Rich_Valley,_Alberta

Rich Valley, Alberta

Rich Valley, Alberta

Hamlet in Alberta, Canada

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.

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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 2008 municipal census conducted by Lac Ste. Anne County, is 32.[1]

Infrastructure

  • Rich Valley Public Library[4]
  • Rich Valley School[5] - 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
  • William Purdy, former MLA of Stoney Plain (1971–1986) and first mayor of the Village of Wabuman

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Alberta Population Summary: Alberta's Hamlets Alphabetically, 2010" (PDF). Alberta Population. Retrieved September 25, 2021.
  2. [2]
    "Specialized and Rural Municipalities and Their Communities" (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. January 12, 2022. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
  3. [3]
    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.
  4. [4]
    Rich Valley Public Library
  5. [5]
    Rich Valley School
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