Dunmore is a hamlet in Alberta, Canada within Cypress County,[1] located 2.6 kilometres (1.6 mi) southeast of Medicine Hat's city limits on Highway 1 and the Canadian Pacific Railway mainline. It is also recognized as a designated place by Statistics Canada.[2]
Dunmore is the administrative centre of Cypress County and the Prairie Rose Regional School Division No. 8.
The hamlet was named by the CPR after Charles Murray, the Earl of Dunmore.[3]
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As a designated place, Dunmore had a population of 534 in the 2006 Canadian census.[2]
Just south of the community is Eagle Butte High School, named after a geographic feature of the Cypress Hills. A one-room schoolhouse in the Cypress Hills was called "Eagle Butte School".[4]
Located in the hamlet is Dunmore Park – which has a playground, outdoor hockey rink, baseball field, and a small BMX track. Dunmore has two gas stations, a community hall, a golf driving range, a storage unit business, a bar and various other small businesses.
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