| Plamondon | |
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| — Hamlet — | |
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| Country | Canada |
| Province | Alberta |
| Census division | No. 12 |
| Municipal district | Lac La Biche County |
| Settled | 1905 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Unincorporated |
| • Mayor | Peter Kirylchuk |
| • Governing body |
Lac La Biche County Council
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| Area[1] | |
| • Total | 1.94 km2 (0.7 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 555 m (1,821 ft) |
| Population (2006)[1] | |
| • Total | 335 |
| • Density | 172.8/km2 (447.5/sq mi) |
| • Dwellings | 128 |
| Time zone | MST (UTC-7) |
Plamondon is a hamlet in northern Alberta, Canada within Lac La Biche County.[2] It is located on Highway 858, approximately 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) north of Highway 55, and has an elevation of 555 metres (1,821 ft).
The hamlet is located in census division No. 12 and in the federal riding of Fort McMurray-Athabasca.
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The community was founded by Joseph Plamondon in 1905, and settled by primarily French Canadians. Most of the families that eventually settled there came from Provemont, Michigan (now Leelanau County, Michigan) and from French areas of Ontario.
On the outskirts of Plamondon is a community of Old Believers, a Traditionalist Russian Orthodox sect whose ancestors broke from the Church after Patriarch Nikon's reforms in 1666. The schism, or Raskol, resulted over reforms in church ritual and translation intended to better align the Russian church with Greek Orthodox practices. The Old Believers that live outside Plamondon are bezpopovtsy, or priestless Old Believers, who believe that apostolic succession ended with Nikon's apostasy and therefore have no clergy and refuse the Eucharist. Most of these families moved to the area in the mid 1960's from Woodburn, Oregon, also home to a large Old Believer community. Many also came from Xinjiang province, China, by way of New Zealand, where they fled after the Communist revolutions in Russia and China.
The community has two schools, the larger one French/English bilingual and a smaller French school called Ecole Beausejour, which draw students from the entire region.
There are two hotels, two banks, post office, indoor hockey arena with artificial ice, a museum, and a rather large church.
The hamlet also holds an annual french hockey tournament. Frontenacs of University of Alberta have won twice. A Canadian Mud Racing Organization (CMRO) event is also held annually at the Plamondon Mud Bog.
The main industries in the region are logging and farming.
As of 2006, Plamondon had a total population of 335 living in 128 dwellings. With a land area of 1.94 km2 (0.75 sq mi), it has a population density of 172.8 /km2 (448 /sq mi).[1]
Industry Canada shows that Plamondon's greater rural area had a total population of 2,596 living in 1,130 dwellings in 2001. With a land area of 1,882.2 km2 (726.7 sq mi), its greater rural area has a population density of 12.0 /km2 (31 /sq mi).[3]
| Calling Lake | Fort McMurray | |||
| Atmore | Lac La Biche | |||
| Plamondon | ||||
| Boyle | Andrew | Vilna |
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