Wainwright, Alberta, Canada

Motto: Buffalo Capital of Canada
Wainwright, Alberta, Canada.
Census division	No. 7
Municipal District	Wainwright No. 61
Area:	km²
Founded	1905 (Denwood) 1908 (Wainwright)
Incorporated	1910
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Population density	/km²
Time zone	Mountain: UTC -7
Postal code span
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Elevation	675 meters (2200 ft)  m MSL
Highways	Highway 14 Highway 41
Waterways	Arm Lake / Clear Lake Riverdale Mini Park Battle River
Mayor	Norman Coleman
Governing body	Wainwright Town Council
Town of Wainwright website For considerations of sea level change, in particular rise associated with possible global warming, see sea level rise. ... Alberta provincial highway 14 is an East-West highway through central Alberta. ... Alberta provincial highway 41 (also called Buffalo Trail) is a north-south highway located in eastern Alberta extending from the hamlet of La Corey (west of the city of Cold Lake along Highway 56 to the United States border at the hamlet of Wild Horse. ... Battle River in western Canada Battle River is a river in central Alberta and western Saskatchewan. ...
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Wainwright is a small town on the prairies of eastern Alberta, Canada. Image File history File links Flag_of_Canada. ... Main street in Bastrop, Texas, a small town A town is a residential community of people ranging from a few hundred to several thousands, although it may be applied loosely even to huge metropolitan areas. ... Prairie refers to an area of land of low topographic relief that historically supported grasses and herbs, with few trees, and having generally a mesic (moderate or temperate) climate. ... Motto: Fortis et liber (Latin: Strong and free) Official languages English (see below) Flower   Wild rose Tree Lodgepole Pine Bird Great Horned Owl Capital Edmonton Largest city Calgary Lieutenant-Governor Norman Kwong Premier Ed Stelmach (PC) Parliamentary representation  - House seats  - Senate seats 28 6 Area Total  - Land  - Water  (% of total...

It is located on the north side of the railroad, with CFB Wainwright (aka. Western Area Training Centre -WATC-, or Denwood) located on the south side. Town is lies about 57 km south of Vermilion, in the Battle River valley, along Highway 41, called the Buffalo Trail. Highway 14 also passes through this town. Wainwright is about 200 km southeast of Edmonton on Highway 14 and about 57 km west of the Alberta-Saskatchewan border. CFB/ASU Wainwright is a Canadian Forces Base/Area Support Unit located adjacent to the Town of Wainwright in Alberta, Canada. ... Vermilion is a town in Vermilion River County No. ... Battle River in western Canada Battle River is a river in central Alberta and western Saskatchewan. ... Alberta provincial highway 41 (also called Buffalo Trail) is a north-south highway located in eastern Alberta extending from the hamlet of La Corey (west of the city of Cold Lake along Highway 56 to the United States border at the hamlet of Wild Horse. ... Alberta provincial highway 41 (also called Buffalo Trail) is a 686 km long north-south highway located in eastern Alberta, extending from the hamlet of La Corey (west of the city of Cold Lake along Highway 55) to the United States border at the hamlet of Wild Horse. ... Alberta provincial highway 14 is an East-West highway through central Alberta. ... Edmonton is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta, situated in the north central region of the province, an area with some of the most fertile farm land on the prairies. ... Motto: Multis E Gentibus Vires (Latin: From many peoples strength) Official languages English Flower Western Red Lily Tree Paper Birch Bird Sharp-tailed Grouse Capital Regina Largest city Saskatoon Lieutenant-Governor Gordon Barnhart Premier Lorne Calvert (NDP) Parliamentary representation  - House seats  - Senate seats 14 6 Area Total  - Land  - Water  (% of...

History

The town was originally named Denwood, but was later relocated by the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway 5 km west-northwest and renamed after General William Wainwright, the second Vice-President of GTPR. Grand Trunk Pacific Railway logo or herald The Grand Trunk Pacific Railway (GTPR) was a historical Canadian railway. ...

The railway is important to Wainwright. Wainwright is a divisional point on the Canadian National Railway main line. The Canadian National Railway (CN; AAR reporting marks CN, CNA, CNIS), known as Canadian National Railways (CNR) between 1918 and 1960, and Canadian National/Canadien National (CN) from 1960 to present, is a Canadian Class I railway operated by Canadian National Railway Company headquartered in Montreal, Quebec. ...

Education

There are six schools in the town: Blessed Sacrament School, Wainwright Elementary School, Wainwright High School,Blessed Sacrament Outreach School, Ecole Saint-Christophe (French), and Portage College (adult upgrading).^[1] Students in Rome, Italy. ... Blessed Sacrament School is a Catholic school for grades K-12 in Wainwright, Alberta, Canada. ... Wainwright High School (also known as WHS) is a public high school for grades 7-12 in Wainwright, Alberta, Canada. ...

Notable natives

• Pat McCallum- Canadian curler.
• Glen Sather - NHL player, coach, General Manager and member of the Hockey Hall of Fame.

Pat McCallum (born September 6, 1969, in Edmonton, Alberta) is a Canadian curler. ... Curling is a precision team sport similar to bowls or bocce, played on a rectangular sheet of prepared ice by two teams of four players each, using heavy polished granite stones which players slide down the ice towards a target area called the house. ... Glen Sather (born September 2, 1943) in High River, Alberta, Canada) was a left wing in the World Hockey Association and National Hockey League. ...

References

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