Stettler

Sister cities

• Okoppe

History

Stettler was founded in 1905 and was named after Swiss immigrant Carl Stettler, who also founded a settlement east of the town at Blumenau, as well as being influential in the nearby community of Castor. He also served on the first Town Council of Stettler. Stettler was the site of the worst mass murders in Alberta history in 1959, when Robert Raymond Cook killed his father, stepmother, and their three children. The crime also led to the last execution in Alberta, when Cook was hanged in 1960.

Geography

Stettler experiences a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dfb).

Most-observed species

• Canada Goose (canadensis Group)

  Branta canadensis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  450
• Mallard

  Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  431
• Ring-billed Gull

  Larus delawarensis Ord, 1815 · Aves
  367
• Red-winged Blackbird

  Agelaius phoeniceus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  305
• Killdeer

  Charadrius vociferus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  277
• American Crow

  Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves
  276
• Blue-winged Teal

  Spatula discors (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  260
• California Gull

  Larus californicus Lawrence, 1854 · Aves
  252

Most recent

• M 3.8 — 2019-03-04
  9 km NW of Red Deer, Canada