Mayerthorpe
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Mayerthorpe Template:IPAc-en is a town in central Alberta, Canada. It is approximately Script error: No such module "convert". northwest of Edmonton at the intersection of Highway 43 and Highway 22 (Cowboy Trail). The town is surrounded by Lac Ste. Anne County and is in Alberta's Census Division No. 13.
History
The name of the post office, established in 1915, honours R. I. Mayer, the first postmaster. "Thorpe" is from the Old English for hamlet or village.[1]
Mayerthorpe incorporated as a village on March 5, 1927.[2] It then incorporated as a town just over 34 years later on March 20, 1961.[2]
On March 3, 2005, four officers serving with the Mayerthorpe and Whitecourt detachments of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) were killed in the Mayerthorpe tragedy.
On July 29, 2008, the Mayerthorpe Arena was destroyed by a fire. In 2011, after three years of planning and fundraising, the new arena, now called the Mayerthorpe Exhibition Centre, was officially opened.[3]
In 2016, a string of suspicious fires in the area resulted in the destruction of a CN trestle bridge.[4] The bridge was rebuilt shortly thereafter, in about twenty days.[5]
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Town of Mayerthorpe had a population of 1,343 living in 551 of its 615 total private dwellings, a change of Script error: No such module "Percentage". from its 2016 population of 1,320. With a land area of Template:Cvt, it had a population density of Template:Pop density in 2021.[6][7]
In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Town of Mayerthorpe recorded a population of 1,320 living in 540 of its 600 total private dwellings, a Script error: No such module "Percentage". change from its 2011 population of 1,398. With a land area of Script error: No such module "convert"., it had a population density of Template:Pop density in 2016.[8]
Media
The local weekly newspaper serving Mayerthorpe and area is the Mayerthorpe Freelancer.[9]
Sports
The Whitecourt Wild Senior "AA" ice hockey team was added to the North Central Hockey League in 2013. The team plays in the Mayerthorpe Exhibition Centre.[10]
Notable Residents
See also
References
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- ↑ Andrea Ross, "Former Mayerthorpe mayor defends son accused of arson in CN fire," CBC News May 1, 2016, URL accessed May 1, 2016.
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External links
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