Beaver County, Alberta

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Beaver County is a municipal district (county) in central-east Alberta, Canada. It is centred around Holden, and has the municipal seat in Ryley, in the western part of Census Division No. 10.

Beaver County was incorporated as a municipal district on July 31, 1999, and the name was changed from "County of Beaver No. 9" to "Beaver County"^[1].

1 Demographics
2 Communities
3 Attractions
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Demographics

As of 2001, 5,644 people were living in 2,094 dwellings, a 0.3% decrease in population since 1996. With a land area of 3,316.68 km², Beaver county has a population density of 1.7 /km².

Source: Statistics Canada 2001 Census^[2]

[edit] Communities

[edit] Attractions

Two parks with campgrounds are located in the countie's limits, Black Nugget Lake (located between Tofield and Ryley, south of Highway 14) and Camp Lake (located east of Viking, between Kinsella and Innisfree).

[edit] References

^ Beaver County municipal profile - Alberta Municipal Affairs
^ Beaver County Community Profile - Statistics Canada. 2002. 2001 Community Profiles. Released June 27, 2002. Last modified: 2005-11-30. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 93F0053XIE

[edit] External links

Official webpage

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