DeBolt

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DeBolt is a hamlet in northern Alberta, Canada within the Municipal District of Greenview No. 16.[1] Henry DeBolt, an early postmaster, gave the community his last name.[2]

The hamlet is located in census division No. 18.

Geography

DeBolt is located in Peace Country, Script error: No such module "convert". east from Grande Prairie and Script error: No such module "convert". west of Valleyview along Highway 43. It lies in the Smoky River valley, at an elevation of Script error: No such module "convert"..

It gives the name to the Debolt Formation, a stratigraphical unit first described in a well located Script error: No such module "convert". north of the settlement.[3]

Demographics

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In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, DeBolt had a population of 132 living in 66 of its 73 total private dwellings, a change of Script error: No such module "Percentage". from its 2016 population of 121. With a land area of Template:Cvt, it had a population density of Template:Pop density in 2021.[4]

As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, DeBolt had a population of 121 living in 55 of its 78 total private dwellings, a change of Script error: No such module "Percentage". from its 2011 population of 133. With a land area of Script error: No such module "convert"., it had a population density of Template:Pop density in 2016.[5]

Economy

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Attractions

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Infrastructure

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Services

The community has a church, a pub, a general store with restaurant and a gas station.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Notable residents

  • Ken Belford, a poet
  • Roy Bickell, a fossil hunter, philanthropist and local historian[7][8]

See also

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References

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