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.