Alsike, Alberta

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{{Location map|Canada Alberta|lat= 53.1917|long=-114.4639|width=200|caption=Location of Alsike Alberta|label= Alsike}} Alsike is an unincorporated place in central Alberta in Leduc County, located on Highway 39, Highway 22. It is {{convert|61|km}} west of Leduc. The first general store opened in 1938.{{cite book|last=Martin|first=Isobel|title=Forests to Grainfields|year=1977|publisher=Berrymoor/Carnwood Historical Society|location=Berrymoor, Alberta|isbn=0-919213-36-7|page=17|url=http://www.ourfutureourpast.ca/loc_hist/page.aspx?id=482051|access-date=2013-08-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924075926/http://www.ourfutureourpast.ca/loc_hist/page.aspx?id=482051|archive-date=2015-09-24|url-status=dead}}

Alsike is notable for its horse farms and dude ranches.[http://www.equinenow.com/farms/alsike-alberta.htm Equine Now website]. Accessed January 11, 2010.[http://www.cowboy.com/index.php?nav=listing&id=41130 Horse farm listings at Cowboy.com website] and [http://www.cowboy.com/index.php?nav=listing&id=40296 Equine 101 Seminar Listing at Cowboy.com]. Accessed January 11, 2010.

The Fort Saskatchewan Correctional Facility has an affiliated Alsike Camp.Correctional Services Division, "Guide to Sentencing Resources," May 2007, found at [http://www.assembly.ab.ca/lao/library/egovdocs/2007/alsg/164881.pdf Alberta Assembly official website]. Accessed January 11, 2010.

The Alsike area has been studied for its fungus outbreaks, first Ambrosiella and Raffaelea in certain trees, spread by symbiotic host beetles.Richard A. Roepell and John R. J. French, Ambrosia Fungi of the Western United States and Canada - Beetle Associations (Coleoptera Scolytidae) Tree Hosts, and Distributions, found at [http://www.vetmed.wsu.edu/org_nws/NWSci%20journal%20articles/1981%20files/Issue%204/v55%20p305%20Roeper%20and%20French.PDF Vet Med website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610041439/http://www.vetmed.wsu.edu/org_nws/NWSci%20journal%20articles/1981%20files/Issue%204/v55%20p305%20Roeper%20and%20French.PDF |date=2011-06-10 }}. Accessed January 11, 2010. In 1983, the area's clover (which is a major part of horses' diet) was struck by a fungus epidemic of Olpidium brassicae and Ligniera species, previously not seen in Canada.J. P. Tewari and P. Bains, Fungi associated with the roots of clover in Alberta. I. Olpidium brassicae and Ligniera sp.

Canadian Plant Disease Survey 63:2, 1983 35, found at [http://www.cps-scp.ca/download/cpds-archive/vol63/CPDS_Vol_63_No_2_(35-38)1983.pdf CPS-SCP of Canada website]{{Dead link|date=October 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. Accessed January 11, 2010.