Lodgepole, Alberta
{{short description|Hamlet in Brazeau County, Alberta, Canada}}
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Lodgepole is a hamlet in central Alberta, Canada within Brazeau County.{{cite web|url=http://municipalaffairs.gov.ab.ca/documents/msb/2010-ruralmun.pdf |title=Specialized and Rural Municipalities and Their Communities |publisher=Alberta Municipal Affairs |date=2010-04-01 |access-date=2010-06-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229060335/http://municipalaffairs.gov.ab.ca/documents/msb/2010-ruralmun.pdf |archive-date=2012-02-29 }} It is located approximately {{convert|31|km}} west of Highway 22 and {{convert|131|km}} southwest of Edmonton.
History
The Town of Lodgepole was established on July 1, 1956, and had a population of 508 by 1961.{{cite book | title=1961 Census of Canada | series=Series 1.1: Historical, 1901–1961 | volume=I: Population | year=1963 | publisher=Dominion Bureau of Statistics | location=Ottawa | pages=6.81 and 6.124 | chapter=Table 6: Population by census subdivisions, 1901–1961}} The population declined to 207 by 1966.{{cite book | title=Census of Canada, 1966 | volume=Population, Specified Age Groups and Sex for Counties and Census Subdivisions, 1966 | year=1968 | publisher=Dominion Bureau of Statistics | location=Ottawa | page=111 | chapter=Population by specified age groups and sex, for census subdivisions, 1966}} The town was dissolved in 1970, becoming a hamlet.{{Cite book|last=AECOM|title=Brazeau County. Hamlet of Lodgepole Area Structure Plan|publisher=AECOM|year=2017|url=https://www.brazeau.ab.ca/database/files/library/PD_Lodgepole_ASP_20170418(1).pdf|pages=5}}
On October 17, 1982, a sour gas well AMOCO DOME BRAZEAU RIVER 13-12-48-12, being drilled 20 km west of Lodgepole, blew out.{{Cite book|last=Lodgepole Blowout Inquiry Panel|title=REPORT TO THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL WITH RESPECT TO AN INQUIRY HELD INTO THE BLOWOUT OF THE WELL, AMOCO DOME BRAZEAU RIVER 13-12-48-12|publisher=Energy Resources Conservation Board|year=1984|url=https://archive.org/stream/lodgepoleblowout00lodg_1/lodgepoleblowout00lodg_1_djvu.txt}} The burning well was finally capped 67 days later by the Texas well-control company, Boots & Coots.{{Cite news|last=Zdeb|first=Chris|url=https://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-news/dec-23-1982-lodgepole-sour-gas-well-blowout-finally-capped/|title=Dec. 23, 1982: Lodgepole sour gas well blowout finally capped|date=December 23, 2014|work=Edmonton Journal|access-date=April 26, 2020}}
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Lodgepole had a population of 117 living in 58 of its 70 total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:117-116}}|116|1}} from its 2016 population of 116. With a land area of {{cvt|1.74|km2}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|117|1.74|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, Lodgepole had a population of 116 living in 53 of its 59 total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:116-125}}|125|1}} from its 2011 population of 125. With a land area of {{convert|1.75|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|116|1.75|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}}
See also
References
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