St. Michael

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St. Michael

Coordinates53.83°, -112.63°

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

Overview

Michael, also called Archangel Michael or Michael the Taxiarch, is an archangel and the warrior of God in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam while additionally being venerated as a saint in some Christian traditions. The earliest surviving mentions of his name are in third- and second-century BC Jewish works, often but not always apocalyptic, where he is the chief of the angels and archangels, and he is the guardian prince of ancient Israel and is responsible for the care of the Israelites. Christianity conserved nearly all the Jewish traditions concerning him, and he is mentioned explicitly in Revelation 12:7–12, where he battles with Satan, and in the Epistle of Jude, where the archangel and the devil dispute over the body of Moses.

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

• Delph
  12.2 mi away
• Pakan
  15 mi away
• Mundare
  20.3 mi away · pop. 852
• Smoky Lake
  20.4 mi away
• Barich
  24.1 mi away
• Egremont
  24.7 mi away · pop. 42
• Hairy Hill Hutterite Colony
  25.3 mi away
• Hairy Hill
  26.8 mi away
• Weasel Creek
  27 mi away
• Antler Lake
  27.7 mi away · pop. 412
• Ardrossan
  28.6 mi away · pop. 412
• Bellis
  28.9 mi away · pop. 50

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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 St. Michael

The history of St. Michael's Church, Geneseo, New York, 1823-1973

Alberta S. Dunn · 1973

Pride in progress

1982

1st annual Wild West Show

Wild West Show (1st 1982 Alberta College of Art Gallery) · 1982

Comparative skywalk study

Michael S. Owen · 1986

A thousand words

Derek Michael Besant · 2012

Journeys beyond the neatline

Matthew Rangel · 2010

Mortality patterns in anthropological populations

Symposium on Mortality Patterns in Anthropological Populations (1981 Detroit, Mich.) · 1983

Emerging dimensions of environmental sustainability

Anshuman Khare · 2005

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Rhodotus reticeps

Rhodotus reticeps

Seen 2026-08-24

American Crow

Corvus brachyrhynchos

Seen 2026-08-17

Black-necked Stilt

Himantopus mexicanus

Seen 2026-08-17

Two-striped Grasshopper

Melanoplus bivittatus

Seen 2026-08-17

Canadian Toad

Anaxyrus hemiophrys

Seen 2026-07-31

Ghost Pipe

Monotropa uniflora

Seen 2026-07-24

Museum Beetle

Anthrenus museorum

Seen 2026-07-14

Cryptic Bumble Bee

Bombus cryptarum

Seen 2026-07-14

Essex Skipper

Thymelicus lineola

Seen 2026-07-14

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