Deadwood, Alberta

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A small hamlet in Alberta, Canada, approximately 80 km north of Peace River. It is located 10 km east of Highway 35 on Highway 690, or 34 km southeast of Manning. Apparently it was named for Deadwood, South Dakota, but doesn't seem to have much in common with its namesake.

The hamlet consists of a community hall, baseball diamond, post office, small store, and several houses. The post office, store "School Daze" and pool room are all contained within the building that was the Deadwood School. The Deadwood United Church continues as an active preaching point of the Manning-Deadwood Shared Ministry. At one time there was a service station and at least one other church.

Annual community events have included

• "Deadwood Days" in the summer with a softball tournament, and sometimes a parade and a very small fair.
• "The Fall Supper" as in many rural communities in North America, is usually held in late October in the community hall.
• "Deadwood Talent Night" in the late fall or winter, held in the community hall, showcasing an eclectic and sometimes astonishing range of talents from the Manning-Deadwood and Dixonville area.

It is the hometown of country singer Carolyn Dawn Johnson.

On Saturday, August 19, 2006 in the evening (with a number of people gathered for the Deadwood Days ball tournament watching) a single-engine Cessna 177 piloted by Manning businessman Nick Gudzinski, 49, crashed less than a kilometre south of the hamlet. The pilot and all three of the teenaged passengers were killed. All were residents of the Manning area some 55 kilometres northwest of Deadwood. One of the passengers was Mr. Gudzinski's son; another was his son's girlfriend, and the remaining was the girlfriend's brother. The cause of the crash is still being investigated.

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