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RED DEER COUNTY . . . 'A Great Place to Live, Work and Grow'

 
 Profiles:
City of Red Deer
Red Deer County
Town of Lacombe
Lacombe County
Sylvan Lake
Innisfail
Blackfalds
Penhold
Bowden
Eckville
Bentley
Rocky Mountain House
Stettler
Stettler County
Clearwater County
 
grain farming
 
livestock farming
 
park at Gasoline Alley
 
Red Deer County Centre
 





















 


A mix of rural and a variety of urban-style living in the centre of Alberta's economic boom
 Red Deer County map

Historically an extremely rich agricultural area, the County has a strong oil and petrochemical sector, as well as value-added processing and manufacturing industries.

Municipalities within County:
   
 City of Red Deer,
     Town of Sylvan Lake,
     Town of Innisfail,
     Town of Penhold,
     Town of Bowden,
     Village of Delburne,
     Village of Elnora,
     and Summer Villages of Norglenwold and Jarvis Bay

Primary Recreational Areas:  Sylvan Lake, Glennifer Lake
(Reservoir), Pine Lake

 
Red Deer County CentrePopulation
19,108 (2006)
(Canada census)
18,640 (2001) (Canada census)
includes Hamlets of Springbrook (956),
  Benalto (385), Spruce View (174),
  Dickson (77), Lousana (50), Markerville (50),
  Ardley (16*);  and 60 rural subdivisions incl.
  Poplar Ridge (561), Waskasoo Estates (474*),
  Kountry Meadows (273*), Linn Valley (226),
  Les' Trailer Park (154), Woodland Hills (126),
  Spruce Lane (112), McKenzie (100*),
  Springvale Heights (96*), Balmoral (95),
  Canyon Heights (87), Central Park (85),
  Kayton Estates (84*), Melody Meadows (80*)
                                              * 2001 census

 

125,000 including all municipalities within County (Red Deer, Innisfail, Sylvan Lake, etc.)
 
Contact info:
Mail: 38106 Range Road 275,
Red Deer County, Alberta T4S 2L9 
Phone: 403-350-2150 
email:
info@reddeercounty.ab.ca
web: www.reddeercounty.ab.ca/

 
Transportation:
  Highway QE2
(Queen Elizabeth 2) /Canamex Highway (major north-south freeway corridor),
  The Regional Airport Red Deer (scheduled and charter flights, flight training, flight services),
  Canadian Pacific Railway (major north-south corridor),
  Highway 11 (major east-west highway linking Rocky Mountains, Sylvan Lake, Joffre, Stettler),
Other Major Highways: 2A, 11A, 54, 42, 21 (Boomtown Trail), 595 (Delburne Road), 590,
    592, 781, Calgary & Edmonton Trail, 766

Other Transportation Features: Innisfail Airport; CN Railway

 
Red Deer Regional Airport terminal and mounted Harvard trainerMajor attractions:
  Fort Normandeau / The Crossing,
  Canyon Ski & Recreation (east of Red Deer),
  RCMP Police Dog Training Centre,
  Dickson Dam and Glennifer Reservoir,
  Historic Markerville Creamery,
  Historic Stephansson House at Markerville,
  Danish Canadian National Museum
      at Dickson,
  Historic Dickson Store Museum
,
  Medicine River Wildlife Centre,
  Red Lodge Provincial Park
    
(west of Bowden)
  Daines Rodeo Ranch
(on C & E Trail)


Business, commercial and industrial areas
:
  Gasoline Alley, Liberty Park, Petrolia Park, (immediately south of Red Deer)
  Red Deer Regional Airport (at Springbrook),
  Burnt Lake AgriBusiness Park, Belich Business Park (immediately west of Red Deer),
  Blindman Industrial Park, Kuusamo Industrial Park (west of Sylvan Lake on CN rail line)

Major employers
include Bowden Penitentiary, Proform Concrete Services,
  Chinooks Edge School Division, Crimtech Services, Westridge Cabinets, Owen Oil Tools,
 
plus many businesses in service and retail, oil and gas servicing, agribusiness

Education: Chinook's Edge School Division (students bussed to schools in local municipalities)

Healthcare: David Thompson Health Region (facilities in Red Deer, Innisfail, Sylvan Lake)

Emergency Services: Fire halls at Springbrook, Spruce View, Poplar Ridge
 
 and immediately south of Red Deer, with agreements with local municipalities.
   Policing
by RCMP and County Patrol.
   Ambulance
service by Guardian Ambulance and Red Deer Emergency Services.

Area:  4,042 sq. km. - 1,575 sq. mi. - 1,000,000 acres - 408,000 hectares

History: Red Deer Crossing established 1882, Municipal District became County 1963

Governance:
Mayor (elected at large 2007-2010) Earl Kinsella; County Manager Curtis Herzberg
Councillors (one elected from each of 6 divisions): Jim Wood, Reimar Poth, Penny Archibald,
                                                                              David Hoar, Jim Lougheed, George Gehrke


http://www.rdcounty.ca/

 

Map of Red Deer area             Red Deer County News Headlines             County Population Stats
Regional Communities Page               Distances between communities   
 

park in Gasoline Alley

RED DEER COUNTY
A Great Place to Live, Work and Grow
Population 19,108 (2006)
Population including all municipalities 125,000

 

 

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Central Alberta Websites
website publishing & development
 

403-886-2640
 
info@centralalbertawebsites.com

webmaster for the following
Red Deer County
Recreation & Culture Boards:

Division 3
Division 2

and the
Springbrook Community Association

Forth Junction Heritage Society
 
a celebration of the Red Deer region as a major distribution and transportation hub symbolic of the economic development of Western Canada

a bold vision
for
2 local and visitor destinations
in the Red Deer area with

4 unique attractions
with a transportation & culture theme

a time to think big and bold . . .
 
The Forth Junction Project

 

Springbrook Waskasoo Life logo

Springbrook, Waskasoo area
Red Deer Regional Airport

News (recent and archive),
coming events, maps,
community directory,
feature articles,
base and rail history,

Springbrook-Waskasoo Life

Piper Creek Pet Resort

Dog and Cat Boarding

Professional, Safe, Comfortable
place for your pets to stay
while on business or vacation


Piper Creek Pet Resort

403-347-3967

Fax 403-309-7255
Red Deer County

 

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