Bragg Creek

Bragg Creek
Bragg Creek
Hamlet
	Shopping mall in Bragg Creek
	Location of Bragg Creek in Alberta
	Coordinates: 50°57′06″N 114°33′34″W / 50.95159°N 114.55951°W
Country	Canada
Province	Alberta
Census division	No. 6
Municipal district	Rocky View County
Government
• Type	Unincorporated
• Reeve	Greg Boehlke
• Governing body	show Rocky View County Council
Area
• Land	3.98 km2 (1.54 sq mi)
Population (2016)
• Total	589
Time zone	UTC−7 (MST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−6 (MDT)
Area code(s)	+1-403

Bragg Creek is a hamlet in southern Alberta under the jurisdiction of Rocky View County^[2] in Division No. 6.

Bragg Creek is located 30 km (19 mi) west of Calgary (via Highway 8 and Highway 22) at the confluence of the Elbow River and Bragg Creek north of the intersection of Highway 66 and Highway 22.

Bragg Creek is popular for shopping, with its shops, restaurants, and mountain scenery. The area has many hiking/biking, cross-country and equestrian trails and picnic/camping areas. It has been the location of several movies and TV series.

Amenities[]

The store in Bragg Creek

Bragg Creek is popular for shopping, with its quaint shops, restaurants, and mountain scenery.

The area is a popular spot for vacations and short day trips from Calgary. It is near the Rocky Mountains and Kananaskis Country. The Elbow River and the scenic Elbow Falls are a short distance away.

There are many recreational areas in the area. These include Bragg Creek Provincial Park and the Canyon Creek Ice Cave, also known as the Bragg Creek Ice Cave. There are numerous hiking/biking trails, equestrian trails and picnic/camping areas. Downhill skiing used to be popular, although since the abandonment of the nearby downhill ski centre, Wintergeen, only cross country skiing facilities are available. In recent years the Greater Bragg Creek Trails Association has developed over 140 km of biking, hiking, snowshoeing, and horseback riding trails.^[3]

Many summer camps, such as OLQP, Easter Seals Camp Horizon and Kamp Kiwanis are also near Bragg Creek.

The powderface42, a marathon and half-marathon takes place in the vicinity every year.^[4] This event is called a mountain marathon, but is more like a classical marathon running race rather than the multi-day mountain marathon events in the UK. The race does not have a navigational element to it; participants run on a predefined and marked course with water stations along it.

History[]

Bragg Creek is named after Albert Warren Bragg from Collingwood, Nova Scotia and his 14-year-old brother John Thomas who homesteaded in the area in 1894. The community was established between a forestry reserve, the Sarcee First Nations reserve and a Provincial Park. Ranching was the original primary economic generator in Bragg Creek. The economy diversified with the emergence of recreation in the 1920s.^[5]

Bragg Creek was featured in the feature films Storm (1987) and Killer Image (1992) both directed by David Winning, and also Betrayed (1988) directed by Costa-Gavras. During the 1990s, CBC aired the television program North of 60, which was mainly filmed in Bragg Creek. The town was the filming location for the BBC/Discovery Channel series Dinosapien (2007) and the 2009 CBC Television series Wild Roses, as well as portions of the movie FUBAR.

2013 flooding[]

In the late spring of 2013, Bragg Creek and areas surrounding the Elbow River were put on a flood watch and eventually voluntary evacuation when the river rose over 2 metres, overflowing and eroding in some places. The majority of Bragg Creek buildings were damaged in this event, as were the majority of houses in nearby Redwood Meadows. The voluntary evacuation was not met with widespread co-operation, as many residents stayed to battle the flood by building makeshift dams. Bragg Creek has since recovered from the event.

Demographics[]

Bragg Creek is recognized as a designated place by Statistics Canada.^[6] As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Bragg Creek recorded a population of 589 living in 241 of its 288 total private dwellings, a change of -1% from its 2011 population of 595. With a land area of 3.98 km² (1.54 sq mi), it had a population density of 148.0/km² (383.3/sq mi) in 2016.^[1]

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and designated places, 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Alberta)". Statistics Canada. 8 February 2017. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
^ Alberta Municipal Affairs (1 April 2010). "Specialized and Rural Municipalities and Their Communities" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 February 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2010.
^ http://www.braggcreektrails.org/about/
^ PowderFace42
^ Read, Tracy (1983). Acres and Empires : a history of the Municipal District of Rocky View no. 44. p. 62.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Statistics Canada. "Population and dwelling counts for designated places in Alberta, 2006 and 2001 censuses". Retrieved 6 June 2010.

External links[]

Bragg Creek - Guide to outdoor adventure in Kananaskis & Bragg Creek
Hikes in Bragg Creek

Coordinates: 50°57′05.7″N 114°33′34.2″W / 50.951583°N 114.559500°W / 50.951583; -114.559500 (Bragg Creek)

[2016censusABdpls-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and designated places, 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Alberta)". Statistics Canada. 8 February 2017. Retrieved 13 February 2017.

[2] Alberta Municipal Affairs (1 April 2010). "Specialized and Rural Municipalities and Their Communities" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 February 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2010.

[3] ttp://www.braggcreektrails.org/about/

[4] PowderFace42

[5] Read, Tracy (1983). Acres and Empires : a history of the Municipal District of Rocky View no. 44. p. 62.^{[permanent dead link]}

[2006censusDPLs-6] Statistics Canada. "Population and dwelling counts for designated places in Alberta, 2006 and 2001 censuses". Retrieved 6 June 2010.

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