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Tollerton, Alberta

Coordinates: 53°32′09″N 116°28′10″W / 53.53583°N 116.46944°W / 53.53583; -116.46944
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Tollerton
Former village
Tollerton is located in Yellowhead County
Tollerton
Tollerton
Location of Tollerton
Tollerton is located in Alberta
Tollerton
Tollerton
Tollerton (Alberta)
Coordinates: 53°32′09″N 116°28′10″W / 53.53583°N 116.46944°W / 53.53583; -116.46944
CountryCanada
ProvinceAlberta
Planning regionUpper Athabasca
Municipal districtYellowhead County
Incorporated (village)December 27, 1913
DissolvedJanuary 26, 1918
Time zoneUTC−7 (MST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−6 (MDT)
Area code780 / 587

Tollerton is a former village in central Alberta, Canada within Yellowhead County. It was located on the former Canadian Northern Railway along the north shore of the McLeod River,[1] approximately 6.0 km (3.7 mi) southwest of the Town of Edson.

History

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Tollerton was established as a division point along the Canadian Northern Railway. Its rail facilities included a train station, a timber water tank, an ice house, a bunk house, a steam-heated engine house, and three rail sidings with capacity to hold 249 cars.[2]

The community incorporated as the Village of Tollerton on December 27, 1913. In 1917, a decision was made to close the Canadian Northern Railway line in favour of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway through Edson to the north, resulting in the demise of Tollerton.[2] Subsequently, the community dissolved from village status on January 26, 1918.

Demographics

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Population history
of Tollerton
YearPop.±%
191649—    
Source: Statistics Canada[3]

In the 1916 Census of Prairie Provinces, Tollerton had a population of 49,[3] although Alberta Municipal Affairs indicated that it had a population of 180 in the same year.[4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Atlas of Alberta Railways – Canadian Northern Tollerton Townsite". University of Alberta Press. 2005. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
  2. ^ a b "Atlas of Alberta Railways – Summary of Facilities at Division Points, Canadian National Railways". University of Alberta Press. 2005. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
  3. ^ a b "Census of the Prairie Provinces, 1916" (PDF). Ottawa: Dominion Bureau of Statistics. 1918. Retrieved August 9, 2022.
  4. ^ "Population Data 1916" (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. 1916. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
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