404 62036 Twp Rd 462

Hiland Spruce Estates Rural Wetaskiwin No. 10, County of T0C 0T0

Lodgepole Alberta Information

Lodgepole is a hamlet in central Alberta, Canada within Brazeau County. It is located approximately 31 kilometres (19 mi) west of Highway 22 and 131 kilometres (81 mi) southwest of Edmonton. _x000D_ The Town of Lodgepole was established on July 1, 1956, and had a population of 508 by 1961. The population declined to 207 by 1966. The town was dissolved in 1970, becoming a hamlet. _x000D_ On October 17, 1982, a sour gas well AMOCO DOME BRAZEAU RIVER 13-12-48-12, being drilled 20 km west of Lodgepole, blew out. The burning well was finally capped 67 days later by the Texas well-control company, Boots & Coots. _x000D_ In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Lodgepole had a population of 117 living in 58 of its 70 total private dwellings, a change of 0.9% from its 2016 population of 116. With a land area of 1.74 km2 (0.67 sq mi), it had a population density of 67.2/km2 (174.2/sq mi) in 2021. _x000D_ As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Lodgepole had a population of 116 living in 53 of its 59 total private dwellings, a change of -7.2% from its 2011 population of 125. With a land area of 1.75 km2 (0.68 sq mi), it had a population density of 66.3/km2 (171.7/sq mi) in 2016. _x000D_ _x000D_ This Central Alberta location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it._x000D_ _x000D_ Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lodgepole,_Alberta