canadian census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population with a reference date of May 11, 2021. It follows the 2016 Canadian census, which recorded a population of 35,151,728. The overall response rate was 98%, which is sli ...
conducted by
Statistics Canada, Lodgepole had a population of 117 living in 58 of its 70 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 116. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
As a designated place in the
2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Lodgepole had a population of 116 living in 53 of its 59 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2011 population of 125. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016.
See also
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List of communities in Alberta
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List of designated places in Alberta
A designated place is a type of geographic unit used by Statistics Canada to disseminate census data. It is usually "a small community that does not meet the criteria used to define incorporated municipalities or Statistics Canada population ce ...
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List of former urban municipalities in Alberta
The Province of Alberta currently has 256 urban municipalities including 19 cities, 106 towns, 80 villages and 51 summer villages. In addition, there are 100 communities that previously held some form of urban municipality status. These include ...
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List of hamlets in Alberta
References
Brazeau County
Hamlets in Alberta
Former new towns in Alberta
Designated places in Alberta
Populated places disestablished in 1970
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