Rich Valley, Alberta
Rich Valley
Location of Rich Valley Alberta
Rich Valley is a hamlet in central Alberta, Canada within Lac Ste. Anne County.[1] It is located on Highway 33, approximately 70 kilometres (43 mi) northwest of Edmonton.
History
Rich Valley was originally called "Onion Prairie".[2] The first post office was established in the home of the Carlin family in 1909.[2]
Infrastructure
Rich Valley School - Northern Gateway Public Schools (K-7)
Notable people
Georges Charles-Jules Bugnet, Canadian writer and horticulturalist did much of his plant hybridization work at Rich Valley
See also
References
- ^ Alberta Municipal Affairs (2010-04-01). "Specialized and Rural Municipalities and Their Communities" (PDF). Retrieved 2010-06-28.
- ^ a b Lac Ste. Anne Historical Society. Archives Committee (1959). West of the Fifth: a history of Lac Ste. Anne Municipality. Edmonton, CA: The Institute of Applied Art Ltd. p. 229.
53°50′54″N 114°21′00″W / 53.84833°N 114.35000°W
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