Enchant, Alberta Explained

Enchant
Settlement Type:Hamlet
Pushpin Map:Canada Alberta
Pushpin Label Position:none
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Enchant in Alberta
Pushpin Mapsize:220
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Canada
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Alberta
Subdivision Type2:Census division
Subdivision Name2:No. 2
Subdivision Type3:Municipal district
Subdivision Name3:Municipal District of Taber
Government Type:Unincorporated
Leader Title:Governing body
Leader Name:Municipal District of Taber Council
Timezone:MST
Utc Offset:−7
Timezone Dst:MDT
Utc Offset Dst:−6
Coordinates:50.17°N -112.4225°W
Elevation M:810

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

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.[1] The railroad arrived in 1914 and the first grain elevator was completed in 1915.[2] Enchant was the site of the 1917 founding of the Evangelical Free Church of Canada.[3]

Demographics

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

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: Census of the Prairie Provinces, 1946 . I: Population . 1949 . . Ottawa . 416 . Table 6a: Population by census divisions and subdivisions showing reorganization of rural areas, 1931-1946.
  2. Book: Book Committees of Sundial, Enchant, and Retlaw. Drybelt Pioneers of Sundial, Enchant, Retlaw. 1967. Sundial, Alberta. 112. 2013-07-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20150924062642/http://www.ourfutureourpast.ca/loc_hist/page.aspx?id=1076577. 2015-09-24. dead.
  3. George A. Rawlyk, Mark A. Noll, Amazing Grace: Evangelicalism in Australia, Britain, Canada, and the United States, McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP, Canada, 1994, p. 326
  4. Web site: About Us: Population & Statistics . Municipal District of Taber . October 8, 2016 . October 12, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161012192713/http://mdtaber.ab.ca/149/About-Us . dead .
  5. Web site: MD Connection (newsletter): Fountain of Youth? . Municipal District of Taber . 7 . PDF . Summer 2013 . August 29, 2013 .