Ma-Me-O Beach, Alberta, is a
summer village
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located on the southeast shore of
Pigeon Lake, in
Alberta
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, Canada. It is located approximately southwest of
Edmonton
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.
Ma-Me-O derives from the
Cree word for "pigeon", (). It was founded in 1924.
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population
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conducted by
Statistics Canada, the Summer Village of Ma-Me-O Beach had a population of 162 living in 73 of its 259 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 110. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
In the
2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Summer Village of Ma-Me-O Beach had a population of 110 living in 63 of its 259 total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 113. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016.
Arts and culture
During a tour of western Canada, English recording artist
Joan Armatrading
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A three-time Grammy Award nominee, Armatrading has also been nominated twice for BRIT Awards as Best Female Artist. She received ...
, who recorded for
A&M Records
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saw the road sign for Ma-Me-O Beach and liked the name so much that she later used it as a song title. The song was included on her 1980 album ''
Me Myself I
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''. Later, in 2012 Edmonton musician
Christian Hansen released a song and music video which also utilized the towns name on his album C'mon Arizona.
Education
Residents of Ma-Me-O Beach are assigned to schools in the Wetaskiwin Regional Division No. 11, with Lakedell School serving primary grades and Pigeon Lake Regional School serving secondary grades.
Lakedell School
" Wetaskiwin Regional Division No. 11. Retrieved on September 13, 2018.
See also
*List of communities in Alberta
*List of summer villages in Alberta
*List of resort villages in Saskatchewan
References
External links
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{{Subdivisions of Alberta, SV=yes
1948 establishments in Alberta
Summer villages in Alberta