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Wanham
Albertahamlet
Total population
141
Demographic figures from Statistics Canada. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
Wanham is a hamlet in northern Alberta, Canada within Birch Hills County. It is located 29 km (18 mi) east of Rycroft along Highway 49 and approximately 106 km (66 mi) north of Grande Prairie, in the farmlands of Peace River Country. Saddle River, a tributary of Peace River, flows immediately north of the community. The origin of the name Wanham could have come from Wanham in England.
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History
It was established in 1916 as a station on the Edmonton, Dunvegan and British Columbia Railway. The first post office was built in 1918. It was incorporated as a village, but dissolved and merged with Birch Hills County in 1999 by Order in Council 458/99. Birch Hills County's municipal office is in Wanham.
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Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Open Library