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Valhalla Centre Alberta Information

Valhalla Centre is a hamlet in northern Alberta, Canada within the County of Grande Prairie No. 1. _x000D_ It is located in the Peace River Country at the junction of Highway 59 and Highway 723, northeast of the Village of Hythe and west of the Town of Sexsmith. It is approximately 40 kilometres (25 mi) east of the British Columbia border and has an elevation of 735 metres (2,411 ft). _x000D_ The hamlet is located in Census Division No. 19 and in the federal riding of Peace River. _x000D_ The hamlet was founded in 1912 by Scandinavians that moved north from Edson. It was named by Reverend Halvar N. Ronning after Valhalla, Odin’s hall in Norse mythology. The first post office was established in 1916. The settlement grew around a creamery until 1945. The Melsness Mercantile building was built in 1925, and functioned as a store and post office until 1951. Today it hosts a museum dedicated to the Scandinavian heritage of the area, and was declared a Provincial Historic Site. _x000D_ In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Valhalla Centre had a population of 40 living in 19 of its 22 total private dwellings, a change of 166.7% from its 2016 population of 15. With a land area of 1.22 km2 (0.47 sq mi), it had a population density of 32.8/km2 (84.9/sq mi) in 2021. _x000D_ As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Valhalla Centre had a population of 15 living in 9 of its 9 total private dwellings, a change of -66.7% from its 2011 population of 45. With a land area of 1.22 km2 (0.47 sq mi), it had a population density of 12.3/km2 (31.8/sq mi) in 2016. _x000D_ The economy is centred on farming and stock raising. _x000D_ The hamlet has a church (Valhalla Lutheran Church), curling rink, skating rink, museum and K-8 school (Valhalla Community School). The school is one of 13 publicly funded Alberta Chartered Schools. _x000D_ _x000D_ Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valhalla_Centre