Vilna, Alberta
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| Census division | No. 12 |
| County | Smoky Lake |
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269 (2001) |
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| Time zone | Mountain: UTC -7 |
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| Highways | Highway 28 Highway 859 |
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| Governing body | Vilna Village Council |
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Vilna is a historic village in central Alberta, Canada.
Vilna is located in Smoky Lake County, on highway 28, 150km northeast of the city of Edmonton.
Vilna was founded in 1907, mostly by central european settlers, and started to develop in 1919, when the railroad reached this area. It was named in 1920, after the city of Vilna [1] (modern Vilnius in Lithuania). The settlement was incorporated as a village on June 13, 1923.
It claims to be home to the world's largest mushroom: a metal sculpture[2][3].
As of 2001, Vilna had 269 inhabitants[4], and the population has been stagnant until 2005[5].
[edit] References
- ^ (English) Our History.... Historic Vilna. Project of the Village of Vilna. (2005). Retrieved on 2006-08-15.
- ^ (English) Our World's Largest Mushrooms.... Historic Vilna. Project of the Village of Vilna (2005). Retrieved on 2006-08-15.
- ^ Roadside attractions - Vilna mushrooms
- ^ Vilna Community Profile - - Statistics Canada. 2002. 2001 Community Profiles. Released June 27, 2002. Last modified: 2005-11-30. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 93F0053XIE.
- ^ Alberta First - Vilna Community Statistics
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