Barons

History

The Canadian Pacific Railway purchased the present townsite of Barons in early 1909. Charles S. Noble, an agent for the CPR sold lots to settlers. The train station was originally named "Baron", but public usage eventually evolved to "Barons". Barons became a village on May 6, 1910, and early buildings included a hardware store, a grocery store, lumber yards, a bank, a feedmill, a dance hall, an opera house and a hotel. The Village of Barons was subject to a study in 2004 that investigated dissolution of the village to hamlet status under the jurisdiction of the County of Lethbridge. The last two grain elevators were demolished in the summer of 2012.

Most-observed species

• Canada Goose (canadensis Group)

  Branta canadensis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  196
• Mallard

  Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  167
• Black-billed Magpie

  Pica hudsonia (Sabine, 1823) · Aves
  153
• Horned Lark

  Eremophila alpestris (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  130
• Ring-billed Gull

  Larus delawarensis Ord, 1815 · Aves
  113
• Northern Shoveler

  Spatula clypeata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  111
• American Coot

  Fulica americana Gmelin, 1789 · Aves
  104
• Northern Pintail

  Anas acuta Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  103

Most recent

• M 2.8 — 2024-01-20
  8 km S of Cardston, Canada
• M 3.3 — 2017-11-22
  21 km S of Magrath, Canada
• M 2.9 — 2014-09-12
  13 km ENE of Picture Butte, Canada
• M 2.7 — 2014-09-11
  9 km SW of Cardston, Canada
• M 3.5 — 2008-01-03
  13 km SSE of Magrath, Canada
• M 3.5 — 2006-12-30
  18 km SSE of Magrath, Canada