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Name

Uh, N really sure where to put it, but, "strath" is Scots, "valley of". Trekphiler 03:19, 19 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Other communities

hey, some of the places under the other communites heading are just subdivisions... I wouldn't call them communities. I'm just saying it isnt exactly correct. --Stratguy 02:29, 3 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

All those communities were probably taken from a statcan webpage. I've separated the hamlets (as listed at Alberta Municipal Affairs). If you know a better way to sort "other communities", please do so, by all means. --Qyd 11:42, 3 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]


Special event right now

Did you know right now that Strathcona County is hosting the 2007 Western Canada summer Games? --Virtue account 21:32, 28 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Fuller History of Strathcona County

I believe the History section of Strathcona County should be re-written as follows: In the late 1800s, what is now Strathcona County filled with farmers, immigrants from eastern Canada, Britain and Continental Europe, the U.S. and other parts of the world. The community of Clover Bar grew up in the 1870s on the west edge of the present county, centred on the pioneer home of gold-panner Thomas Clover. Clover Bar was officially recognized in 1893 by the Territorial Legislature (it was then part of the North West Territories) as Statute Labour District #2. In 1913 Statute Labour District #2 was renamed Local Improvement District #517 (Clover Bar). Meanwhile, a farming area east and south of the old city of Strathcona, Alberta was organized as Local Improvement District in 1917 and re-organized the following year as the Municipal District of Strathcona (No. 518), with offices in a building still standing at 10318 Whyte Avenue, Old Strathcona, Edmonton. [1] In 1943, the two municipal districts merged to become Municipal District #83 (Strathcona). By joining with local school divisions in 1962, Municipal District #83 officially became a county. The county offices were located in Old Strathcona, at 10426 81 Avenue, until county offices were built in 1976 in the hamlet of Sherwood Park, that had been created in the 1950s and 1960s. [2] County status was revoked in 1995 when the the provincial legislature repealed the County Act but was returned in 1996 when the County of Strathcona #20 officially changed its name to Strathcona County and received Specialized Municipality status.[5] Tom Monto, Alberta historian (talk) 18:21, 16 January 2012 (UTC)Tom Monto, Alberta Historian[reply]

  1. ^ Monto, Tom (2011), Old Strathcona, Edmonton's Southside Roots, Crang Publishing/Alhambra Books, p. 10-11, 394
  2. ^ Monto, Tom (2011), Old Strathcona, Edmonton's Southside Roots, Crang Publishing/Alhambra Books, p. 394
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