Ma-Me-O Beach, Alberta, is a
summer village
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on the southeast shore of
Pigeon Lake, in
Alberta
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, Canada. It is located approximately southwest of
Edmonton
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.
Ma-Me-O derives from the
Cree
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word for "pigeon", (). It was founded in 1924.
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population
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conducted by
Statistics Canada
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, the Summer Village of Ma-Me-O Beach had a population of 128 living in 64 of its 254 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 110. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
In the
2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Summer Village of Ma-Me-O Beach had a population of 110 living in 63 of its 259 total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 113. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016.
Arts and culture
During a tour of western Canada, English recording artist
Joan Armatrading
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, who recorded for
A&M Records
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saw the road sign for Ma-Me-O Beach and liked the name so much that she later used it as a song title. The song was included on her 1980 album ''
Me Myself I
''Me Myself I'' is the sixth studio album by British recording artist Joan Armatrading. Released in May 1980, the album was Armatrading's highest ever chart placing both in the UK (number 5) and in the US (number 28). In Australia, the album ...
''.
Later, in 2012 Edmonton musician
Christian Hansen released a song and music video which also utilized the village's name on his album C'mon Arizona.
Education
Residents of Ma-Me-O Beach are assigned to schools in the
Wetaskiwin Regional Division No. 11
Wetaskiwin Regional Division No. 11 or Wetaskiwin Regional Public Schools (WRPS) is the school board serving the County of Wetaskiwin No. 10. WRPS is a public school board system obliged to accept anyone who meets age and location requirements.
...
, with Lakedell School serving primary grades and
Pigeon Lake Regional School
Pigeon Lake Regional School is a public grade 7–12 middle and high school in Falun, Alberta, and a part of Wetaskiwin Regional Division No. 11. It serves Falun, Pipestone, Westerose, the Pigeon Lake area, the reserve of Ma-Me-O Beach First N ...
serving secondary grades.
Lakedell School
" Wetaskiwin Regional Division No. 11
Wetaskiwin Regional Division No. 11 or Wetaskiwin Regional Public Schools (WRPS) is the school board serving the County of Wetaskiwin No. 10. WRPS is a public school board system obliged to accept anyone who meets age and location requirements.
...
. Retrieved on September 13, 2018.
See also
*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 ...
*List of francophone communities in Alberta
This is a list of francophone communities in Alberta. Municipalities with a high percentage of French-speakers in the Canadian province of Alberta are listed.
Alberta’s Francophone population dates back to its early days as part of Rupert’s ...
*List of summer villages in Alberta
A summer village is a type of urban municipality in the Canadian province of Alberta that has a permanent population generally less than 300 permanent inhabitants, as well as seasonal (non-permanent) inhabitants.
Alberta has a total of 51 summe ...
*List of resort villages in Saskatchewan
A resort village is a type of incorporated urban municipality in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. A resort village is created from an organized hamlet by the Minister of Municipal Affairs by ministerial order via section 51 of ''The Municip ...
References
External links
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{{Subdivisions of Alberta, SV=yes
1948 establishments in Alberta
Summer villages in Alberta