North Cooking Lake is a
hamlet
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in
Alberta
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, Canada within
Strathcona County
Strathcona County is a specialized municipality in the Edmonton Metropolitan Region within Alberta, Canada between Edmonton and Elk Island National Park. It forms part of Census Division No. 11.
Strathcona County is both urban and rural in n ...
. It is located on
Highway 630 and on the northeast shore of
Cooking Lake, approximately southeast of
Sherwood Park
Sherwood Park is a large hamlet in Alberta, Canada within Strathcona County that is recognized as an urban service area. It is located adjacent to the City of Edmonton's eastern boundary, generally south of Highway 16 (Yellowhead Trail), ...
. It is south of the Waskehegan Staging Area entrance to Cooking Lake-Blackfoot Grazing, Wildlife Provincial Recreation Area.
Due to the multiple lakes nearby with sandy beaches, North Cooking Lake was known as one of
Edmonton's recreation and resort spots in the early 1900s (decade). It was so popular that special trains operated to bring vacationers to the North Cooking Lake Station where
steamers and
motor boats
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Some motorboats are fitted with inboard engines, others have an outboard motor installed on the rear, containing the internal combustion engine, the gea ...
delivered them to different resorts. Once a teeming playground, North Cooking Lake is now a peaceful residential retreat.
North Cooking Lake
Demographics
The population of North Cooking Lake according to the 2022 municipal census conducted by Strathcona County is 48,Statistics Canada
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, North Cooking Lake had a population of 20 living in 9 of its 9 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 31. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
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 district ...
*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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Designated places in Alberta
Hamlets in Alberta
Strathcona County