Mundare is a town in

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, Canada. It is approximately east of

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at the intersection of Highway 15 and Highway 855, north of the

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. The

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tracks run through the town.

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lies southwest of the town, and

Elk Island National Park Elk Island National Park is a National Parks of Canada, national park in Alberta, Canada, that played an important part in the conservation of the plains bison. The park is administered by the Parks Canada Agency. This "island of conservation" ...

is located west of Mundare.

History

Mundare was named after William Mundare, a railway station agent. In July 2007, the town marked its 100th anniversary with a three-day celebration.

Demographics

In the

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conducted by

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, the Town of Mundare had a population of 792 living in 348 of its 395 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 852. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Town of Mundare recorded a population of 852 living in 359 of its 390 total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 855. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016.

Attractions

Mundare is host to The Basilian Fathers' Museum that presents the history of the Ukrainian settlement and Basilian Fathers' Mission in east-central Alberta. It holds a unique collection of 16th and 17th century

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s from

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. The museum is off of the highway 855 that borders the eastern part of town and is across from the "Grotto" called the "Golgotha of Mundare", an elegant garden and shrine that was built by the Basilian Fathers in 1934. It is also home of the world's largest garlic sausage (

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or kovbasa), which cost about $120,000 to build and erect.Big Things
Mundare giant Kielbasa
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Notable people

Albert Bandura Albert Bandura (4 December 1925 – 26 July 2021) was a Canadian-American psychologist and professor of social science in psychology at Stanford University, who contributed to the fields of education and to the fields of psychology, e.g. social ...

, psychologist * Evelyn Roth, artist

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