Lundbreck Explained

Lundbreck
Settlement Type:Hamlet
Pushpin Map:Canada Alberta
Pushpin Label Position:none
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Lundbreck in Alberta
Pushpin Mapsize:220
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Canada
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Alberta
Subdivision Type2:Census division
Subdivision Name2:No. 3
Subdivision Type3:Municipal district
Subdivision Name3:Municipal District of Pincher Creek No. 9
Government Type:Unincorporated
Leader Title:Governing body
Leader Name:Municipal District of Pincher Creek No. 9 Council
Area Footnotes: (2021)
Area Land Km2:0.42
Population As Of:2021
Population Total:289
Population Density Km2:690.4
Timezone:MST
Utc Offset:−7
Timezone Dst:MDT
Utc Offset Dst:−6
Coordinates:49.5856°N -114.1619°W
Elevation M:1200

Lundbreck is a hamlet in southern Alberta, Canada within the Municipal District of Pincher Creek No. 9.[1] It is located on the south side of Highway 3, approximately 3km (02miles) east of the southern terminus of Highway 22, east of the Municipality of Crowsnest Pass, west of the Village of Cowley and west of the Town of Pincher Creek. It has an elevation of .

It is part of Census Division No. 3 and the federal riding of Macleod.

History

Lundbreck was incorporated in 1907, celebrated its centennial in 2007, and was named for two coal miners (Lund and Breckenridge).

Lundbreck started out as a coal mining town, quickly growing to a size of about 1,000 people until the coal mines closed, at which time it quickly shrank.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Lundbreck had a population of 289 living in 134 of its 145 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 236. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.[2]

As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Lundbreck had a population of 236 living in 113 of its 141 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2011 population of 244. With a land area of 0.42km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[3]

Education

Livingstone School is a K-12, 1A school that was instituted in 1955, as a more modern alternative to the then practice of using several small, one room, multiple grade, rural schools. Kids were bussed in from the local area rural schools from Cowley and the northwest portion of the M.D. of Pincher Creek No. 9.

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Notable people

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Specialized and Rural Municipalities and Their Communities . Alberta Municipal Affairs . Alberta Municipal Affairs . 2010-04-01 . 2010-07-03 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120229060335/http://municipalaffairs.gov.ab.ca/documents/msb/2010-ruralmun.pdf . 2012-02-29 .
  2. Web site: Population and dwelling counts: Canada and designated places . . February 9, 2022 . February 10, 2022.
  3. Web site: Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and designated places, 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Alberta) . . February 8, 2017 . February 13, 2017.