Carvel, Alberta

{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2023}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}

{{Infobox settlement

|official_name = Carvel

|settlement_type = Hamlet

|pushpin_map = Alberta

|pushpin_map_caption = Location of Carvel within Alberta

|leader_title = Mayor

|leader_name = {{Parkland County Council|mayor}}

|leader_title1 = Governing body

|leader_name1 = {{Parkland County Council}}

|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = Canada

|subdivision_type1 = Province

|subdivision_name1 = Alberta

|subdivision_type2 = Region

|subdivision_name2 = Central Alberta

|subdivision_type3 = Census Division

|subdivision_name3 = No. 11

|subdivision_type4 = Municipal district

|subdivision_name4 = Parkland County

|timezone = MST

|utc_offset = −7

|timezone_DST = MDT

|utc_offset_DST = −6

|coordinates = {{coord|53|31|51|N|114|12|36|W|region:CA-AB|display=inline}}

|population_as_of = 2009

|population_footnotes =

|population_note =

|population_total = 19

|postal_code_type = Postal code span

|postal_code = T7Y 3P2

|area_code = 780

|blank_name =

|blank_info =

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|website = [http://www.parklandcounty.com Parkland County]

|footnotes =

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Carvel is a hamlet in Alberta, Canada within Parkland County.{{AltaML}} It is located on Highway 770, approximately {{convert|35|km|mi}} west of Edmonton. The hamlet's name is derived from the novel Richard Carvel by the American writer Winston Churchill.{{cite book|title=Place-names of Alberta|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015070267029;view=1up;seq=34|year=1928|publisher=Geographic Board of Canada|location=Ottawa|page=30}}

Carvel's largest building is the St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church and adjoining community hall.

In August 2008, a memorial to the founding pioneer families of Carvel was placed at the entrance to the church's graveyard.

Carvel is home to the CASCV Weather Radar Station, which functions as central Alberta's main weather radar station with an average range of about {{convert|240|km|abbr=on}}.[http://weather.gc.ca/radar/index_e.html?id=WHK Weather Radar - Carvel]

{{Coord|53|31|51|N|114|12|36|W|display=title}}