Mossleigh

{{Infobox settlement

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|settlement_type = Hamlet

|image_skyline = Mossleigh Alberta elevators.jpg

|image_caption = Mossleigh elevators

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|pushpin_map_caption = Location of Mossleigh

|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = Canada

|subdivision_type1 = Province

|subdivision_name1 = Alberta

|subdivision_type2 = Region

|subdivision_name2 = Southern Alberta

|subdivision_type3 = Census division

|subdivision_name3 = 5

|subdivision_type4 = Municipal district

|subdivision_name4 = Vulcan County

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|government_type = Unincorporated

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|leader_title1 = Governing body

|leader_name1 = Vulcan County Council

|established_title = Established

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|population_as_of = 2007

|population_footnotes = {{cite web | url=http://www.altapop.ca/popsums/2010/2010hamletsalpha.pdf | title=Alberta Population Summary: Alberta's Hamlets Alphabetically, 2010 | publisher=Alberta Population | access-date=September 25, 2021}}

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|population_total = 53

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|timezone = MST

|utc_offset = −07:00

|timezone_DST = MDT

|utc_offset_DST = −06:00

|coordinates = {{coord|50|43|13|N|113|19|28|W|region:CA-AB|display=inline,title}}

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|postal_code_type = Postal code

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|area_code = 403, 587, 825

|blank_name = Highways

|blank_info = Highway 24

|blank1_name = Railways

|blank1_info = Canadian Pacific Kansas City

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Mossleigh is a hamlet in southern Alberta, Canada within Vulcan County.{{AltaML}} It is located on Highway 24, approximately {{convert|63|km}} southeast of Calgary.

Demographics

The population of Mossleigh according to the 2007 municipal census conducted by Vulcan County is 53.

{{Historical populations

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| source = Statistics Canada
{{1951CDNcuipr}}{{1956CDNcuipr}}{{1961CDNcuipr}}{{1966CDNcuipr}}{{1971CDNcuipr}}{{1976CDNcuipr}}{{1981CDNcuipr}}{{1986CDNcuipr}}{{1991CDNcuipr}}

|1941|82

|1951|71

|1956|69

|1961|47

|1966|60

|1971|48

|1976|55

|1981|45

|1986|41

|1991|47

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Services

Mossleigh has a community hall, gas station/convenience store, a motel, and a restaurant.{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/mossleighbarngrill/|title= Mossleigh Bar n Grill |author=Mossleigh Bar n Grill |website= Facebook |access-date=2016-08-14}} The Mossleigh community school built in 1953 was closed in 1988 and is now privately owned. The former two room high school is also privately owned.{{Cite web|url=http://vulcancountyhistory.com/2010/09/mossleigh-school-no-4050/|title= MOSSLEIGH SCHOOL NO. 4050 |author=Vulcan County History |date=2010-09-20 |access-date=2016-08-14}}

Attractions

File:GrainElevators.jpg

Mossleigh is home to a Lions Club campground,{{Cite web|url=http://www.e-clubhouse.org/sites/mossleigh/|title= Mossleigh Lions Club |author=Lions Club |access-date=2016-08-14}} while Aspen Crossing, located one kilometre west of Mossleigh, features a rail dining car with dinner theatre, a rail station with a gift store and a garden centre, and a campground with caboose cabins.{{cite web | url=http://www.aspencrossing.com/ | title=Aspen Crossing - Celebrating our Railroad Ties | publisher=Aspen Crossing | access-date=2012-05-28}} Mossleigh is also home to three wooden grain elevators. Two are owned by Cousins Ian and Eric Donovan and the third is currently owned by Parrish & Heimbecker.{{Cite web|url=http://www.vulcanadvocate.com/2012/03/26/mossleigh-area-residents-plan-to-maintain-hamlets-row-of-three-grain-elevators|title= Mossleigh-area residents plan to maintain hamlet's row of three grain elevators |author=Simon Ducatel - Vulcan Advocate |date=2012-03-26 |access-date=2016-08-14}} The town also has an active car club.{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/mossleighcarclub/|title= Mossleigh Car Club |author=Mossleigh Car Club |website= Facebook |access-date=2016-08-14}}

The former United Church of Mossleigh was active between 1948 and 2003 when dwindling congregation numbers forced its closure, and amalgamation with the United Church in nearby Arrowwood, Alberta. The church building had been a one-room schoolhouse that operated as the Sunset Valley School S.D. #3236 from 1915 to 1939. Low enrollment caused its closure. The schoolhouse sat empty from 1939 to 1946 when it was purchased by the Mossleigh Blindcreek Ladies Aide, who also purchased two lots in Mossleigh for the building to be relocated to. A cornerstone was laid in a ceremony on May 25, 1947 and was attended by 150 people. The next year was spent moving, remodeling and redecorating the school building so it was fit for church services.Furrows of Time 1883-1982. A History of Arrowwood & Shouldice, Mossleigh & Farrow, Pg. 441-2

In early 2017, Vulcan County recognized the former United Church building in the town as a municipal historic resource. The church is the only building in Vulcan County to be recognized as a municipal historic resource. This designation allows the owner to apply for provincial grants towards the restoration and upkeep of the building.{{Cite web|url=https://www.vulcanadvocate.com/2018/03/15/vulcan-county-designates-its-first-building-as-a-municipal-historic-resource/wcm/db3d7327-54e1-53bc-78d5-7c3ad66ceeca|title=Vulcan County designates its first building as a municipal historic resource}}