Lowland Heights is a
hamlet
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in
southern Alberta
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, Canada within the
Municipal District of Pincher Creek No. 9. It is located on
Highway 6
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Albania
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, approximately southwest of
Lethbridge
Lethbridge ( ) is a city in the province of Alberta, Canada. With a population of 106,550 in the 2023 Alberta municipal censuses, 2023 municipal census, Lethbridge became the fourth Alberta city to surpass 100,000 people. The nearby Canadian ...
.
History
Lowland Heights is recognized for being a valuable point of transportation between
Pincher Creek
Pincher Creek is a town in southern Alberta, Canada. It is located immediately east of the Canadian Rockies, west of Lethbridge and south of Calgary.
History
For centuries before European settlers reached this area and inhabited it, Indig ...
and
Fort Macleod
Fort Macleod ( ) is a town in southern Alberta, Canada. It was originally named Macleod to distinguish it from the North-West Mounted Police barracks (Fort Macleod, built 1874) it had grown around. The fort was named in honour of the then List o ...
in the late 1800s.
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population
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conducted by
Statistics Canada
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, Lowland Heights had a population of 43 living in 20 of its 20 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 43. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
As a designated place in the
2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Lowland Heights had a population of 43 living in 19 of its 19 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2011 population of 32. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016.
See also
*
List of communities in Alberta
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List of designated places in Alberta
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List of hamlets in Alberta
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References
Hamlets in Alberta
Designated places in Alberta
Municipal District of Pincher Creek No. 9
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