Tangent, Alberta
Tangent is a hamlet in northern Alberta, Canada within Birch Hills County,[2] located along Alberta Highway 740, approximately 98 kilometres (61 mi) northeast of Grande Prairie. It was named by surveyors due to the formation of a tangent (straight-section) in the rail track that ran from Edmonton to Dawson Creek.
Tangent | |
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  Tangent Location of Tangent  Tangent Tangent (Canada) | |
| Coordinates: 55°47′55″N 117°40′44″W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Alberta |
| Region | Northern Alberta |
| Census division | 19 |
| Municipal district | Birch Hills County |
| Government | |
| • Type | Unincorporated |
| • Governing body | Birch Hills County Council |
| Population (1991)[1] | |
| • Total | 39 |
| Time zone | UTC−07:00 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−06:00 (MDT) |
| Area code(s) | 780, 587, 825 |
History
On June 18, 1928, John Yaremko chose to settle at the current location of the hamlet, later joined by Albert Purcha and his family. The spring of 1929 brought a large group of settlers under the recruitment of Father Josephat Hamelin. In May, a general store was built, and a post office erected in the winter of that same year. Natural gas was discovered in the 1950s, opening up a new industry alongside agriculture and animal husbandry.
Today, Tangent is an agricultural community made up of mostly Franco-Albertans descended from the settlers that followed Father Hamelin, Eastern European Canadians, and Anglo-Canadians.
Demographics
Tangent recorded a population of 39 in the 1991 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada.[1]
References
- "91 Census: Unincorporated Places — Population and Dwelling Counts" (PDF). Statistics Canada. June 1993. Retrieved September 25, 2021.
- "Specialized and Rural Municipalities and Their Communities" (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. January 12, 2022. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
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