Darwell, Alberta

Darwell is an unincorporated community in central Alberta in Lac Ste. Anne County.[1] It is located 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) north of Highway 16, 74 kilometres (46 mi) northwest of Edmonton.

Darwell is located in Alberta
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Location of Darwell Alberta

History

Darwell is located on the old Yellowhead Trail fur trade route, which ran from Lac Ste Anne to Jasper. The Canadian Northern Railway was built through Darwell,[2] roughly following the Yellowhead Trail. A railway station opened in 1912. Darwell was the site of a consolidated school which opened in 1947 to serve students who previously attended eight one-roomed schools in the area. That school burned in 1954, and a modern school was built. [3] When the tracks were torn up in the mid-1930's, the railway bed became a road, now Highway 633.

Government

Darwell is located in the provincial riding of Lac Ste. Anne - Parkland[4] and the Yellowhead electoral district (federal).

Infrastructure

Notable people

Campbell, Bettie Jean (January 18, 1933 - January 12, 2023) (painter)[5]

Carlier, Oneil[6] (June 22, 1962 -) (politician) Member of the Legislative Assembly (29th Legislative Assembly 2015 - 2019). Carlier was elected in the 2015 Alberta general election,[6] as the member representing the electoral district of Whitecourt-Ste. Anne and served as Minister of Agriculture and Forestry. Minister Carlier served until April, 2019.

Kinsella, William Patrick (WP) - (May 25, 1935 - September 16, 2016) - (Canadian writer/author) lived on a farm near Darwell until age 10.[7]

See also

References
  1. "Standard Geographical Classification (SGC) 2006, Economic Regions: 4813001 - Lac Ste. Anne County, geographical codes and localities, 2006". Statistics Canada. April 1, 2014. Archived from the original on May 18, 2015. Retrieved May 7, 2015.
  2. Lac Ste Anne Historical Society. Archives Committee (1959). West of the Fifth: a history of the Lac Ste. Anne Municipality. Edmonton, AB: The Institute of Applied Art Ltd. p. 141.
  3. Davison, Vi (1982). Spirit and Trails of Lac Ste Anne. Alberta Beach, AB: The Alberta Beach Pioneers-Archives Society. pp. 200–203.
  4. O'Donnell, Sarah (April 14, 2019). "Riding profile: Lac Ste. Anne-Parkland". Edmonton Journal. Retrieved April 22, 2020.
  5. Magnolia Historical Society (2000). Magnolia: the first hundred years. Entwistle, AB: Magnolia Press. p. 191. ISBN 0-9684384-2-3.
  6. Adam Dietrich (April 19, 2015). "Whitecourt-St Anne Votes 2015: Oneil Carlier, NDP challenger". Mayerthorpe Freelancer. Canoe Sun Media. Archived from the original on May 18, 2015. Retrieved September 19, 2016.
  7. Grandy, Karen (September 16, 2016). "W.P. Kinsella". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved April 22, 2020.

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