Conrich, Alberta

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Conrich is a designated place (an unincorporated hamlet) in southern Alberta, in the Municipal District of Rocky View.

Conrich is located two miles east of the City of Calgary's eastern limits. (approximately 17 kilometers or 10.6 miles northeast of Calgary's city center, on McKnight Boulevard. It is anticipated that the hamlet will eventually be annexed by Calgary, however current proposed annexation plans finalized in 2006 indicate the new boundaries will stop short of Conrich for now.[1]

Conrich got its start as a flag station for the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway. A flag station was exactly that: passengers wanting to board had to flag the train down. The land for the site was obtained from W.F. Birch. The railroad reached here in 1913, and the name comes from the surnames of two real estate developers, Connacher and Richardson . The Canadian National Railway took over the line in 1918. A post office operated at this site from August 15, 1925 to December 12, 1960.

[edit] References

Karamitsanis, Aphrodite (1992). Place Names of Alberta – Volume II, Southern Alberta, University of Calgary Press, Calgary, Alberta.

Read, Tracey (1983). Acres and Empires – A History of the Municipal District of Rocky View, Calgary, Alberta.

[edit] External links

• Municipal District of Rocky View's official website
• Rocky View's Profile (2005 Community Profile of the Year) on Alberta First
• Calgary-Edmonton Corridor in Alberta