County of Warner No. 5

County of Warner No. 5
Municipal district
Last surviving elevator row in Alberta, located in Warner
Location of Warner County No. 5 in Alberta
Coordinates: 49°16′34″N 112°06′43″W / 49.27611°N 112.11194°W / 49.27611; -112.11194Coordinates: 49°16′34″N 112°06′43″W / 49.27611°N 112.11194°W / 49.27611; -112.11194
Country	Canada
Province	Alberta
Region	Southern Alberta
Census division	No. 2
Established	1912
Incorporated	1950
Government[1]
• Reeve	Ross Ford
• Governing body	County of Warner Council
• Office location	Warner
Area (2011)[2]
• Total	4,517.67 km2 (1,744.28 sq mi)
Population (2011)[2]
• Total	3,841
• Density	0.9/km2 (2/sq mi)
• Dwellings	887
Time zone	MST (UTC-7)
Website	warnercounty.ca

The County of Warner No. 5 is a municipal district in southern Alberta, Canada. Located in Census Division No. 2 just north of the United States border, its municipal office is located in the Village of Warner.

History

Warner was originally organised as a rural municipality in 1912. The County of Warner No. 5 was established in 1954.

Demographics

In the 2011 Census, the County of Warner No. 5 had a population of 3,841 living in 820 of its 956 total dwellings, a 5.1% change from its 2006 adjusted population of 3,654. With a land area of 4,517.67 km² (1,744.28 sq mi), it had a population density of 0.9/km² (2.2/sq mi) in 2011.^[2]

In 2006, the County of Warner No. 5 had a population of 3,674 living in 887 dwellings, a 3.3% decrease from 2001.^[3] However, this population has since been revised by Statistics Canada to 3,776.^[4] Using the pre-revised Statistics Canada data, the County of Warner No. 5 had a land area of 4,519.77 km² (1,745.09 sq mi) and a population density of 0.8/km² (2.1/sq mi).^[3]

In 2001, the County of Warner No. 5 had a population of 3,798 in 880 dwellings, a 6.7% increase from 1996. On a surface of 4,516.09 km² it had a density of 0.8 inhabitants/km².^[5]

Tourism and attractions

• Stirling Agricultural Village, National Historic Site of Canada
• Warner elevator row, last surviving "Grain Elevator Row" in Alberta.
• Galt Historic Railway Park
• Michelsen Farmstead
• William T. Ogden House
• Lost Frontier Mini-Railway
• Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park
• Devil's Coulee Dinosaur Heritage Museum
• Centennial Park
• Stirling Elevator
• Neils Hogenson House
• Andrew Larson House
• Temple Hill
• Raymond Golf Club
• Milk River Golf Club

Events

• Stirling Settler Days
• Victorian Prairie Christmas - Galt Railway Park
• Raymond Stampede

History

The County of Warner No. 5 comprises approximately 50 townships, and is bordered on the south by the Canadian-United States border, It is composed of the former Municipal District of Warner No. 36 and a portion of the former Municipal District of Sugar City No. 37.

The following is the events that lead to the incorporation of the County of Warner No. 5:

• January, 1913 - Municipal District of Warner No. 36 incorporated.

• January 23, 1923 - Municipal District of Sugar City No. 37 incorporated.

• 1942 - Sugar City Municipality enlarged to include Local Improvement District

No. 7 and portions of Local Improvement Districts 8, 38 and 67.

• January 6, 1950 - Warner Municipality enlarged to include Milk River, Coutts and Masinasin districts.

• December 31, 1953 - Sugar City dissolved and portion added to the Municipal District of Warner.

• January 1, 1954 - County of Warner No. 5 incorporated.

Communities and localities

Education

Westwind School Division No. 74 and Horizon School Division No. 67 provide education within the boundaries of the County of Warner No. 5.

Early school districts

Listed below are the former school districts that once provided education within the County of Warner No. 5.^[9]

Name & SD No.	Image	Location	Date Established	Date Closed/ Disbanded	Notes
Galt/Stirling No. 647		29 - 6 - 19 - W4	19 November 1901		Originally named Galt, the name was changed to Stirling in 1957.[10]
Raymond No. 700		8 - 6 - 20 - W4	1 May 1902[11]
Mammoth No. 1379		24 - 5 - 20 - W4	9 August 1905[12]
Warner No. 1675		10 - 4 - 17 - W4	31 July 1907[13]
Tyrells Lake No. 2007		20-5-17-W4	8 July 1909	1939	Demolished 1940s[14]
Milk River Valley/Masinasin No. 2024		15 - 2 - 13 - W4	24 August 1909		Originally named Milk River Valley, the name was changed to Masinasin in 1941.[15]
Milk River No. 2056		15 - 2 - 13 - W4	8 October 1909[15]
Grain No. 2597		15-1-11-W4	25 November 1911[16]
West Butte/St. Kilda No. 2747		11-1-12-W4	25 May 1912		Originally named West Butte, the name was changed to St. Kilda in 1920.[17]
Indian Rock No. 2540		18-1-12 -W4 moved? to 11 - 1 - 12 - W4	25 August 1911[18]
Locke No. 2730		31-1-13 -W4 Moved? to 28 - 2 - 13 - W4	10 May 1912[19]
Clarinda No. 2459		8-1-13 -W4	10 June 1911[20]
Verburg No. 2439		33-1-14 -W4	10 May 1911[21]
Sexton Creek No. 2510		9-1-14 -W4 moved? to 33 - 1 - 14 - W4	24 July 1911[22]
Lind No. 2170		34-1-16 -W4	25 April 1910[23]
John Joes No. 2198		24-1-17-W4	26 May 1910		Also spelled John Jo[24]
Two Fifteen No. 2153		20-2-15-W4	26 March 1910 March 26		Moved to Milk River for a class room when the district was joined with Milk River Consolidated District 12, December 1945[25]
Sleepy Hollow No. 2634		24-2-15-W4	25 January 1912[26]
Lucky Strike No. 2589		17-3-11-W4	9 November 1911[27]
Prairie Round No. 2152		21-3-12-W4	26 March 1910 March 26[28]
Patience No. 2156		23-6-17-W4	26 March 1910[29]
Maybutt		32-6-19-W4	1912
Kippen No. 2080		34-2-12-W4	9 December 1909	1933	Kippenville Consolidated 7 created in 1915 by Kippen & Green Villa disorganized in 1933[30]
Bankview No. 3042		16-1-17-W4	1913	1953
Craddock/Bluesky No. 3456		33 - 81 - 2 - W6	15 February 1917		Originally named Craddock, the name was changed to Bluesky in 1947.[31]
Coutts No. 3560		4 - 1 - 15 - W4	30 October 1917[32]
North Wrentham No. 3618		7 - 16 - W4	18 February 1918[33]
Wrentham No. 3617		36 - 6 - 17 - W4	18 February 1918[34]
Conrad No. 4077		11 - 61 - 12 - W4	3 November 1921[35]

See also

• List of communities in Alberta
• List of municipal districts in Alberta

References

External links

• Official website

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