Leduc (Alberta)
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| Province : | Alberta | ||
| Region: | Edmonton Capital Region | ||
| Coordinates : | 53 ° 15 ′ N , 113 ° 33 ′ W | ||
| Height : | 735 m | ||
| Area : | 36.97 km² | ||
| Residents : | 16,967 (as of 2006) | ||
| Population density : | 458.9 inhabitants / km² | ||
| Time zone : | Mountain Time ( UTC − 7 ) | ||
| Postal code : | T9E | ||
| Website : | www.leduc.ca | ||
Leduc is a small town in Alberta , Canada . It is located 33 kilometers from the provincial capital Edmonton .
history
Leduc was first settled in 1899 when a settler named Robert Telford bought land near a lake that would later bear his name. From there the settlement developed. Telford, who had previously served as an officer in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police , became Leduc's first postmaster, merchant and justice of the peace.
According to popular legend, the name of the town came up in 1890 when a settler was looking for a name for the settlement while building a telegraph office and decided that it should be named after the first person who came through the office's door. That person was Father Hippolyte Leduc, a priest who had been in charge of the area since 1867.
On February 13, 1947, after the city had grown steadily for several decades, Alberta's first oil field was found in Leduc. This event went down in history as the Alberta Oil Strike .
On January 2, 1973, a Pacific Western Airlines Boeing 707-321C performed a cargo flight from Toronto to Edmonton . The machine was loaded with 86 cattle. The machine brushed three kilometers from its destination airport, near Leduc, trees and power lines and crashed onto a wall in a gravel pit. In the accident, the cattle were thrown forward out of the fuselage to a distance of up to 100 meters, and all five crew members died. A fire broke out. The cause of the accident could not be determined (see also Pacific-Western-Airlines flight 3801 ) .
profile
The oil and gas industries are Leduc's main industries. Even the Edmonton Airport provides jobs, as it is very close. Leduc has its own fire and rescue service . The Royal Mounted Police take care of the police.
Demographics
The city, located at an altitude of 735 m, had a population of 16,967 in 2006, which was distributed among 6,718 households. With an area of 36.97 km², there is a population density of 458.9 inhabitants per square kilometer.
sons and daughters of the town
- Bob McGill (born 1962), ice hockey player
- Dixon Ward (born 1968), ice hockey player
- Matt Climie (born 1983), ice hockey player
- Jaedon Descheneau (* 1995), ice hockey player
Web links
- Official website of the City of Leduc
- Leduc ( English, French ) In: The Canadian Encyclopedia .
Individual evidence
- ↑ CBC Digital Archives: Striking Oil in Alberta (Retrieved December 30, 2007)
- ^ Accident report B-707-321C, CF-PWZ Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on March 15, 2019.
- ↑ Statistics Canada: Leduc (accessed December 30, 2007)