Duvernay, Alberta

Hamlet in Alberta, Canada

53°47′10″N 111°41′33″W / 53.78611°N 111.69250°W / 53.78611; -111.69250CountryCanadaProvinceAlbertaRegionCentral AlbertaCensus division10Municipal district County of Two Hills No. 21Government

• TypeUnincorporated • Governing bodyCounty of Two Hills No. 21 CouncilPopulation

(1991)^[1]

• Total26Time zoneUTC−07:00 (MST) • Summer (DST)UTC−06:00 (MDT)Area code(s)780, 587, 825

Duvernay is a hamlet in central Alberta, Canada within the County of Two Hills No. 21.^[2] It is located 1.6 km (1.0 mi) north of the intersection of Highway 36 and Highway 29 along the south bank of the North Saskatchewan River, approximately 53 km (33 mi) southwest of St. Paul. The hamlet of Brosseau is located immediately across the river along the north bank.

The hamlet has the name of Ludger Duvernay.^[3] The Duvernay Formation, a stratigraphical unit of the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin was named for the hamlet.^[4]

Demographics

Duvernay recorded a population of 26 in the 1991 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "91 Census: Unincorporated Places — Population and Dwelling Counts" (PDF). Statistics Canada. June 1993. Retrieved September 25, 2021.
^ "Specialized and Rural Municipalities and Their Communities" (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. June 3, 2024. Retrieved June 14, 2024.
^ Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 45.
^ Andrichuk, J.M. and Wonfor, J.S., 1954. Late Devonian geologic history in Stettler area, Alberta, Canada Bulletin of American Association of Petroleum Geologists, v. 38, p. 2500-2536.