Dalroy, Alberta
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Dalroy is a designated place (an unincorporated hamlet) in southern Alberta, in the Municipal District of Rocky View.
Dalroy is located approximately 38 kilometers or 23.6 miles east of the City of Calgary, just east of Highway 9.
This name 'Dalroy' is a combination of the names Dill & McElroy who were Dalroy’s first local merchants.
[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
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