Rochfort Bridge

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Rochfort Bridge is a hamlet in Alberta, Canada within Lac Ste. Anne County.{{AltaML}} It is located approximately {{convert|105|km|mi}} northwest of Edmonton and {{convert|8|km|mi}} east of Mayerthorpe. Rochfort Bridge is named for Cooper (Cowper) Rochfort, who with his associate, Percy Michaelson, homesteaded on the Paddle River at the point where the old trail from Lac Ste. Anne to the MacLeod River crossed the Paddle River.{{Cite book|last=Lac Ste. Anne Historical Society, Archives Committee|title=West of the Fifth: a history of Lac Ste. Anne Municipality|publisher=The Institute of Applied Art Ltd.|year=1959|location=Edmonton, CA|pages=49–50}}

One of North America’s longest wooden train trestles is located just east of the hamlet, which crosses over the Paddle River valley and Highway 43. Rochfort Bridge Trestle was built in 1919 by Canadian Northern Railway.

{{stack|File:Old-Railroad-Bridge-near-Sangudo-(AB).jpg}}