Elmworth

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|subdivision_type1 = Province

|subdivision_name1 = Alberta

|subdivision_type2 = Census division

|subdivision_name2 = No. 19

|subdivision_type3 = Municipal district

|subdivision_name3 = County of Grande Prairie No. 1

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|government_type = Unincorporated

|leader_title = Reeve

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|population_as_of = 1981

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|timezone = MST

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Elmworth is a hamlet in northern Alberta, Canada within the County of Grande Prairie No. 1.{{AltaML}} It is located on Highway 722 north of the Wapiti River and east of the British Columbia border. It has an elevation of {{convert|715|m|ft}}. The Elmworth natural gas field stretches west and south of the hamlet.

The hamlet is located in census division No. 19 and in the federal riding of Peace River. The hamlet of Elmworth formed around Elmworth School District 3791, established in March 1919 and named after Elmworth, New Brunswick, home of settler Franklin Brewer.{{cite book|last1=Aubrey|first1=Merrily K.|title=Place Names of Alberta Volume IV|date=1996|publisher=University of Calgary Press|location=Calgary, Alberta|isbn=1-895176-59-X|page=65|edition=1st|ref=Place Names of Alberta Volume IV}} Classes began in a borrowed log cabin until the school could be built on the SE quarter of section 16, township 70, range 11, west of the 6th meridian.{{cite book|last1=Nutting|first1=Mary B|title=A Grande Education|date=2010|publisher=South Peace Regional Archives|location=Grande Prairie, Alberta|isbn=978-0-9735665-0-5|pages=49–50|edition=1st|ref=A Grande Education}} On 1 December 1920 a post office was opened in the Brewer home,{{cite web|title=Post Offices and Post Masters|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/postal-heritage-philately/post-offices-postmasters/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=22262&|website=Library and Archives Canada|publisher=Government of Canada|access-date=4 January 2016|ref=Post Offices and Post Masters}} and in 1927, the Brewers decided to add a country store to their services. They built a new home, store and post office across from the school on the NW quarter of section 9. The store also contained the government telephone.{{cite book |last1=Stacey |first1=Earl C. |title=Beaverlodge to the Rockies |date=1974 |publisher=Beaverlodge and District Historical Association |location=Beaverlodge, Alberta |isbn=0-919212-52-2 |pages=255–258 |edition=1st |ref=Beaverlodge to the Rockies}} These two buildings formed the nucleus of the hamlet of Elmworth until the Elmworth Hall was added in 1947, a Community Church in 1948, and the Elmworth Cemetery soon after.{{cite web|title=Herald Tribune, August 26, 1948|url=http://www.ourfutureourpast.ca/newspapr/np_page2.asp?code=nebp0782.jpg|website=Our Future Our Past|publisher=Alberta Heritage Digitization Project|access-date=4 January 2016|ref=Our Future Our Past}}{{cite web|title=Herald Tribune, December 9, 1948|url=http://www.ourfutureourpast.ca/newspapr/np_page2.asp?code=nebp0874.jpg|website=Our Future Our Past|publisher=Alberta Heritage Digitization Project|access-date=4 January 2016|ref=Our Future Our Past}}

Climate

{{Weather box

|location = Elmworth, Alberta

|metric first = yes

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|Jan record high C = 16.5

|Feb record high C = 19.0

|Mar record high C = 17.0

|Apr record high C = 29.4

|May record high C = 32.0

|Jun record high C = 33.0

|Jul record high C = 35.5

|Aug record high C = 37.5

|Sep record high C = 32.5

|Oct record high C = 26.5

|Nov record high C = 19.4

|Dec record high C = 14.0

|year record high C = 37.5

|Jan high C = -5.7

|Feb high C = -2.3

|Mar high C = 2.1

|Apr high C = 10.3

|May high C = 16.8

|Jun high C = 20.7

|Jul high C = 22.7

|Aug high C = 21.8

|Sep high C = 16.6

|Oct high C = 9.3

|Nov high C = -0.4

|Dec high C = -3.8

|year high C = 9.0

|Jan mean C = -11.6

|Feb mean C = -8.7

|Mar mean C = -4.1

|Apr mean C = 3.5

|May mean C = 9.4

|Jun mean C = 13.4

|Jul mean C = 15.5

|Aug mean C = 14.3

|Sep mean C = 9.5

|Oct mean C = 3.2

|Nov mean C = -5.5

|Dec mean C = -9.3

|year mean C = 2.5

|Jan low C = -17.5

|Feb low C = -15.1

|Mar low C = -10.4

|Apr low C = -3.4

|May low C = 1.9

|Jun low C = 6.2

|Jul low C = 8.2

|Aug low C = 6.8

|Sep low C = 2.3

|Oct low C = -3.0

|Nov low C = -10.7

|Dec low C = -14.8

|year low C = -4.1

|Jan record low C = -56.7

|Feb record low F = -64.0

|Mar record low C = -41.7

|Apr record low C = -28.0

|May record low C = -15.0

|Jun record low C = -2.0

|Jul record low C = -3.0

|Aug record low C = -4.5

|Sep record low C = -9.0

|Oct record low C = -32.0

|Nov record low C = -40.0

|Dec record low C = -44.4

|year record low C = -56.7

|precipitation colour = green

|Jan precipitation mm = 22.4

|Feb precipitation mm = 16.8

|Mar precipitation mm = 18.1

|Apr precipitation mm = 16.6

|May precipitation mm = 44.4

|Jun precipitation mm = 74.4

|Jul precipitation mm = 81.1

|Aug precipitation mm = 62.8

|Sep precipitation mm = 45.9

|Oct precipitation mm = 30.0

|Nov precipitation mm = 21.8

|Dec precipitation mm = 18.8

|year precipitation mm = 453.0

|rain colour =green

|Jan rain mm = 0.1

|Feb rain mm = 0.1

|Mar rain mm = 0.5

|Apr rain mm = 9.0

|May rain mm = 40.7

|Jun rain mm = 74.4

|Jul rain mm = 81.1

|Aug rain mm = 62.6

|Sep rain mm = 45.1

|Oct rain mm = 17.9

|Nov rain mm = 1.8

|Dec rain mm = 0.4

|year rain mm = 333.7

|snow colour = green

|Jan snow cm = 22.4

|Feb snow cm = 16.7

|Mar snow cm = 17.6

|Apr snow cm = 7.6

|May snow cm = 3.7

|Jun snow cm = 0.0

|Jul snow cm = 0.0

|Aug snow cm = 0.2

|Sep snow cm = 0.8

|Oct snow cm = 12.1

|Nov snow cm = 19.9

|Dec snow cm = 18.4

|year snow cm = 119.3

|source 1 = Environment Canada{{cite web

|url =http://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_normals/results_1981_2010_e.html?stnID=2693&lang=e&dCode=0&province=ALTA&provBut=Go&month1=0&month2=12| title = Elmworth, Alberta| work = Canadian Climate Normals 1981–2010| date = 31 October 2011| publisher = Environment Canada| language = en, fr| access-date = 11 March 2014}}

|date=August 2010

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Demographics

Elmworth recorded a population of 8 in the 1981 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada.

Amenities

The hamlet is served by a school, the Elmworth School, administered by the Peace Wapiti School Division. The K-9 school has about 80 students.{{Cite web|url=http://www2.pwsd76.ab.ca/elmworth/index.html |title=Elmworth School |author=Peace Wapiti School Division |access-date=2010-08-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706163921/http://www2.pwsd76.ab.ca/elmworth/index.html |archive-date=6 July 2011 }}

A curling club was established in the community in 1963{{Cite web|url=http://www.discoverthepeacecountry.com/htmlpages/elmworth.html|title=Elmworth|author=Discover the Peace Country|access-date=2010-08-16}} and is still operational, offering two ice sheets and a yearly bonspiel. A rural store serves the hamlet and nearby settlements and farms. A church serving different denominations is now closed.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}

The Elmworth gas plant is operated by ConocoPhillips Canada immediately south of the settlement. It was opened in 1979 by Canadian Hunter Exploration.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}