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Sharples, Alberta
Sharples is a ghost town in southern Alberta, Canada within the badlands region of Kneehill County. The community is located along the former track bed of the Canadian Pacific Railway, Carbon- Drumheller branch line. It was built in the 1920s when the CPR line was extended through the area. The community was the site of two grain elevators serving local farmers. At its peak in the 1940s the elevators were handling over 100,000 bushels of wheat per year and a small number of houses surrounded them for those who worked there. The branch line, and with it the grain elevators, were shut in 1982 as the coal industry in the area dwindled making it unprofitable for the CPR. The elevator owned by the Alberta Wheat Pool was demolished, but the Parrish & Heimbecker grain elevator remains standing. See also *List of communities in Alberta The province of Alberta, Canada, is divided into ten types of local governments – urban municipalities (including cities, towns, villages and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sharples Alberta Grain Elevator (9873996046)
Sharples may refer to: People * Adam Sharples (born 1954), British executive * Charlie Sharples (born 1989), English rugby union footballer * Eliza Sharples (1805–1852), British writer and lecturer on freethought, radical politics and women's rights * Ellen Sharples (1769–1849), English painter * George Sharples (1943–2020), English footballer * James Sharples (other) * Jeff Sharples (born 1967), Canada former National Hockey League player * John Sharples (other) * Katrina Sharples, New Zealand biostatistician and violist * Kayla Sharples (born 1997), American soccer player * Linda Sharples, British statistician * Mike Sharples (born 1952), British academic * Pamela Sharples, Baroness Sharples (1923–2022), wife of Richard Sharples * Philip M. Sharples (1857–1944), American inventor and industrialist * Pita Sharples (born 1941), Maori academic and politician * Richard Sharples (1916–1973), British politician assassinated while Governor of Bermu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parrish & Heimbecker
Parrish & Heimbecker Limited is a Canadian grain company with about 1,500 employees across Canada and the northern United States. The company has several divisions including flour milling, feed milling, grain marketing, transportation and logistics. It is a private, family-owned business founded in 1909. This Canadian-owned, vertically integrated business is one of the largest full-service grain-handling and crop-input supply companies in Canada. It is the largest Canadian-owned milling company in Canada, with animal nutrition, poultry farming and food-processing divisions in Western and Eastern Canada. In 2002, the company acquired a grain elevator at Dutton Siding, Manitoba from Agricore United. The elevator is located between Gilbert Plains and Grandview. History Parrish and Heimbecker was begun in 1909 by William Parrish and Norman G. Heimbecker. Until 1918, the firm bought and sold grain on the Winnipeg Grain Exchange, but did not operate grain elevators. In 1918, P& ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosebud, Alberta
Rosebud, Alberta is a hamlet in southern Alberta, Canada within Wheatland County. Previously an incorporated municipality, Rosebud dissolved from village status on January 1, 1946, to become part of the Municipal District of Grasswold No. 248. Rosebud is located on Highway 840, approximately northeast of Calgary and southwest of Drumheller. It sits in a sheltered valley on the Rosebud River near the edge of the Canadian Badlands. This area was called ''Akokiniskway'' by the Blackfoot people, which translates roughly to "by the river of many roses". History The hamlet was founded in the 1885 by James Wishart. While following the ''Gleichen Trail'' to Montana with his family, they awoke to the river valley covered by wild roses, Alberta's official flower. Wishart then reportedly said, "Here's the promised land, we go no further." The beauty of the valley has attracted many people throughout the years, from nature lovers to artists. Notable artists A. Y. Jackson and H. G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Redland, Alberta
Redland is an unincorporated community in Alberta, Canada within Wheatland County that is recognized as a designated place by Statistics Canada. It is located on Range Road 222A, west of Highway 840. Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Redland had a population of 20 living in 11 of its 12 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 15. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Redland had a population of 15 living in 8 of its 9 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2011 population of 15. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016. See also *List of communities in Alberta The province of Alberta, Canada, is divided into ten types of local governments – urban municipalities (including cities, towns, villages and summer villages), specialized municipalities, rural m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rockyford, Alberta
Rockyford is a village in southern Alberta, Canada. It is approximately east of Calgary and southwest of Drumheller. It was founded in 1913 upon the arrival of the Canadian National Railway. Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Rockyford had a population of 395 living in 144 of its 154 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 316. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Rockyford recorded a population of 316 living in 144 of its 151 total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 325. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016. See also *List of communities in Alberta *List of villages in Alberta A village is an urban municipality status type used in the Canadian province of Alberta. Alberta villages are created when communities with populations of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hesketh, Alberta
Hesketh is a hamlet in southern Alberta, Canada within Kneehill County. It is located approximately west of Drumheller. The community has the name of J. A. Hesketh, a railroad official. Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Hesketh had a population of 10 living in 6 of its 6 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 10. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Hesketh had a population of 10 living in 5 of its 5 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2011 population of 15. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016. See also *List of communities in Alberta *List of designated places in Alberta *List of hamlets in Alberta Hamlets in the province of Alberta, Canada, are unincorporated communities administered by, and within the boundaries of, specialized municipalities o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Munson, Alberta
Munson is a village in central Alberta, Canada. It is located 13 km north of the Town of Drumheller along Highway 9 and the Canadian National Railway tracks. History Prior to the end of World War I, Munson was the site of a Ukrainian Canadian internment camp where non-citizen immigrant prisoners laboured on the railway. The camp, which remained open until March 21, 1919, consisted of shelters made of railway cars.Report on Internment Operations Canada • Report By Major-General Sir William Otter, K.C.B., C.V.O • Ottawa, Thomas Mulvey Internment Operations, 1914 1920 Director Internment Operations Printer To the King's Most Excellent Majesty, 1921 Canada's first national internment operations, 1914-1920 Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Munson had a population of 170 living in 74 of its 82 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 192. With a land area of , it had a population density o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghost Pine Creek, Alberta
Kneehill County is a municipal district in central Alberta, Canada within Census Division No. 5. Geography Communities and localities The following urban municipalities are surrounded by Kneehill County: ;Cities *none ; Towns * Three Hills (location of municipal office) * Trochu ; Villages * Acme *Carbon * Linden ; Summer villages *none The following hamlets are located within Kneehill County: ; Hamlets * Bircham *Hesketh *Huxley * Sunnyslope *Swalwell * Torrington (dissolved from village status in December 1997) * Wimborne The following localities are located within Kneehill County: ;Localities *Allingham *Bargrave * Beynon *Buoyant *Cosway *Curlew *Dunphy *Entice *Equity * Gatine *Ghost Pine *Ghost Pine Creek *Grainger *Helmer *Highland Ranch *Kirkpatrick *Perbeck * Sharples *Taylor *Tolman *Twining Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Kneehill County had a population of 4,992 living in 1,746 of its 1,912 total p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Three Hills, Alberta
Three Hills is a town in southern Alberta, Canada. It takes its name from the three somewhat-larger-than-normal hills to its north. History Three Hills post office dates from 1904. Three Hills was incorporated as a village in 1912, the year it was moved to its current location on the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway line running between Tofield and Calgary. With ranchers and farmers constituting its first residents, it soon became a centre for the surrounding wheat-growing area. In 1922, Prairie Bible Institute (now named Prairie College) was established in Three Hills with L. E. Maxwell as its first principal. This occurrence helped to increase the population of the town proper and its adjacent settlements. By the mid 1980s, the college campus and the nearby hamlets of Grantville and Ruarkville were annexed to the town. Although a relatively small community, Three Hills hosted the Alberta Seniors Games in the summer of 1998. The town was chosen to host this event because ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Communities In Alberta
The province of Alberta, Canada, is divided into ten types of local governments – urban municipalities (including cities, towns, villages and summer villages), specialized municipalities, rural municipalities (including municipal districts (often named as counties), improvement districts, and special areas), Métis settlements, and Indian reserves. All types of municipalities are governed by local residents and were incorporated under various provincial acts, with the exception of improvement districts (governed by either the provincial or federal government), and Alberta's Indian reserves (governed by local band governments under federal jurisdiction). Alberta also has numerous unincorporated communities (including urban service areas, hamlets and a townsite) that are not independent municipalities in their own right. However, they are all recognized as sub-municipal entities by Ministry of Municipal Affairs under the jurisdiction of specialized municipalities o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alberta Wheat Pool
The Alberta Wheat Pool was the first of Canada's wheat farmer co-operatives in 1923. History Early years In 1923, the United Farmers of Alberta met with then Attorney General John Edward Brownlee to consider setting up a Wheat Pool just in Alberta. On the advice of Aaron Sapiro, a California lawyer they created a non-share, non-profit organization responsible solely for selling wheat for the best advantage. It was set up as a one-man, one-vote organization, with a 5-year contract required to deliver 100% of his commercial wheat to the Pool. United Grain Growers grain company and the Alberta Pacific Elevator company agreed to accept Pool deliveries in their facilities. Other elevator owners quickly agreed to accept Pool wheat when they realized the |
Ghost Town
Ghost Town(s) or Ghosttown may refer to: * Ghost town, a town that has been abandoned Film and television * ''Ghost Town'' (1936 film), an American Western film by Harry L. Fraser * ''Ghost Town'' (1956 film), an American Western film by Allen H. Miner * ''Ghost Town'' (1988 film), an American horror film by Richard McCarthy (as Richard Governor) * ''Ghost Town'' (2008 film), an American fantasy comedy film by David Koepp * ''Ghost Town'', a 2008 TV film featuring Billy Drago * '' Derek Acorah's Ghost Towns'', a 2005–2006 British paranormal reality television series * "Ghost Town" (''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation''), a 2009 TV episode Literature * ''Ghost Town'' (''Lucky Luke'') or ''La Ville fantôme'', a 1965 ''Lucky Luke'' comic *''Ghost Town'', a Beacon Street Girls novel by Annie Bryant *''Ghost Town'', a 1998 novel by Robert Coover *''Ghosttown'', a 2007 novel by Douglas Anne Munson Music * Ghost Town (band), an American electronic band * ''Ghost Town'', a 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
