Clairmont, Alberta
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Clairmont is a hamlet in northern Alberta, Canada within the County of Grande Prairie No. 1.[1] Previously an incorporated municipality, Clairmont dissolved from village status on January 1, 1946 to become part of the Municipal District of Bear Lake No. 740.[2]
Clairmont is located in the Peace Country, along Highway 2, approximately Script error: No such module "convert". north of Grande Prairie and Script error: No such module "convert". south of Sexsmith.
Clairmont lies at an elevation of Script error: No such module "convert"., on the western shore of Clairmont Lake.[3] Initially the area was commonly known as Twin Lakes.[4] The first use of the name "Clairmont" was in 1907 by the earliest surveyor of the township boundaries, JB Saint Cyr.[5]
History
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Development of the townsite really got started once it was surveyed and after the arrival of the Edmonton, Dunvegan & British Columbia Railway in 1916. By the end of 1916, the townsite had a railway station, two or three grain elevators, an agent's house, the Buffalo Lakes Lumber Yard, Clairmont Hotel, a Union Bank, a butcher shop, several stores, a Baptist church, and a handful of residences.[6] On September 10, 1915 the Clairmont Lake School District was opened.[4] A post office was established in 1916.[7] In 1922, a large fire consumed many Clairmont businesses, while a train station was built in 1923.
Clairmont was incorporated as a village in 1917, but renounced the village status in 1946 after a downturn in economy caused by the Great Depression. It eventually became the location of the County of Grande Prairie No. 1's municipal office.
A new school was built with municipal funding in 2007 and opened in 2008.
Demographics
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The Hamlet of Clairmont had a population of 5,135 in the 2021 Census of Population.[8]
See also
- List of communities in Alberta
- List of former urban municipalities in Alberta
- List of hamlets in Alberta
References
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