Grande Cache

History

The New Town of Grande Cache was incorporated on September 1, 1966. According to the NY Times in 1971: "Japanese steel makers, or their customers, are paying the relocation costs of miners who have come to Grande Cache from Nova Scotia's fading Cape Breton coal mines, from the dying wheat hamlets of Saskatchewan, from Utah and Montana mines and from South Korea, Japan, West Germany, the Netherlands and Britain." In September 2018, Grande Cache's Town Council determined that, due to a reduction in population and the subsequent loss in tax revenue, the town was no longer financially sustainable. On September 25, 2018, town residents voted to dissolve the town into a hamlet under the jurisdiction of the Municipal District (MD) of Greenview No. 16. Out of 1,100 ballots cast in the vote, 1,065 were votes in favour of dissolution, 32 were in favour of remaining a town, and 3 ballots were rejected. The dissolution came into effect on January 1, 2019, rendering Grande Cache a hamlet in the Municipal District of Greenview No. 16.

Geography

The hamlet is built on a plateau that is just below the subalpine level of the Rocky Mountains. The town site is surrounded by three valleys: to the north is the Smoky River; to the west is the Sulphur River; to the south is Victor Lake and Grande Cache Lake. To the east of town is Grande Mountain. Grande Cache experiences a subarctic climate (Köppen climate classification Dfc). Summertime is usually very mild, but can also be very cool or warm depending on the movement of different airmasses in the area. Wintertime is very cold and snowy, lasting from November into March, and sometimes even later.

Most-observed species

• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  80
• Common Raven

  Corvus corax Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  75
• American Crow

  Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves
  74
• Aconitum delphiniifolium Hort.Prag. ex Steud.

  Aconitum delphiniifolium Hort.Prag. ex Steud. · Magnoliopsida
  72
• Yellow-rumped Warbler

  Setophaga coronata (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  60
• White-throated Sparrow

  Zonotrichia albicollis (J.F.Gmelin, 1789) · Aves
  57
• Dark-eyed Junco

  Junco hyemalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  51
• Black-capped Chickadee

  Poecile atricapillus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  48

Most recent

• M 4 — 2026-01-23
  65 km NE of Grande Cache, Canada
• M 4.7 — 2025-02-20
  68 km NE of Grande Cache, Canada