Wayne is a community within the Town of

Drumheller Drumheller is a town on the Red Deer River in the badlands of east-central Alberta, Canada. It is located northeast of Calgary and south of Stettler. The Drumheller portion of the Red Deer River valley, often referred to as Dinosaur Vall ...

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, Canada. It was previously a

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within the former Municipal District (MD) of Badlands No. 7 prior to the MD's amalgamation with the former City of Drumheller on January 1, 1998. Wayne is located approximately southeast of Drumheller's main townsite and northeast of

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. It lies in the

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valley and has an elevation of . It is accessed via Highway 10X from Rosedale to the north through a canyon in the

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, across eleven bridges that span the Rosebud River. Wayne is within Census Division No. 5 and was in the federal riding of Crowfoot.

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Wayne was the site of several

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s that were closed in the 1950s. It is host to a few historic sites, including the Rosedeer Hotel.

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Drumheller Former hamlets in Alberta {{SouthernAlberta-geo-stub

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