Enchant,_Alberta

Enchant, Alberta

Enchant, Alberta

Hamlet in Alberta, Canada

Enchant is a hamlet in southern Alberta, Canada within the Municipal District of Taber.[1] It is on Highway 526 and the Canadian Pacific Kansas City railway, between Vauxhall and Lomond. It has an elevation of 810 metres (2,660 ft).

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The hamlet is located in census division No. 2 and in the federal riding of Medicine Hat.

Enchant was once incorporated as a village but was dissolved from village status on February 1, 1945.[2] The railroad arrived in 1914 and the first grain elevator was completed in 1915.[3]

Demographics

The Municipal District of Taber's 2016 municipal census counted a population of 259 in Enchant,[4] a -10.4% change from the hamlet's 2013 municipal census population of 289.[5]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Specialized and Rural Municipalities and Their Communities" (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. January 12, 2022. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
  2. [2]
    "Table 6a: Population by census divisions and subdivisions showing reorganization of rural areas, 1931-1946". Census of the Prairie Provinces, 1946. Vol. I: Population. Ottawa: Dominion Bureau of Statistics. 1949. p. 416.
  3. [3]
    Book Committees of Sundial, Enchant, and Retlaw (1967). Drybelt Pioneers of Sundial, Enchant, Retlaw. Sundial, Alberta. p. 112. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved July 8, 2013.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. [4]
    "About Us: Population & Statistics". Municipal District of Taber. Archived from the original on October 12, 2016. Retrieved October 8, 2016.
  5. [5]
    "MD Connection (newsletter): Fountain of Youth?" (PDF) (PDF). Municipal District of Taber. Summer 2013. p. 7. Retrieved August 29, 2013.[permanent dead link]


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