Rich Valley, Alberta

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Rich Valley
Hamlet
Rich Valley is located in Alberta
Rich Valley
Rich Valley
Location of Rich Valley
Coordinates: 53°50′54″N 114°21′00″W / 53.84833°N 114.35000°W / 53.84833; -114.35000Coordinates: 53°50′54″N 114°21′00″W / 53.84833°N 114.35000°W / 53.84833; -114.35000
CountryCanada
ProvinceAlberta
RegionCentral Alberta
Census division13
Municipal districtLac Ste. Anne County
Government
 • TypeUnincorporated
 • Governing bodyLac Ste. Anne County Council
Population
 (2008)[1]
 • Total32
Time zoneUTC−07:00 (MST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−06:00 (MDT)
Area code(s)780, 587, 825

Rich Valley is a hamlet in central Alberta, Canada within Lac Ste. Anne County.[2] It is located on Highway 33, approximately 70 kilometres (43 mi) northwest of Edmonton.

History[]

Rich Valley was originally called "Onion Prairie".[3] The first post office was established in the home of the Carlin family in 1909.[3]

Demographics[]

The population of Rich Valley according to the conducted by Lac Ste. Anne County is 32.[1]

Infrastructure[]

Rich Valley Public Library

Rich Valley School - Northern Gateway Public Schools (K-7)

Rich Valley Community Church

Notable people[]

Georges Charles-Jules Bugnet, Canadian writer and horticulturalist, did much of his plant hybridization work at Rich Valley.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Alberta Population Summary: Alberta's Hamlets Alphabetically, 2010" (PDF). Alberta Population. Retrieved September 25, 2021.
  2. ^ "Specialized and Rural Municipalities and Their Communities" (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. January 12, 2022. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
  3. ^ a b Lac Ste. Anne Historical Society. Archives Committee (1959). West of the Fifth: a history of Lac Ste. Anne Municipality. Edmonton, CA: The Institute of Applied Art Ltd. p. 229.
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