Lodgepole, Alberta

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Lodgepole
Hamlet
Lodgepole is located in Alberta
Lodgepole
Lodgepole
Location of Lodgepole
Coordinates: 53°06′02″N 115°18′49″W / 53.10056°N 115.31361°W / 53.10056; -115.31361Coordinates: 53°06′02″N 115°18′49″W / 53.10056°N 115.31361°W / 53.10056; -115.31361
CountryCanada
ProvinceAlberta
RegionCentral Alberta
Census division11
Municipal districtBrazeau County
Government
 • TypeUnincorporated
 • Governing bodyBrazeau County Council
Area
[1]
 • Land1.75 km2 (0.68 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)[1]
 • Total116
Time zoneUTC−07:00 (MST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−06:00 (MDT)
Area code(s)780, 587, 825

Lodgepole is a hamlet in central Alberta, Canada within Brazeau County.[2] It is located approximately 31 kilometres (19 mi) west of Highway 22 and 131 kilometres (81 mi) southwest of Edmonton.

History[]

The Town of Lodgepole was established on July 1, 1956, and had a population of 508 by 1961.[3] The population declined to 207 by 1966.[4] The town was dissolved in 1970, becoming a hamlet.[5]

On October 17, 1982, a sour gas well AMOCO DOME BRAZEAU RIVER 13-12-48-12, being drilled 20 km west of Lodgepole, blew out.[6] The burning well was finally capped 67 days later by the Texas well-control company, Boots & Coots.[7]

Demographics[]

As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Lodgepole recorded a population of 116 living in 53 of its 59 total private dwellings, a change of -7.2% from its 2011 population of 125. With a land area of 1.75 km2 (0.68 sq mi), it had a population density of 66.3/km2 (171.7/sq mi) in 2016.[1]

As a designated place in the 2011 Census, Lodgepole had a population of 125 living in 51 of its 51 total dwellings, a -19.9% change from its 2006 population of 156. With a land area of 1.57 km2 (0.61 sq mi), it had a population density of 79.6/km2 (206.2/sq mi) in 2011.[8]

In 2005, Brazeau County conducted a municipal census among its hamlets that recorded a population of 179 in Lodgepole.[9]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "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.
  2. ^ "Specialized and Rural Municipalities and Their Communities" (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. April 1, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 29, 2012. Retrieved June 20, 2010.
  3. ^ "Table 6: Population by census subdivisions, 1901–1961". 1961 Census of Canada. Series 1.1: Historical, 1901–1961. Volume I: Population. Ottawa: Dominion Bureau of Statistics. 1963. pp. 6.81 and 6.124. |volume= has extra text (help)
  4. ^ "Population by specified age groups and sex, for census subdivisions, 1966". Census of Canada, 1966. Population, Specified Age Groups and Sex for Counties and Census Subdivisions, 1966. Ottawa: Dominion Bureau of Statistics. 1968. p. 111.
  5. ^ AECOM (2017). Brazeau County. Hamlet of Lodgepole Area Structure Plan. https://www.brazeau.ab.ca/database/files/library/PD_Lodgepole_ASP_20170418(1).pdf: AECOM. p. 5.CS1 maint: location (link)
  6. ^ Lodgepole Blowout Inquiry Panel (1984). REPORT TO THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL WITH RESPECT TO AN INQUIRY HELD INTO THE BLOWOUT OF THE WELL, AMOCO DOME BRAZEAU RIVER 13-12-48-12. https://archive.org/stream/lodgepoleblowout00lodg_1/lodgepoleblowout00lodg_1_djvu.txt: Energy Resources Conservation Board.CS1 maint: location (link)
  7. ^ Zdeb, Chris (December 23, 2014). "Dec. 23, 1982: Lodgepole sour gas well blowout finally capped". Edmonton Journal. Retrieved April 26, 2020.
  8. ^ "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and designated places, 2011 and 2006 censuses (Alberta)". Statistics Canada. February 8, 2012. Retrieved April 7, 2012.
  9. ^ "Regular Council Meeting". Brazeau County. August 30, 2005. p. 47 (PDF page 70). Retrieved September 25, 2021.


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