Scapa | |
Settlement Type: | Hamlet |
Pushpin Map: | CAN AB Special Area 2 # Alberta |
Pushpin Label Position: | none |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Scapa in Special Area No. 2 |
Coordinates: | 51.8727°N -111.9895°W |
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: | No. 4 |
Subdivision Type4: | Special Area |
Subdivision Name4: | Special Area No. 2 |
Government Type: | Unincorporated |
Leader Title1: | Governing body |
Leader Name1: | Special Areas Board |
Elevation M: | 791 |
Timezone1: | Mountain Time Zone |
Utc Offset1: | -7 |
Timezone1 Dst: | Mountain Time Zone |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | -6 |
Scapa is a hamlet located in Special Area No. 2 in Alberta, Canada. It had a population of 4 in 1975.[1] The former Canadian National Railway line that travelled past the community was completed in 1934.[2] In 2020 the community erected a memorial to the victims of a 1906 blizzard that hit Scapa.[3] Scapa is home to St. Peter's Lutheran Church and at one point also had two grain elevators.[4]