Beaver Mines
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}
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|subdivision_type1 = Province
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|subdivision_type2 = Region
|subdivision_name2 = Southern Alberta
|subdivision_type3 = Municipal district
|subdivision_name3 = Municipal District of Pincher Creek No. 9
|subdivision_type4 = Census Division
|subdivision_name4 = No. 3
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| area_land_km2 = 0.66
|population_as_of = 2021
|population_total = 85
|population_density_km2 = 129.3
|timezone = MST
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|utc_offset_DST = −6
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Beaver Mines is a hamlet in southern Alberta, Canada within the Municipal District of Pincher Creek No. 9.{{AltaML}} It is located in the foothills of the Canadian Rockies on Highway 507, approximately {{convert|19|km|abbr=on}} west of Pincher Creek.
History
The community was formed with the opening of a coal mine in the early 1900s. At one time Beaver Mines had over 1,500 residents. Because of the requirement for steel (rail tracks) during the wars and the reduction in the need for coal, the coal mines eventually closed and the community residents moved away. The last mine shut down its operations in 1971 and currently the mine site and many of the building foundations are on private land. For the past 30 years Beaver Mines has been considered a ghost town and has had numerous write-ups in ghost town books.
= Contemporary issues =
Currently, due largely to the expansion of Castle Mountain Resort and the growth of Calgary to the north, the hamlet has begun to grow again as a popular recreational destination.{{Citation needed|date=March 2010}}
Climate
Beaver mines has a humid continental climate (Dfb) with mild to warm summers and cold, snowy winters with heavy snowfall for 8 months of the year. Late Spring and early Summer tends to be the wettest time of the year.{{Weather box
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| location = Beaver Mines (1981-2010)
| Jan record high C = 13.3
| Feb record high C = 16.5
| Mar record high C = 22
| Apr record high C = 30.6
| May record high C = 30
| Jun record high C = 32.2
| Jul record high C = 35.6
| Aug record high C = 33.9
| Sep record high C = 35
| Oct record high C = 28.3
| Nov record high C = 23.9
| Dec record high C = 21.1
| Jan high C = 0.2
| Feb high C = 1.2
| Mar high C = 4.8
| Apr high C = 10.1
| May high C = 15.1
| Jun high C = 18.9
| Jul high C = 23.3
| Aug high C = 23.0
| Sep high C = 17.5
| Oct high C = 11.1
| Nov high C = 3.1
| Dec high C = −0.3
| year high C = 10.7
| Jan mean C = −4.7
| Feb mean C = −3.8
| Mar mean C = −0.5
| Apr mean C = 4.4
| May mean C = 8.9
| Jun mean C = 12.7
| Jul mean C = 16.0
| Aug mean C = 15.4
| Sep mean C = 10.8
| Oct mean C = 5.7
| Nov mean C = −1.2
| Dec mean C = −4.6
| year mean C = 4.9
| Jan low C = −9.5
| Feb low C = −8.7
| Mar low C = −5.7
| Apr low C = −1.3
| May low C = 2.7
| Jun low C = 6.4
| Jul low C = 8.5
| Aug low C = 7.8
| Sep low C = 4.1
| Oct low C = 0.2
| Nov low C = −5.4
| Dec low C = −8.9
| year low C = −0.8
| Jan record low C = −45.6
| Feb record low C = −43.3
| Mar record low C = −39.4
| Apr record low C = −27.8
| May record low C = −20.6
| Jun record low C = −3.9
| Jul record low C = −3.5
| Aug record low C = −7.0
| Sep record low C = −11.7
| Oct record low C = −29.4
| Nov record low C = −38.3
| Dec record low C = −44.4
| Jan precipitation mm = 35.0
| Feb precipitation mm = 38.9
| Mar precipitation mm = 52.5
| Apr precipitation mm = 60.3
| May precipitation mm = 92.4
| Jun precipitation mm = 108.9
| Jul precipitation mm = 50.9
| Aug precipitation mm = 48.7
| Sep precipitation mm = 61.1
| Oct precipitation mm = 46.8
| Nov precipitation mm = 50.4
| Dec precipitation mm = 33.9
| year precipitation mm = 679.8
| precipitation colour = green
| Jan rain mm = 4.4
| Feb rain mm = 3.2
| Mar rain mm = 4.5
| Apr rain mm = 17.2
| May rain mm = 74.2
| Jun rain mm = 107.4
| Jul rain mm = 50.9
| Aug rain mm = 47.2
| Sep rain mm = 54.7
| Oct rain mm = 19.6
| Nov rain mm = 11.9
| Dec rain mm = 4.0
| year rain mm = 399.2
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| Jan snow cm = 30.6
| Feb snow cm = 35.7
| Mar snow cm = 48.0
| Apr snow cm = 43.1
| May snow cm = 18.2
| Jun snow cm = 1.6
| Jul snow cm = 0.0
| Aug snow cm = 1.5
| Sep snow cm = 6.4
| Oct snow cm = 27.2
| Nov snow cm = 38.5
| Dec snow cm = 29.9
| year snow cm = 280.6
| unit precipitation days = 0.2 mm
| Jan precipitation days = 7.0
| Feb precipitation days = 7.3
| Mar precipitation days = 9.9
| Apr precipitation days = 9.2
| May precipitation days = 11.4
| Jun precipitation days = 11.5
| Jul precipitation days = 7.6
| Aug precipitation days = 8.1
| Sep precipitation days = 8.7
| Oct precipitation days = 7.2
| Nov precipitation days = 8.3
| Dec precipitation days = 7.0
| year precipitation days = 103.2
| unit rain days = 0.2 mm
| Jan rain days = 1.6
| Feb rain days = 0.9
| Mar rain days = 2.4
| Apr rain days = 4.7
| May rain days = 10.3
| Jun rain days = 11.5
| Jul rain days = 7.6
| Aug rain days = 8.0
| Sep rain days = 8.3
| Oct rain days = 4.7
| Nov rain days = 2.9
| Dec rain days = 1.1
| year rain days = 63.9
| unit snow days = 0.2 cm
| Jan snow days = 5.7
| Feb snow days = 6.6
| Mar snow days = 8.0
| Apr snow days = 5.6
| May snow days = 2.2
| Jun snow days = 0.0
| Jul snow days = 0.0
| Aug snow days = 0.1
| Sep snow days = 1.2
| Oct snow days = 3.7
| Nov snow days = 6.1
| Dec snow days = 6.2
| year snow days = 45.4
| source ={{cite web |url= http://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_normals/results_1981_2010_e.html?stnID=2366&lang=e&province=AB&provSubmit=go&dCode=1 |title= Canadian Climate Normals 1981-2010 Station Data |publisher= Environment Canada |access-date=2016-03-18 }}
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Demographics
{{stack|{{Historical populations
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{{1981CDNcuipr}}{{1986CDNcuipr}}{{1991CDNcuipr}}{{1996CDNcdplr}}{{cite web | url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/english/census01/products/standard/popdwell/Table-CSD-D.cfm?PR=48 | title=Population and Dwelling Counts, for Canada, Provinces and Territories, and Census Divisions, 2001 and 1996 Censuses - 100% Data (Alberta) | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=August 15, 2012 | accessdate=September 19, 2024}}{{cite web | url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/hlt/97-550/Index.cfm?TPL=P1C&Page=RETR&LANG=Eng&T=1302&SR=1&S=1&O=A&RPP=9999&PR=48&CMA=0 | title=Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and designated places, 2006 and 2001 censuses - 100% data (Alberta) | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=July 20, 2021 | accessdate=September 19, 2024}}{{cite web | url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/hlt-fst/pd-pl/Table-Tableau.cfm?LANG=Eng&T=1302&PR=48&S=51&O=A&RPP=25 | title=Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and designated places, 2011 and 2006 censuses (Alberta) | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=February 8, 2012 | access-date=September 19, 2024}}
|1981|30
|1986|47
|1991|54
|1996|60
|2001|65
|2006|71
|2011|80
|2016|82
|2021|85
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In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Beaver Mines had a population of 85 living in 43 of its 64 total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:85-82}}|82|1}} from its 2016 population of 82. With a land area of {{cvt|0.66|km2}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|85|0.66|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/cv.action?pid=9810001201 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada and designated places | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=February 10, 2022}}
As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Beaver Mines had a population of 82 living in 36 of its 59 total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:82-80}}|80|1}} from its 2011 population of 80. With a land area of {{convert|0.66|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|82|0.66|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2016.{{cite web | url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/hlt-fst/pd-pl/Table.cfm?Lang=Eng&T=1301&SR=1&S=45&O=A&RPP=9999&PR=48&CMA=0#tPopDwell | title=Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and designated places, 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Alberta) | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=8 February 2017 | access-date=13 February 2017}}
See also
References
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{{Geographic Location (8-way)
| Centre = Beaver Mines
| North = Longview
| Northeast = Cowley
| East = Pincher Creek
| Southeast = Hill Spring
| South = Waterton Lakes National Park
| Southwest = Castle Mountain Resort
| West = Canadian Rockies
| Northwest = Crowsnest Pass
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Category:Designated places in Alberta