Tollerton | |
Settlement Type: | Former village |
Pushpin Relief: | yes |
Pushpin Map: | CAN AB Yellowhead#Alberta |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Tollerton |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Alberta |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Type3: | Planning region |
Subdivision Name3: | Upper Athabasca |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipal district |
Subdivision Name4: | Yellowhead County |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Title1: | Incorporated (village) |
Established Date1: | December 27, 1913 |
Established Title2: | Dissolved |
Established Date2: | January 26, 1918 |
Timezone: | MST |
Utc Offset: | −7 |
Timezone Dst: | MDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | −6 |
Coordinates: | 53.5358°N -116.4694°W |
Postal Code Type: | Forward sortation area |
Area Code: | 780 / 587 |
Tollerton is a former village in central Alberta, Canada within Yellowhead County. It was located on the former Canadian Northern Railway along the north shore of the McLeod River,[1] approximately 6km (04miles) southwest of the Town of Edson.
Tollerton was established as a division point along the Canadian Northern Railway. Its rail facilities included a train station, a timber water tank, an ice house, a bunk house, a steam-heated engine house, and three rail sidings with capacity to hold 249 cars.[2]
The community incorporated as the Village of Tollerton on December 27, 1913. In 1917, a decision was made to close the Canadian Northern Railway line in favour of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway through Edson to the north, resulting in the demise of Tollerton.[2] Subsequently, the community dissolved from village status on January 26, 1918.
In the 1916 Census of Prairie Provinces, Tollerton had a population of 49,[3] although Alberta Municipal Affairs indicated that it had a population of 180 in the same year.[4]