| Lodgepole | |
| Settlement Type: | Hamlet |
| Pushpin Relief: | yes |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada Alberta#Canada |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Lodgepole |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Alberta |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Central Alberta |
| Subdivision Type3: | Census division |
| Subdivision Name3: | 11 |
| Subdivision Type4: | Municipal district |
| Subdivision Name4: | Brazeau County |
| Government Type: | Unincorporated |
| Leader Title1: | Governing body |
| Leader Name1: | Brazeau County Council |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Area Footnotes: | (2021) |
| Area Land Km2: | 1.74 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Total: | 117 |
| Population Density Km2: | 67.2 |
| Timezone: | MST |
| Utc Offset: | −07:00 |
| Timezone Dst: | MDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −06:00 |
| Coordinates: | 53.1006°N -115.3136°W |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Area Code: | 780, 587, 825 |
| Blank Name: | Highways |
| Blank1 Name: | Waterways |
Lodgepole is a hamlet in central Alberta, Canada within Brazeau County.[1] It is located approximately west of Highway 22 and southwest of Edmonton.
The Town of Lodgepole was established on July 1, 1956, and had a population of 508 by 1961.[2] The population declined to 207 by 1966.[3] The town was dissolved in 1970, becoming a hamlet.[4]
On October 17, 1982, a sour gas well AMOCO DOME BRAZEAU RIVER 13-12-48-12, being drilled 20 km west of Lodgepole, blew out.[5] The burning well was finally capped 67 days later by the Texas well-control company, Boots & Coots.[6]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Lodgepole had a population of 117 living in 58 of its 70 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 116. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.[7]
As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Lodgepole had a population of 116 living in 53 of its 59 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2011 population of 125. With a land area of 1.75km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[8]