Mountain View is a

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, Canada within

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. It is located along Highway 5 approximately west of

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and east of

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near the

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border. It is also a kickoff point for visitors to Police Outpost Provincial Park, 18 kilometers to the south. The hamlet is located in Census Division No. 3 and in the federal riding of

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. It is administered by Cardston County. It was originally named Fish Creek and named Mountain View in 1893.

Demographics

In the

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conducted by

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, Mountain View had a population of 87 living in 29 of its 34 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 90. 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, Mountain View had a population of 90 living in 29 of its 38 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2011 population of 80. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016.

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Cardston County Hamlets in Alberta Former villages in Alberta Designated places in Alberta Latter-day Saint settlements in Canada {{SouthernAlberta-geo-stub

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