Dimsdale | |
Settlement Type: | Hamlet |
Pushpin Relief: | yes |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Alberta#Canada |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Dimsdale |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Alberta |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Northern Alberta |
Subdivision Type3: | Census division |
Subdivision Name3: | 19 |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipal district |
Subdivision Name4: | County of Grande Prairie No. 1 |
Government Type: | Unincorporated |
Leader Title1: | Governing body |
Leader Name1: | County of Grande Prairie No. 1 Council |
Established Title: | Established |
Population As Of: | 1981 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 25 |
Timezone: | MST |
Utc Offset: | −07:00 |
Timezone Dst: | MDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | −06:00 |
Coordinates: | 55.1439°N -118.99°W |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Area Code: | 780, 587, 825 |
Blank Name: | Highways |
Blank1 Name: | Waterways |
Dimsdale is a hamlet in northern Alberta, Canada within the County of Grande Prairie No. 1. It was established on March 30 of 2001 and is located south of Highway 43, approximately west of Grande Prairie.
The hamlet was named after Henry George Wadsworth Dimsdale, a construction engineer on the extension of the Edmonton, Dunvegan and British Columbia Railway.[2] [3]
Dimsdale recorded a population of 25 in the 1981 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada.[1]