Chinook, Alberta

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|settlement_type = Hamlet

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|subdivision_type1 = Province

|subdivision_name1 = Alberta

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|subdivision_name2 = Southern Alberta

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|subdivision_name4 = Special Area No. 3

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|leader_name1 = Special Areas Board

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|population_as_of = 1991

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|population_total = 38

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|timezone = MST

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|area_code = 403, 587, 825

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Chinook is a hamlet in southern Alberta, Canada within Special Area No. 3.{{AltaML}}{{Cite web |url=http://stds.statcan.gc.ca/sgc-cgt/2006/sgcsl-cgtrl-fin-eng.asp?criteria=4804012 |title=Standard Geographical Classification 2006 – Special Area No. 3, geographical codes and localities, 2006 |author=Statistics Canada |author-link=Statistics Canada |date=2010-03-05 |access-date=2010-07-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706182136/http://stds.statcan.gc.ca/sgc-cgt/2006/sgcsl-cgtrl-fin-eng.asp?criteria=4804012 |archive-date=2011-07-06 |url-status=dead }} It is located on Highway 9 approximately {{convert|119|km}} northeast of Brooks.

Chinook was named after the Chinook wind, a "warm dry westerly wind from the Rocky Mountains."{{Cite web |title=Place-names of Alberta / Pub. for the Geographic board by the Department of the interior |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015070267029&seq=37 |access-date=2025-03-17 |website=HathiTrust |language=en}}