Falher, Alberta
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| Motto: Honey Capital of Canada | |
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| Census division | No. 19 |
| Municipal District | Smoky River |
| Area: | 2.66 km² |
| Founded | 1912 |
| Incorporated | 1929 (village) 1955 (town) |
| Population
Town Population |
1,109 (2005)[1] |
| Population density | /km² |
| Time zone | Mountain: UTC -7 |
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| Elevation | 580 m MSL |
| Highways | Highway 49 Highway 2 |
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| Mayor | |
| Governing body | Falher Town Council |
1(sc) According to the Canada 2001 Census. {{Canadian City/Extra references=Town of Falher website}}
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Falher is a town in the Peace Country area of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the Municipal District of Smoky River, along Highway 49.
Population: 1,109 (2005)[1]
It is an agricultural based community with a large Alfalfa processing facility as the principal employer.
Falher gets its name from Father Constant Falher a Roman Catholic oblate priest who was instrumental in the formation of the town.[2]
Falher is rare in the sense it is a dominantly French community in Alberta. It is home to a French-language radio station, CKRP-FM. Ironically, Father Falher was from France, not Quebec (as where most of the local settlers were from). The origin of the mass majority of local colonizers was from Québec; some arrived in the area via the US (French American), such as Robert Goulet's family, who settled in a nearby town.
Main Street Falher includes a large honey bee statue, as Falher is known as "The Honey Bee Capital of Canada".
Falher attracted national attention in 2006 due to its high standing in the "Kraft Hockeyville"[3] contest, a coast to coast competition to elect the municipality that most embodies the spirit of Canada's national past-time.
[edit] References
- ^ a b Alberta Municipal Affairs and Housing (2005-11-28). 2005 Municipal Census. Retrieved on December 18, 2006.
- ^ Discover the Peace Country. Town of Falher.
- ^ CBC. Hockeyville.
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