Compeer, Alberta

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Compeer is a hamlet in east-central Alberta, Canada within Special Area No. 4.{{AltaML}}{{Cite web | url=http://stds.statcan.gc.ca/sgc-cgt/2006/sgcsl-cgtrl-fin-eng.asp?criteria=4804020 | title=Standard Geographical Classification 2006 – Special Area No. 4, geographical codes and localities, 2006 | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=March 5, 2010 | access-date=July 11, 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706182142/http://stds.statcan.gc.ca/sgc-cgt/2006/sgcsl-cgtrl-fin-eng.asp?criteria=4804020 | archive-date=July 6, 2011 | url-status=dead }} Previously an incorporated municipality, Compeer dissolved from village status on December 31, 1936, to become part of the Municipal District of Neutral Hills No. 331.{{cite web | url=http://ourfutureourpast.ca/law/page.aspx?id=3055678 | title=The Alberta Gazette, 1936 (Volume 32) – Change in the Status of the Village of Compeer to that of a Hamlet, and the Lands Added to the Municipal District of Neutral Hills, No. 331 | publisher=Government of Alberta | pages=1281–1282 | date=December 1, 1936 | access-date=October 11, 2015 }}{{Dead link|date=July 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Compeer is located on an abandoned track of the Railink Central Western railway, north of Highway 12 and west of the Alberta–Saskatchewan border. It is approximately {{convert|14|km|mi}} east of Altario.

Founded in 1901, Compeer was a spot Aboriginals used to camp. Its literal meaning is camp here. When explorers came to Compeer, natives told them to camp here. Due to a misinterpretation, explorers thought the area was called Compeer.{{Cite web |date=2022-06-06 |title=Hamlet Of Compeer {{!}} Lacombe Regional Tourism |url=https://lacombetourism.com/communities/hamlet-of-compeer/ |access-date=2024-12-27 |website=lacombetourism.com |language=en-US}}