Peace River, Alberta
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| Province : | Alberta | ||
| Region: | Northern Alberta | ||
| Coordinates : | 56 ° 14 ′ N , 117 ° 17 ′ W | ||
| Height : | 325 m | ||
| Area : | 24.87 km² | ||
| Residents : | 6842 (as of 2016) | ||
| Population density : | 275.1 inhabitants / km² | ||
| Time zone : | Mountain Time ( UTC − 7 ) | ||
| Postal code : | T8S | ||
| Foundation : | 1919 | ||
| Mayor : | Tom Tarpey | ||
| Website : | peaceriver.ca | ||
Peace River is a small town in the northwest of the Canadian province of Alberta . The local economy consists of agriculture, forestry, and oil and gas production .
geography
Peace River is located in the valley of the river of the same name near the confluences of the Smoky River and the Heart River . The city is located 486 km northwest of the provincial capital Edmonton and 198 km northeast of Grande Prairie , the nearest major city, within a large oil sands deposit , the Peace River Oilsands . To the east of the city is the Green Valley Provincial Park. In administrative terms, Peace River borders the Municipal District Peace No. 135 to the south and west, the County of Northern Lights to the north, and Northern Sunrise County to the east. Alberta Highway 2 runs through the city .
history
At the confluence of the Heart River in the Peace River, a settlement was built for the first time at the end of the 19th century, which initially bore the name Peace River Crossing after a path in the region that was widely used at the time. In 1898, an outpost which was North-West Mounted Police established and in 1899 was with the local Cree of Treaty 8 concluded that allowed the colonization of the region. In 1909 the Canadian government built a ferry crossing over the Peace River. As a result, a strong influx of people into the settlement began, so that Peace River Crossing was incorporated as a village in 1914. In 1916 the village got its current name. In the same year the Central Canada Railway reached the village and in 1919 a rail and road bridge was built over the Peace River. In the same year the settlement was incorporated as a town. Although an oil rush set in at the time, agriculture remained an important industry. The construction of the Alaska Highway in the 1940s and the opening of a pulp mill in the 1980s ensured further economic growth.
Southwest of today's municipality was the Fort Fork trading post of the North West Company , where Alexander MacKenzie and his companions wintered on their first crossing of North America north of Mexico to the Pacific Ocean in the winter of 1792/93. The remains of the fort are now designated as the National Historic Site of Canada .
education
The place is part of the Peace River School Division, the one elementary school , the Springfield School (K – 4), the TA Norris Middle School (5–8), the Peace River High School (9–12) and the Peace River Outreach Campus (10–12), which provides high school education for adults and socially disadvantaged youth. There are also two Catholic schools run by the Holy Family Catholic Regional Division: the Good Shepherd School runs from kindergarten to sixth grade and the Glenmary School covers grades 7 to 12. The Conseil scolaire du Nord-Ouest operates the French-speaking school K-12 School École des Quatre-Vents.
Northern Lakes College operates a campus in Peace River that offers a variety of vocational courses.
sons and daughters of the town
- Chrystia Freeland (* 1968), publicist and Deputy Prime Minister of Canada
- Chris Osgood (* 1972), ice hockey goalkeeper
- Brian Skrudland (born 1963), ice hockey player
Web links
- Peace River ( English, French ) In: The Canadian Encyclopedia .
- Website of Peace River (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ David W. Leonard: Peace River ( English, French ) In: The Canadian Encyclopedia . May 4, 2015. Accessed May 2, 2020.
- ^ Website of the Peace River School Division
- ^ Holy Family Catholic Regional Division website
- ↑ Northern Lakes College website