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Overview
Cardston is a town in Alberta, Canada. It was first settled in 1887 by members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who travelled from Utah, via the Macleod-Benton Trail, to present-day Alberta in one of the century's last wagon migrations. The founder of the town was Charles Ora Card. The combined church and school was completed by January 29 the year following their arrival.
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History
Cardston was "dry" (alcohol free) for more than a century after the 1915 Alberta liquor plebiscite. In 2023, following a municipal plebiscite in which residents voted narrowly in favour of the measure, the town council voted 5-2 to allow alcohol to be served in restaurants and recreation facilities such as the local golf course. Liquor stores, lounges, nightclubs and other alcohol-primary businesses remain prohibited, and there are no licensed premises in which to use video lottery terminals. In 1951, 75% of Cardston's 3,500 residents were members of the LDS Church. It remains at about 80%, as of 2014.
Geography
Cardston is situated in the foothills of southwest Alberta, approximately north from the American state of Montana. On its north side, it borders the Kainai Nation (Blood Tribe) Reserve, one of the largest reserves in North America. to the west of Cardston are the Rocky Mountains of Waterton Lakes National Park. Cardston is southwest of Lethbridge and south of Calgary. Cardston experiences a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dfb). Along with the rest of southern Alberta, Cardston is subject to chinooks, which often bring temperatures in mid-winter well above . This same pattern results in more than 200 days of wind a year. Weather records: |date=August 2010 }}
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Official Identifiers
StatCan — Statistics Canada
- SGC code
- 4803004
- Population (Wikidata)
- 3,585
- Wikidata
- Q1743545
Standard Geographical Classification (SGC) via Wikidata P3012
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata
- • StatCan — Statistics Canada — Standard Geographical Classification (SGC) via Wikidata P3012