hamlet
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in
southern Alberta
Southern Alberta is a region located in the Canadian province of Alberta. In 2004, the region's population was approximately 272,017.Cardston County
Cardston County is a municipal district in southern Alberta, Canada. It is located in Census Division 3 around the Town of Cardston.
The municipal district was established on January 1, 1954, through the amalgamation of the ''Municipal Dist ...
. It is a
port of entry
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into the
U.S. state
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of
Montana
Montana () is a state in the Mountain West division of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North Dakota and South Dakota to the east, Wyoming to the south, and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columbi ...
opposite of Port of Piegan. Just on the other side of the border is the
Blackfeet Indian Reservation
The Blackfeet Nation ( bla, Aamsskáápipikani, script=Latn, ), officially named the Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation of Montana, is a federally recognized tribe of Siksikaitsitapi people with an Indian reservation in Mon ...
in
Glacier County, Montana
Glacier County is located in the U.S. state of Montana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 13,778. The county is located in northwestern Montana between the Great Plains and the Rocky Mountains, known to the Blackfeet as the "Backbone of ...
.
Located approximately south of
Cardston
Cardston is a town in Alberta, Canada. It was first settled in 1887 by members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) who travelled from Utah, via the Macleod-Benton Trail, to present-day Alberta in one of the century' ...
. Carway is on the southernmost point of Highway 2, which becomes
U.S. Route 89
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in Montana.
The hamlet was named by William Roberts, the first officer in charge of the station, by combining Cardston and highway.
Climate
Carway has a
humid continental climate
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(
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* Deerfield Beach, Florida, a city
* Decafluorobutane, a fluorocarbon gas
* Dem Franchize Boyz, former hip hop group, Atlanta, Georgia
* Dfb, Köppen climate classification for Humid continental climate
* Distributed-feedback ...
) with mild, rainy summers and cold, snowy winters with annual snowfall averaging .
Demographics
The population of Carway according to the 2008 municipal census conducted by Cardston County is 2.
See also
*
Piegan–Carway Border Crossing
The Piegan–Carway Border Crossing connects the towns of Babb, Montana and Cardston, Alberta on the Canada–United States border. U.S. Route 89 on the American side joins Alberta Highway 2 on the Canadian side.
Canadian side
In terms of the re ...
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List of communities in Alberta
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*
List of hamlets in Alberta
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List of geographic names derived from portmanteaus
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