Lodgepole
Hamlet
Lodgepole is located in Alberta
Lodgepole
Lodgepole
Location of Lodgepole
Lodgepole is located in Canada
Lodgepole
Lodgepole
Lodgepole (Canada)
Coordinates: 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
 (2021)[1]
 • Land1.74 km2 (0.67 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Total117
 • Density67.2/km2 (174/sq mi)
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

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Lodgepole had a population of 117 living in 58 of its 70 total private dwellings, a change of 0.9% from its 2016 population of 116. With a land area of 1.74 km2 (0.67 sq mi), it had a population density of 67.2/km2 (174.2/sq mi) in 2021.[1]

As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Lodgepole had 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.[8]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Population and dwelling counts: Canada and designated places". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
  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. Vol. I: Population. Ottawa: Dominion Bureau of Statistics. 1963. pp. 6.81 and 6.124.
  4. ^ "Population by specified age groups and sex, for census subdivisions, 1966". Census of Canada, 1966. Vol. 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 (PDF). AECOM. p. 5.
  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. Energy Resources Conservation Board.
  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, 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Alberta)". Statistics Canada. February 8, 2017. Retrieved February 13, 2017.


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