List of ghost towns in Alberta explained

The province of Alberta has several ghost towns that have been completely or partially abandoned.[1] Many of Alberta's ghost towns exist as a result of a number of failed coal mining operations in the area during the early 20th century.

Ghost towns are communities that once had a considerable population, that have since dwindled in numbers causing some or all its business to close, either due to the rerouting of a highway, train tracks being pulled, or exhaustion of some natural resource.

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List of ghost towns

Ghost townMunicipalityLocationAboutPeak population
(year)		Latest population
(year)
AldersonCypress County
(1911)
AlexoClearwater CountyFormer coal mining community[2]
(1951)[3]
AllerstonCounty of Warner No. 5
AllinghamKneehill County
ArdleyRed Deer County[4] 52.261°N -113.228°W
(1991)
AltoradoCounty of Forty Mile No. 8
Amber ValleyAthabasca County
AnsellYellowhead County
(1951)
AnthraciteImprovement District No. 9 (Banff National Park)
(1911)
ArdenodeWheatland County
(2016)[5]
BankheadImprovement District No. 9 (Banff National Park)Former coal mining community
(1911)
BardoBeaver County
Battle BendFlagstaff County
Beazer
(2008)
Belloy
BickerdikePost office closed in 1956
(1911)
BindlossSpecial Area No. 2
(1991)
BinghamCounty of Forty Mile No. 849.48°N -111.276°W
BlissYellowhead County
(1956)[6]
Bow CityVulcan Countyhttp://www.ghosttowns.com/canada/alberta/bowcity.htm
Brush HillCounty of Minburn No. 27
BuffaloSpecial Area No. 2
BulwarkCounty of Paintearth No. 18
ButteClearwater County
CadominYellowhead County
(1941)
(2016)
CambriaTown of Drumheller
(1951)
Chisholm MillsMunicipal District of Lesser Slave River No. 124
(1941)
(2016)
Coal ValleyYellowhead County
(1951)
CoalspurYellowhead County
(1951)
CommerceLethbridge County
(1921)
ConquervilleCounty of Forty Mile No. 8
ConradCounty of Forty Mile No. 8
Del BonitaCardston County
(2008)
DorothySpecial Area No. 2
(1991)
East CouleeTown of Drumheller
(1941)
(2016)
Embarras LandingYellowhead County
EvartsRed Deer County
(1911)
FaithCounty of Forty Mile No. 8
Flowerdale[7] The settlement was abandoned in the early 1920s and destroyed by a prairie fire soon after.[8] Flowerdale had a post office, Flowerdale Holdings, a general store, a schoolhouse and many other businesses.
FoothillsYellowhead County
(1956)
FrankMunicipality of Crowsnest Pass
(1906)[9]
(2016)
Frankburg[10]
GeorgetownMunicipal District of Bighorn No. 8
Harrisville[11]
Judson
Kimball
(2008)
KovachKananaskis Improvement District
Legend
LehighTown of Drumheller
(1941)
LilleMunicipal District of Ranchland No. 66
(1906)
LuscarYellowhead CountyFormer coal mining community
(1941)
MannixBrazeau County
(1961)
Maybutt
MercoalYellowhead CountyFormer coal mining community
(1951)
MintlawRed Deer County
MitfordRocky View County
Mountain ParkYellowhead CountyFormer coal mining community
NordeggClearwater CountyFormer coal mining community/National Historic Site
(1951)
(1986)[12]
PakowkiCounty of Forty Mile No. 8
PassburgMunicipality of Crowsnest Pass
(1911)[13]
Port CornwallMunicipal District of Lesser Slave River No. 124
(1913)[14]
Pendant d'OreilleCounty of Forty Mile No. 8
QueenstownVulcan County
(1911)
(2007)[15]
RaleyCardston County
RetlawMunicipal District of Taber
(1921)
RowleyStarland County
(1951)
(2013)[16]
RoyaltiesFoothills County
(1941)
St. MichaelLamont County
(1951)
(1991)[17]
SeebeMunicipal District of Bighorn No. 8
(1951)
(2016)
StercoYellowhead County
(1941)
TaylorvilleCardston County
TollertonYellowhead County
(1916)[18]
TraversVulcan County
(2007)
Twin River
Violet GroveBrazeau County
(1956)
(2005)[19]
WardlowSpecial Area No. 2
(1991)
WayneTown of Drumheller
(1941)
Whiskey Gap
WhitfordLamont County
(1981)[20]
WhitlaCounty of Forty Mile No. 8
WimborneKneehill County
(1951)
(2016)
WindfallWoodlands CountyFormer gas plant community founded by Canadian Fina Oil Ltd.[21]
(1961)[22]
WinnifredCounty of Forty Mile No. 8
(1941)
Woolford
(1986)
WostokLamont County
(1991)
YatesYellowhead County
(1951)

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External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Alberta Ghost Towns . Ghost towns in Canada . 30 October 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071024194217/http://www.ghosttownscanada.ca/gallery/showgallery.php/cat/506 . 24 October 2007 . dead .
  2. Morgan, O. 1948. Bighorn and Saunders. Western Miner, vol. 21, no. 8, p. 96.
  3. Book: Ninth Census of Canada, 1951 . . SP-7 (Population: Unincorporated villages and hamlets) . 55–57 . 31 March 1954 . 24 October 2021.
  4. Web site: Fantastic Mrs. Fox. 28 July 2017. TALES OF BASEBALL.
  5. Web site: Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and designated places, 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Alberta) . . 7 February 2018 . 28 August 2021.
  6. Book: Census of Canada, 1956 . . Population of unincorporated villages and settlements . 56–59 . 25 October 1957 . 24 October 2021.
  7. Book: Roads to Rose Lynn: Rose Lynn Book Club. Roads to Rose Lynn. 1978.
  8. Book: Roads to Rose Lynn: Rose Lynn Book Club. Roads to Rose Lynn. 1978. 445.
  9. Book: 1906 Census: Northwest Provinces (Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta) . I: Population of 1906 Compared with 1901 . . Ottawa . 55–78 . Table 1: Population by sexes in 1906 and 1901 . 1907 . 24 October 2021.
  10. Book: Fencelines and Furrows History Book Society. Fencelines and Furrows. 1971. 35. 6 August 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20150924063013/http://www.ourfutureourpast.ca/loc_hist/page.aspx?id=3606338. 24 September 2015. dead.
  11. Book: Shaw, Keith. Chief mountain country : a history of Cardston and district. Volume I. 1978. Cardston and District Historical Society. Cardston, Alberta. 0-919213-89-8. 63. 13 June 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20150924075955/http://www.ourfutureourpast.ca/loc_hist/page.aspx?id=803555. 24 September 2015. dead.
  12. Web site: Census Canada 1986: Population – Unincorporated Places (Population and Dwelling Counts – Canada) . . July 1988 . 23 February 2020.
  13. Book: Fifth Census of Canada, 1911 . .
  14. Web site: Population Data 1913 . Alberta Municipal Affairs . 1913 . 6 July 2011.
  15. Web site: Alberta Population Summary: Alberta's Hamlets Alphabetically, 2010 . Alberta Population . 25 September 2021.
  16. Web site: Past Census Trackers: 2013 Municipal Censuses . Alberta Population . 25 September 2021.
  17. Web site: 91 Census: Unincorporated Places – Population and Dwelling Counts . . June 1993 . 23 February 2020.
  18. Web site: Population Data 1916 . Alberta Municipal Affairs . 1916 . 6 July 2011.
  19. Web site: Regular Council Meeting . Brazeau County . 47 (PDF page 70) . 30 August 2005 . 25 September 2021.
  20. Web site: 1981 Census of Canada: Place Name Reference List – Western Provinces and the Territories . . May 1983 . 23 February 2020.
  21. Web site: Oil & Gas – 1950 to 1960s . Whitecourt Web (which summarized from Sagitawah Saga by Doreen Olecko, along with other source works) . 10 October 2010.
  22. Book: 1961 Census of Canada, Series SP, Population – Unincorporated Villages, Bulletin SP–4 . Dominion Bureau of Statistics . 1961.

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