Monarch

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

Overview

A monarch is a head of state for life or until abdication, and therefore the head of state of a monarchy. A monarch usually exercises the highest authority and power in the state. Usually, a monarch either personally inherits the lawful right to exercise the state's sovereign rights or is selected by an established process from a family or cohort eligible to provide the nation's monarch. Alternatively, an individual may proclaim oneself monarch, or even usurp power, as many Ancient Greek tyrants did. If a young child is crowned the monarch, then a regent is often appointed to govern until the monarch reaches the requisite adult age to rule.

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

• Kipp
  7.4 mi away
• White Lake Hutterite Colony
  8.8 mi away
• Coalhurst
  9 mi away
• Jumbo Valley Hutterite Colony
  10.7 mi away
• Shaughnessy
  12.4 mi away · pop. 388
• Keho Lake Hutterite Colony
  13.3 mi away
• Fort Macleod
  14.3 mi away
• Greenwood Hutterite Colony
  17.1 mi away
• Albion Ridge Hutterite Colony
  18 mi away
• Granum
  18.6 mi away · pop. 557
• Summerland Hutterite Colony
  18.7 mi away
• Carmangay Hutterite Colony
  20 mi away

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Geography & sun

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

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Monarch

Nutrition of the aged

1978

Canada 2012

Wayne C. Thompson · 2012

A TOUR OF THE WORLD

Malik Mansab Khan · 2025

Search results from Open Library.

Recent natural events nearby

• Wildfire Skillet, Lincoln, Montana
  Wildfires · 2026-07-29 · 121 mi
• Wildfire Deer Creek, Lincoln, Montana
  Wildfires · 2026-08-20 · 145 mi
• Wildfire Camp Creek, Powell, Montana
  Wildfires · 2026-08-21 · 164 mi
• Wildfire Parker Lake, Boundary, Idaho
  Wildfires · 2026-08-23 · 171 mi
• Wildfire Middle Coulee, Chouteau, Montana
  Wildfires · 2026-08-02 · 173 mi
• Wildfire Silver, Boundary, Idaho
  Wildfires · 2026-08-23 · 180 mi
• Wildfire Dudley, Shoshone, Idaho
  Wildfires · 2026-08-26 · 202 mi
• Wildfire Moose Mountain, Clearwater, Idaho
  Wildfires · 2026-07-30 · 231 mi

Wildfires, storms and other events from NASA EONET (last 12 months, within 250 mi).

Recently spotted species

House Finch

Haemorhous mexicanus

Seen 2026-09-16

Northern Harrier

Circus hudsonius

Seen 2026-09-16

Greater Yellowlegs

Tringa melanoleuca

Seen 2026-09-16

Mourning Dove

Zenaida macroura

Seen 2026-09-16

Orange-crowned Warbler

Leiothlypis celata

Seen 2026-09-16

Wilson's Warbler

Cardellina pusilla

Seen 2026-09-16

White-throated Sparrow

Zonotrichia albicollis

Seen 2026-09-16

White-crowned Sparrow

Zonotrichia leucophrys

Seen 2026-09-16

Common Loon

Gavia immer

Seen 2026-09-13

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).