Seven Persons, Alberta

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Seven Persons is a small Alberta hamlet 20 km west of Medicine Hat, on Highway 3.

[edit] History

It was founded by Cyril Ogston in the 1800s. It was part of the great migration of Mormons leaving the United States in an attempt for religious freedom as the United States created laws that did not let them practice polygamy, a part of their religion at the time.

[edit] See also

• Hamlets of Alberta
• List of communities in Alberta

	Vauxhall	Redcliff	Medicine Hat	v • d • e
	Bow Island
		Seven Persons
	Foremost		Elkwater

v • d • e Subdivisions of Alberta Subdivisions Regions · Census divisions · Counties and municipal districts · School districts · Regional Health Authorities Communities Cities · Towns · Villages · Hamlets · Indian reserves · Métis Settlements · Ghost towns Cities and Special Centres Airdrie · Brooks · Calgary · Camrose · Cold Lake · Edmonton · Fort McMurray · Fort Saskatchewan · Grande Prairie · Leduc · Lethbridge · Lloydminster (part) · Medicine Hat · Red Deer · Sherwood Park · Spruce Grove · St. Albert · Wetaskiwin

Coordinates: 49°52′24.5″N 110°54′22.7″W / 49.873472, -110.906306 (Seven Persons, Alberta)