Manyberries 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 located approximately south of
Medicine Hat
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, at the eastern end of
Highway 61 (the
Red Coat Trail
The Red Coat Trail is a route that approximates the path taken in 1874 by the North-West Mounted Police in their March West from Fort Dufferin to Fort Whoop-Up.
Route description
A number of highways in southern Manitoba, Saskatchewan, a ...
).
Climate
Manyberries experiences a
semi-arid climate
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(
Köppen climate classification
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''BSk''). Winters are long, cold and dry, while summers are relatively short but very warm. Precipitation is low, with an annual average of 353 mm, and is concentrated in the warmer months. Manyberries is the sunniest spot in
Canada
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, receiving an average of 2,567 hours of sunshine per year.
Demographics
Manyberries recorded a population of 96 in the
1991 Census of Population conducted by
Statistics Canada
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.
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Services
Manyberries has a community hall, a curling
Curling is a sport in which players slide stones on a sheet of ice toward a target area which is segmented into four concentric circles. It is related to bowls, boules, and shuffleboard. Two teams, each with four players, take turns slidi ...
rink, a park with playground equipment, and a hotel with lounge. Manyberries still has its original Canadian Pacific
The Canadian Pacific Railway (french: Chemin de fer Canadien Pacifique) , also known simply as CPR or Canadian Pacific and formerly as CP Rail (1968–1996), is a Canadian Class I railway incorporated in 1881. The railway is owned by Canadi ...
railway station
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and a section house A section house is a building or house-like structure located near or next to a section of railroad used for housing railroad workers, or for the storing and maintenance of equipment for a section of railroad. Section houses were used mainly from th ...
, which are both private residences, and are located beside the former Stirling
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- Weyburn branch line
A branch line is a phrase used in railway terminology to denote a secondary railway line which branches off a more important through route, usually a main line. A very short branch line may be called a spur line.
Industrial spur
An industr ...
. CPR abandoned the branch line from just east of Stirling to Consul, Saskatchewan
Consul ( 2021 population: ) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Reno No. 51 and Census Division No. 4. The historic Red Coat Trail and Highway 21 pass through the village. The village features ...
in the late 1980s. The tracks were pulled shortly after in early 1990s from Manyberries to Consul. The hamlet also has two oilfield services company that service the nearby Manyberries oilfield.
Manyberries, Alberta house.jpg, Deserted house
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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Hamlets in Alberta
County of Forty Mile No. 8