| Queenstown | |
| Settlement Type: | Hamlet |
| Pushpin Relief: | yes |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada Alberta#Canada |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Queenstown |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Alberta |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Southern Alberta |
| Subdivision Type3: | Census division |
| Subdivision Name3: | 5 |
| Subdivision Type4: | Municipal district |
| Subdivision Name4: | Vulcan County |
| Government Type: | Unincorporated |
| Leader Title1: | Governing body |
| Leader Name1: | Vulcan County Council |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Population As Of: | 2007 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 8 |
| Timezone: | MST |
| Utc Offset: | −07:00 |
| Timezone Dst: | MDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −06:00 |
| Coordinates: | 50.6394°N -112.9394°W |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Area Code: | 403, 587, 825 |
| Blank Name: | Highways |
| Blank1 Name: | Waterways |
Queenstown is a hamlet in southern Alberta, Canada within Vulcan County. It is located approximately south of Highway 1 and southeast of Calgary.
The locality was founded in 1888 by surveyor and land promoter Edward Dawson. Edward Dawson had come to the Queenstown area when he surveyed it as part of the Dominion Land Survey.
Returning to England, he formed the Queenstown Colonization Company and announced he would found a new settlement that would be named Queenstown.[2] [3]
Dawson rented sixteen sections of land at Queenstown and built the first house there. The venture ran into misfortune, a prairie fire and then an epidemic of Glanders amongst the horses. He died at Edmonton in 1901.[4]
Despite the early misfortunes, the small townsite continued to develop, with the construction of the Queenstown Hotel and the establishment of several ranches in the area.[5] [6] [7]
The population of Queenstown according to the 2007 municipal census conducted by Vulcan County is 8.[1]