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Allerston, formerly Allersville, is an unincorporated community in
Alberta Alberta is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Canada. It is a part of Western Canada and is one of the three Canadian Prairies, prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to its west, Saskatchewan to its east, t ...
, Canada within the County of Warner No. 5. It is located approximately east of the Town of Milk River and north of the Canada–US border on Township Road 24, off Highway 501. The community has the name of Jacob Allers, a pioneer citizen. All that remains of Allerston is a
Roman Catholic Church The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the List of Christian denominations by number of members, largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics Catholic Church by country, worldwid ...
and the Allerston Hall with baseball diamonds. The church was built in 1911 and opened on July 28, 1912. The church is still in use today. It was moved to a new foundation to the north. There is a cemetery behind the church. The Allerston Hall is still use for the annual Fall Bazar.


Attractions

Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park is located about southeast of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada, or east of the community of Milk River, and straddles the Milk River itself. It is one of the largest areas of protected prairie in the Alberta park s ...
, is one of the largest areas of protected prairie in the Alberta park system, and serves as both a
nature preserve A nature reserve (also known as a wildlife refuge, wildlife sanctuary, biosphere reserve or bioreserve, natural or nature preserve, or nature conservation area) is a protected area of importance for flora, fauna, funga, or features of geolog ...
and protection for the largest concentration of
rock art In archaeology, rock arts are human-made markings placed on natural surfaces, typically vertical stone surfaces. A high proportion of surviving historic and prehistoric rock art is found in caves or partly enclosed rock shelters; this type al ...
, created by Plains People. There are over 50 rock art sites, with thousands of figures, as well as numerous archeological sites.


See also

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List of communities in Alberta The province of Alberta, Canada, is divided into ten types of Local government in Canada, local governments – urban municipalities (including List of cities in Alberta, cities, List of towns in Alberta, towns, List of villages in Alberta, vil ...
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Roman Catholic Diocese of Calgary The Diocese of Calgary () is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Alberta, Canada. The Diocese of Calgary is a suffragan diocese of the metropolis (religious jurisdiction), metropolitan Roman Catholic Archd ...


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{{Subdivisions of Alberta County of Warner No. 5 Unincorporated communities in Alberta Ghost towns in Alberta