Spedden

Spedden
Hamlet
Spedden is located in Alberta
Spedden
Spedden
Location of Spedden
Spedden is located in Canada
Spedden
Spedden
Spedden (Canada)
Coordinates: 54°08′19″N 111°43′32″W / 54.13861°N 111.72556°W / 54.13861; -111.72556
CountryCanada
ProvinceAlberta
RegionCentral Alberta
Census division12
Municipal districtSmoky Lake County
Government
 • TypeUnincorporated
 • Governing bodySmoky Lake County Council
Population
 (1991)
 • Total
56
Time zoneUTC−06:00 (Alberta Time)
Area codes780, 587, 825

Spedden is a hamlet in central Alberta, Canada within Smoky Lake County. It is located 0.3 kilometres (0.19 mi) north of Highway 36, approximately 106 kilometres (66 mi) southwest of Cold Lake.

History

Spedden was named after one of the original surveyors who died in the area in 1919. Previously it bore the name Cache Lake.

Spedden received a Canadian National rail-line in 1919, and by the end of the year St. Paul residents pushed the line another 50 kilometres through Ashmont to their locality.

Demographics

Population history
of Spedden
YearPop.±%
1941114—    
1951104−8.8%
195694−9.6%
1961123+30.9%
196695−22.8%
197171−25.3%
197666−7.0%
198149−25.8%
198638−22.4%
199156+47.4%
Source: Statistics Canada

Spedden recorded a population of 56 in the 1991 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 91 Census (PDF). Population and Dwelling Counts. Vol. Unincorporated Places. Ottawa: Statistics Canada. 1993.
  2. ↑ "Specialized and Rural Municipalities and Their Communities" (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. June 3, 2024. Retrieved June 14, 2024.
  3. ↑ A century of progress : an historical study of the Waskatenau, Smoky Lake, Warspite, Bellis, Vilna and Spedden school communities. The County of Smoky Lake No. 13. 1967. p. 1.
  4. ↑ Edmonton Bulletin, May 17, 1920; December 8, 1920
  5. ↑ Ninth Census of Canada, 1951 (PDF). Vol. SP-7 (Population: Unincorporated villages and hamlets). Dominion Bureau of Statistics. March 31, 1954.
  6. ↑ Census of Canada, 1956 (PDF). Vol. Population of unincorporated villages and settlements. Dominion Bureau of Statistics. October 25, 1957.
  7. ↑ 1961 Census of Canada: Population (PDF). Series SP: Unincorporated Villages. Vol. Bulletin SP—4. Ottawa: Dominion Bureau of Statistics. April 18, 1963.
  8. ↑ Census of Canada 1966: Population (PDF). Special Bulletin: Unincorporated Places. Vol. Bulletin S–3. Ottawa: Dominion Bureau of Statistics. 1968.
  9. ↑ 1971 Census of Canada: Population (PDF). Special Bulletin: Unincorporated Settlements. Vol. Bulletin SP—1. Ottawa: Statistics Canada. 1973.
  10. ↑ "Geographical Identification and Population for Unincorporated Places of 25 persons and over, 1971 and 1976". 1976 Census of Canada (PDF). Supplementary Bulletins: Geographic and Demographic (Population of Unincorporated Places—Canada). Vol. Bulletin 8SG.1. Ottawa: Statistics Canada. 1978.
  11. ↑ 1981 Census of Canada (PDF). Place name reference list. Vol. Western provinces and the Territories. Ottawa: Statistics Canada. 1983.
  12. ↑ 1986 Census of Canada (PDF). Population. Vol. Unincorporated Places. Ottawa: Statistics Canada. 1988.