Wainwright, Alberta
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| Motto: Buffalo Capital of Canada | |
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| Census Division | No. 7 |
| Municipal District | Wainwright No. 61 |
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| Founded | 1905 (Denwood) 1908 (Wainwright) |
| Incorporated | 1910 |
| Population:
Town Population |
5,365 (2005) |
| Population density: | /km² |
| Time zone: | Mountain: UTC -7 |
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Latitude: |
52° 50' 02" N 110° 51' 25" W |
| Elevation: | 675 meters (2200 ft) m MSL |
| Highways | Highway 14 Highway 41 |
| Waterways | Arm Lake / Clear Lake Riverdale Mini Park Battle River |
| Mayor: | Norman Coleman |
| Governing body: | Wainwright Town Council |
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Wainwright is a small town on the prairies of eastern Alberta, Canada.
It is located on the north side of the railroad, with CFB Wainwright (aka. Western Area Training Centre -WATC-, or Denwood) located on the south side. Town is lies about 57 km south of Vermilion, in the Battle River valley, along Highway 41, called the Buffalo Trail. Highway 14 also passes through this town. Wainwright is about 200 km southeast of Edmonton on Highway 14 and about 57 km west of the Alberta-Saskatchewan border.
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[edit] History
The town was originally named Denwood, but was later relocated by the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway 5 kms west-northwest and renamed after General William Wainwright, the second Vice-President of GTPR.
The railway is important to Wainwright. Wainwright is a divisional point on the Canadian National Railway main line.
[edit] Education
There are six schools in the town: Wainwright Elementary School, Wainwright High School, Blessed Sacrament School, Blessed Sacrament Outreach School, Ecole Saint-Christophe (French), and Portage College (adult upgrading).[1]
[edit] Notable native
- Pat McCallum- Canadian curler.
- Glen Sather - NHL player, coach, General Manager and member of the Hockey Hall of Fame.
[edit] References
- ^ Schools in Wainwright: Blessed Sacrament School, Blessed Sacrament Outreach School, Ecole Saint-Christophe, Portage College (adult upgrading)
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