Donalda

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Donalda

Total population

219

Coordinates52.58°, -112.58°

Demographic figures from Statistics Canada. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Donalda is a village in central Alberta, Canada that is east of Ponoka. It was founded in 1911 and takes its name from Donalda Crossway, a niece of Sir Donald Mann, a Canadian Northern Railway official. It is home to the "World's Largest Oil Lamp", standing at 12.8 metres (42 ft) high, the structure is one of the Giants of the Prairies. The village was first named Eidswold by the Norwegian settlers who first founded the community. It was renamed Donalda in 1910, when the railroad came through.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Nearby places in Alberta

• Red Willow
  9.2 mi away
• Ferintosh
  20.7 mi away
• Forestburg
  21.4 mi away
• Daysland
  23.6 mi away
• Nevis
  26 mi away · pop. 25
• Hackett
  26.3 mi away
• Strome
  26.7 mi away
• Ohaton
  27 mi away
• Halkirk
  27.4 mi away · pop. 112
• Fenn
  31.5 mi away
• Tees
  32.3 mi away
• Alliance
  35 mi away · pop. 107

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

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Books about Donalda

Fifty years on the Coulee rim, Donalda, Alberta

1963

Coal resources, Tofield-Donalda area, Alberta

John Duncan Campbell · 1975

18 cemeteries in the Donalda, Stettler, Byemoor area

Alberta Genealogical Society · 1996

Junior language

Donalda James Dickie · 1937

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