Enchant is a
hamlet
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in
southern Alberta
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, Canada within the
Municipal District of Taber
The Municipal District of Taber is a municipal district (MD) in southern Alberta, Canada. It is located in Census Division 2.
Geography Communities and localities
The following urban municipalities are surrounded by the MD of Taber.
; ...
. It is on
Highway 526 and the
Canadian Pacific Kansas City
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railway, between
Vauxhall
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From the Victorian period until the mid-20th century, Va ...
and
Lomond. It has an elevation of .
The hamlet is located in
census division
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No. 2 and in the federal riding of
Medicine Hat
Medicine Hat is a city in Southern Alberta, southeast Alberta, Canada. It is located along the South Saskatchewan River. It is approximately east of Lethbridge and southeast of Calgary. This city and the adjacent Town of Redcliff, Alberta, R ...
.
Enchant was once incorporated as a village but was dissolved from village status on February 1, 1945.
The railroad arrived in 1914 and the first grain elevator was completed in 1915. Enchant was the site of the 1917 founding of the
Evangelical Free Church of Canada.
[ George A. Rawlyk, Mark A. Noll, ''Amazing Grace: Evangelicalism in Australia, Britain, Canada, and the United States'', McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP, Canada, 1994, p. 326]
Demographics
The Municipal District of Taber's
2016 municipal census counted a population of 259 in Enchant,
a change from the hamlet's
2013 municipal census population of 289.
See also
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List of communities in Alberta
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List of former urban municipalities in Alberta
The Province of Alberta currently has 253 urban municipalities including 19 cities, 105 towns, 78 villages and 51 summer villages. In addition, there are 106 communities that previously held some form of urban municipality status. These include 2 ...
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List of hamlets in Alberta
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References
Hamlets in Alberta
Former villages in Alberta
Municipal District of Taber
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