Langdon

History

Langdon was named for R.B. Langdon of Langdon & Shepard, a Canadian Pacific Railway subcontracting firm who built a section of the line just east of Calgary. He was born in Vermont in 1826 and worked on the railroad lines within at least ten US states, notably the St. Paul & Pacific Railroad in 1858. Langdon was a state senator in Minnesota from 1873 to 1881. The nearby Shepard station was named for his partner. Langdon was one of two people to turn the first sod in the settlement in 1882. A year later, a railway station was set up in a boxcar and named after him. A post office was established on January 1, 1890, and a telegraph office in 1899. Langdon incorporated as a village on August 31, 1907. It subsequently dissolved on January 1, 1946, to become part of the Municipal District of Conrich No. 44.

Most-observed species

• Mallard

  Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  13,480
• Canada Goose (canadensis Group)

  Branta canadensis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  11,652
• Black-billed Magpie

  Pica hudsonia (Sabine, 1823) · Aves
  10,579
• Northern Shoveler

  Spatula clypeata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  7,941
• Ring-billed Gull

  Larus delawarensis Ord, 1815 · Aves
  7,938
• Lesser Scaup

  Aythya affinis (Eyton, 1838) · Aves
  7,746
• Franklin's Gull

  Leucophaeus pipixcan (Wagler, 1831) · Aves
  7,345
• American Coot

  Fulica americana Gmelin, 1789 · Aves
  7,335