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| | Census Division | No. 8 | | County | Red Deer | | Area: | 9.48 km² | Founded
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 | Sylvan Lake is a resort town in Alberta, Canada. The town is about 18 km west of the outskirts of Red Deer along Highway 11 or Highway 11A. The town is located on the southeast edge of Sylvan Lake, a 15-kilometre-long freshwater lake. The Canada 2001 Census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population. ...
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The lake is a popular destination for tourists from around Alberta, with over 1.5 million visitors each year. Popular tourist activities include sunbathing, swimming, water-skiing, and visiting the local Wild Rapids Waterslides.
History
Sylvan Lake was originally settled by French speaking immigrants from Quebec and the United States. Arriving in 1898 from Michigan, Alexandre Loiselle and his family originally homesteaded on the quarter section that later became the west side of today's Main (50th) Street and the businesses and homes immediately to the west.
The early twentieth century saw groups of Finnish settlers moving on to homesteads to the south and west of the fledgling settlement at Sylvan Lake. With their arrival came the early business community, a general store, a blacksmith, a hardware store, post office, barber, restaurants and more. The completion of the Canadian Northern line to Rocky Mountain House and Nordegg in 1912 and the parallel Canadian Pacific in 1914 opened the west country to settlement and resulted in the incorporation of Sylvan Lake in 1913 under Mayor E.S.Grimson, a local hardware store owner. The anniversary of the founding of the town is celebrated every year in Sylvan Lake at 1913 Days.
Farming quickly became a mainstay in the area and in 1923 an Alberta Pacific grain elevator was built on the CPR line immediately north of what is now Cottonwood Estates.
The elevator was torn down in the 1970's and the CPR line was abandoned in 1980 and subsequently removed. Since then, the right of way has survived as a natural area and walking path through Sylvan Lake. Elevators were also constructed along the CN line and were used by local farmers in the mid-century decades. They were torn down in the late 1990's.
Even prior to the building of the railways, Sylvan Lake was quickly becoming a summer resort for families in Red Deer. With the coming of the trains, "the Lake" quickly became a favorite of families from both Edmonton and Calgary. Initially the summer people camped in tents, but soon the "Cottage Area" east of 46 Street and in "Lower Camp" on the southeast shore began to fill with summer cottages. In the 1930's and 40's people also began arriving by car and the areas around Norglenwold and Jarvis Bay began to fill up with summer visitors.
The influx of summer residents and visitors also brought businesses and services that catered to the ever increasing number of tourists. 1913 saw the first motor launch to take paying passengers on tours around the lake. A large boathouse was constructed in 1926, allowing visitors to rent a boat, canoe or swimsuit, buy ice cream and pop as well as many other items necessary to a summer day at the lake. Regatta's were also held on the lake for a number of years beginning in 1923.
In 1928 the Dominion Government, assisted by the Sylvan Lake Women's Institute, built the long pier that jutted out into the lake from the bottom of Main Street. This pier was connected to the earlier WI Pier and formed a square area used for swimming and mooring boats. The first "waterslide" at Sylvan Lake was also part of this facility. The piers were prone to ice damage over the winter and were finally replaced by the existing "landfill" that now hosts beach volleyball tournaments as well as the entertaining lake tour on the "Zoo Cruise".
 Sylvan Lake Lighthouse, 2001 In 1983 Sylvan Lake found a replacement for its original waterslide in the construction of Wild Rapids Waterslide, which has become the largest facility of it's kind in western Canada. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (768x1024, 178 KB) Summary Sylvan Lake Lighthouse with Wild Rapids Waterslides visible in the background. ...
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Another byproduct of losing the piers and later the government boat launch, was the construction of the Sylvan Lake Marina, home of many of the permanent boats on the lake, boating facilities, as well as a lake view restaurant and the Sylvan Lake lighthouse.
Education The town has four public schools in the Chinook's Edge school district: - Steffie Wioma Elementary School
- C. P. Blakeley Elementary School
- Fox Run Middle School
- H. J. Cody High School
The Fox Run Middle School's building is shared with the Mother Teresa Catholic School. Recently the government of Alberta has approved funding ($5.7 million over the next three years) for a new Catholic school called Our Lady of the Rosary. It will serve 300 students Kindergarten through Grade 6.
External links - Official web site of Sylvan Lake
- Sylvan Lake News
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