What is the population of Nordegg, Alberta?

Nordegg has a population of approximately 200 according to the latest available open data.

Where is Nordegg, Alberta located?

Nordegg is located in Alberta, Canada, at approximate coordinates 52.4798°, -116.0723°.

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Nordegg

Total population

200

Founded

1914

Air quality index

42Good

Elevation1287 m

WeatherAvg high 47.6°F

Coordinates52.48°, -116.07°

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Founded

1914

Elevation

1287 m

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Overview

Nordegg is a hamlet in west-central Alberta, Canada within Clearwater County. It is in the North Saskatchewan River valley in the foothills of the Canadian Rockies, just east of the intersection of the David Thompson Highway and the Highway 734 spur of the Bighorn Highway. A former coal mining town, it was named after Martin Nordegg and the name probably means "North Corner" in a German dialect. The railway station name at the locality was called Brazeau rather than Nordegg at certain points in its history, but the local post office has always been named Nordegg. The name Brazeau is now obsolete.

History & geography

History

In 1907, Martin Cohn (who later changed his surname to Nordegg) of the German Development Company, working with D.B. Dowling of the Geological Survey of Canada, staked claims covering coal deposits near the South Brazeau (now Blackstone), Bighorn, and North Saskatchewan rivers. At Nordegg's urging, Brazeau Collieries Ltd. was founded to exploit them, and the Canadian Northern Railway (which later became part of the Canadian National Railway) agreed to build a rail line to the northern part of the area. This led to the founding of the coal-mining town of Nordegg. The coal at Nordegg is part of the Gates Formation of the Luscar Group. Of the five coal seams at Nordegg, two were mined: the No. 2 and No. 3 Seams, which averaged and thick, respectively. They were separated by about of rock. They dipped at an angle of 12° and were worked by underground room and pillar methods. Production peaked at in 1923, and the labor force at that time was about 800. Five small briquetting plants were added to the operation in 1937 to produce a marketable product from powdery, fine coal. Mining resumed six weeks later, and during 1942 the Nordegg mine was one of the top coal-producing mines in Alberta. The town reached a maximum population of about 2,500 in the early 1940s, and a surface mining operation was added in 1946. In 1951, a new briquette (compressed coal) plant opened, becoming one of the largest and most advanced briquette plants in North America. This ceased in 1955 , largely due to the transition of trains to diesel. In 2001, the Nordegg Brazeau Collieries was declared a National Historic Site of Canada.

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