DeBolt

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DeBolt is a hamlet in northern Alberta, Canada within the Municipal District of Greenview No. 16.{{AltaML}} Henry DeBolt, an early postmaster, gave the community his last name.{{cite book|title=Place-names of Alberta|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015070267029;view=1up;seq=45|year=1928|publisher=Geographic Board of Canada|location=Ottawa|page=41}}

The hamlet is located in census division No. 18.

Geography

DeBolt is located in Peace Country, {{convert|58|km|mi|abbr=on}} east from Grande Prairie and {{convert|54|km|mi|abbr=on}} west of Valleyview along Highway 43. It lies in the Smoky River valley, at an elevation of {{convert|640|m|ft|abbr=on}}.

It gives the name to the Debolt Formation, a stratigraphical unit first described in a well located {{convert|10|km|mi}} north of the settlement.{{Cite web|url=http://cgkn1.cgkn.net/weblex/weblex_litho_detail_e.pl?00053:003842 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120711082741/http://cgkn1.cgkn.net/weblex/weblex_litho_detail_e.pl?00053:003842 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-07-11 |title=Debolt Formation |author=Lexicon of Canadian Geologic Units |access-date=2009-02-10 }}

Demographics

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| source = Statistics Canada
{{1951CDNcuipr}}{{1956CDNcuipr}}{{1961CDNcuipr}}{{1966CDNcuipr}}{{1971CDNcuipr}}{{1976CDNcuipr}}{{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}}

|1941|29

|1951|88

|1956|111

|1961|87

|1966|66

|1971|79

|1976|63

|1981|117

|1986|106

|1991|103

|1991{{abbr|A|adjusted}}|106

|1996|116

|2001|124

|2006|128

|2011|133

|2016|121

|2021|132

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In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, DeBolt had a population of 132 living in 66 of its 73 total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:132-121}}|121|1}} from its 2016 population of 121. With a land area of {{cvt|2.79|km2}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|132|2.79|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, DeBolt had a population of 121 living in 55 of its 78 total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:121-133}}|133|1}} from its 2011 population of 133. With a land area of {{convert|2.79|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|121|2.79|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=February 8, 2017 | access-date=February 13, 2017}}

Economy

The economy is based on agriculture, ranching and oil and gas. Forestry, logging and plywood production are other elements of the economy. Star Industries, Star Fabrication, DeBolt Contracting, P&G Kitchens, and Moore Seed are some of the main employers of the area.

Attractions

The Hubert Memorial Park, a collection of early buildings and artifacts, is located in DeBolt, while Legion Hall is part of the DeBolt and District Pioneer Museum.{{citation needed|date=July 2012}}

File:DeBolt Pioneer Museum 10-06-2017 (1).jpg|DeBolt Alberta's Hubert Memorial Park

File:DeBolt Pioneer Museum 10-06-2017 (2).jpg|Mehlum Barn at the Hubert Memorial Park

File:DeBolt Pioneer Museum 10-06-2017 (3).jpg|Classic tractor at the Hubert Memorial Park

File:DeBolt Pioneer Museum 10-06-2017 (5).jpg|Turner Home in the Hubert Memorial Park

File:DeBolt Pioneer Museum 10-06-2017 (4).jpg|Old school house and current gift shop

Infrastructure

The hamlet is served by DeBolt Aerodrome {{Airport codes||||CFG4}}, located {{convert|1|NM|lk=in|abbr=on}} north of the community.{{CFS}} DeBolt also has a fire hall for volunteer firefighters.{{citation needed|date=July 2012}}

Services

The community has a church, a pub, a general store with restaurant and a gas station.{{citation needed|date=July 2012}}

Notable residents

Ken Belford, a poet
Roy Bickell, a fossil hunter, philanthropist and local historian{{cite web |url= http://www.yourlifemoments.ca/sitepages/obituary.asp?oid=870288 |title= Roy Allen Bickell - Obituary |access-date=8 August 2017 }}{{cite web |url= http://www.dailyheraldtribune.com/2015/03/26/bickells-community-legacy-impossible-to-quantify |title= Bickell's community legacy impossible to quantify |publisher= Daily Herald Tribune |access-date= 8 August 2017 |archive-date= August 9, 2017 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170809001939/http://www.dailyheraldtribune.com/2015/03/26/bickells-community-legacy-impossible-to-quantify |url-status= dead }}