La Crete

La Crete
La Crete
Hamlet
	Location of La Crete in Alberta
	Coordinates: 58°06′37″N 116°14′47″W / 58.1104°N 116.2463°WCoordinates: 58°06′37″N 116°14′47″W / 58.1104°N 116.2463°W
Country	Canada
Province	Alberta
Census division	No. 17
Specialized municipality	Mackenzie County
Government
• Type	Unincorporated
• Reeve	Peter F. Braun
• Governing body	show Mackenzie County Council
Area
• Land	3.41 km2 (1.32 sq mi)
Elevation	315 m (1,033 ft)
Population (2016)
• Total	2,315
Time zone	UTC−7 (MST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−6 (MDT)
Forward sortation areas	T0H 2H0, T0H 4H0
Area code(s)	780, 587, 825
Highways	697
Website	La Crete Chamber of Commerce

La Crete /ləˈkriːt/, also spelled La Crête, is a hamlet in northern Alberta, Canada, within Mackenzie County.^[4] It is located on Highway 697, approximately 57 kilometres (35 mi) southeast of High Level and 701 kilometres (436 mi) north of Edmonton, Alberta.

The hamlet is located in Census Division No. 17 and in the federal riding of Peace River—Westlock.

The name "La Crête" means "the ridge" in French, which is how the earliest settlers described the area they settled.

History[]

La Crete was first settled in 1914 as La Crête Landing. When the first Mennonites arrived in the 1930s, they settled a short distance southwest of the original settlement on the current site of La Crete. When the first highways were built into the area in the 1960s, the population began to increase as new settlers arrived, and in 1979, La Crete was declared a hamlet.

During the summer months the La Crete Ferry, also known as the Tompkins Landing Ferry,^[5] one of only seven ferries still operating in Alberta, shuttles vehicles across the Peace River on Highway 697 about 70 kilometres southwest of the hamlet. In the winter, an ice bridge is maintained at the same spot. This access connects La Crete to the Mackenzie Highway near Paddle Prairie, offering a considerable time saving when travelling to or from La Crete. During the spring and fall, when the river is unfit for the ferry and the ice too thin to support vehicle traffic, or at other times when the ferry is not operational, travellers must continue north to High Level, then east on Highway 58 before coming back south to reach La Crete. In the summer of 2006 a sandbar formed in the centre of the river, where the ferry normally crossed, forcing it to travel around it. The sandbar has grown to such a size that the ferry does not always run if the water level is too low.

Demographics[]

In the 2016 Census, by combining its adjacent population centre and designated place geographies, La Crete had a population of 2315 living in 828 of its 956 total dwellings, a change of -23.4% from its 2011 population of 3024. With a land area of 3.41 km² (1.32 sq mi), it had a population density of 678.9/km² (1,758.3/sq mi) in 2011.^[1]^[2]^[3]

La Crete had a population of 2,039 according to Mackenzie County's 2003 municipal census, which was more than double its 1995 population of 995.

As a predominantly Mennonite community, the residents of La Crete typically speak both English and Low German. Most businesses serve customers in both languages, often switching between the two over the course of business.

Sports and recreation[]

La Crete holds a hockey tournament every year known as the Challenge Cup, where teams from all over northern Alberta come to challenge each other in hopes of winning the trophy.

The La Crete Public High School's men's and women's basketball teams host an annual basketball tournament, The Northern Exposure Hoop Classic. It has been held every year since 2004, and has grown in stature to include teams from across Alberta. There is a waiting list to get into the Hoop Classic, even though the number of teams invited has increased.

La Crete has walking trails that were paved using donations from the residents of the town.

Notable people[]

High Valley, country music band

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "Census Profile, 2016 Census: La Crète [Population centre], Alberta and La Crete, Unincorporated place [Designated place], Alberta". Statistics Canada. August 9, 2019. Retrieved July 4, 2021.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and designated places, 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Alberta)". Statistics Canada. February 8, 2017. Retrieved February 13, 2017.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Population and dwelling count amendments, 2016 Census". Statistics Canada. August 15, 2018. Retrieved July 4, 2021.
^ Alberta Municipal Affairs (2010-04-01). "Specialized and Rural Municipalities and Their Communities" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-29. Retrieved 2010-06-29.
^ "La Crete Ferry closes for the season". Government of Alberta. 2011-11-17. Archived from the original on 2013-01-15. Retrieved 2012-02-29.

[statcan2016-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "Census Profile, 2016 Census: La Crète [Population centre], Alberta and La Crete, Unincorporated place [Designated place], Alberta". Statistics Canada. August 9, 2019. Retrieved July 4, 2021.

[2016censusABdpls-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and designated places, 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Alberta)". Statistics Canada. February 8, 2017. Retrieved February 13, 2017.

[statcan2016correction-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Population and dwelling count amendments, 2016 Census". Statistics Canada. August 15, 2018. Retrieved July 4, 2021.

[4] Alberta Municipal Affairs (2010-04-01). "Specialized and Rural Municipalities and Their Communities" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-29. Retrieved 2010-06-29.

[ferry-5] "La Crete Ferry closes for the season". Government of Alberta. 2011-11-17. Archived from the original on 2013-01-15. Retrieved 2012-02-29.

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