Hanna

History

The town was first settled in 1912 and was incorporated in 1914. The Canadian Northern Railway's Goose Lake line running between Saskatoon to Calgary was built there at that time. Hanna was named after David Blyth Hanna, the third vice president of the Canadian Northern Railway. It was a division point of the Canadian Northern Railway and had a 10-stall railway roundhouse. The Depression-era drought hurt the area. In 1939 the Alberta government established a Special Area to provide additional support for residents in that part of the province.

Most-observed species

• Canada Goose (canadensis Group)

  Branta canadensis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  202
• Black-billed Magpie

  Pica hudsonia (Sabine, 1823) · Aves
  183
• Western Meadowlark

  Sturnella neglecta Audubon, 1844 · Aves
  175
• Mallard

  Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  164
• Common Raven

  Corvus corax Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  146
• American Crow

  Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves
  141
• European Starling

  Sturnus vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  135
• Red-winged Blackbird

  Agelaius phoeniceus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  133