Tangent | |
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| Coordinates:55°47′55″N117°40′44″W / 55.79861°N 117.67889°W /55.79861; -117.67889 | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Alberta |
| Region | Northern Alberta |
| Census division | 19 |
| Municipal district | Birch Hills County |
| Government | |
| • Type | Unincorporated |
| • Governing body | Birch Hills County Council |
| Population (1991)[1] | |
• Total | 39 |
| Time zone | UTC−07:00 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−06:00 (MDT) |
| Area codes | 780,587, 825 |
Tangent is ahamlet innorthern Alberta, Canada withinBirch Hills County,[2] located alongAlberta Highway 740, approximately 98 kilometres (61 mi) northeast ofGrande Prairie. It was named by surveyors due to the formation of a tangent (straight-section) in the rail track that ran fromEdmonton toDawson Creek.
On June 18, 1928, John Yaremko chose to settle at the current location of the hamlet, later joined by Albert Purcha and his family. The spring of 1929 brought a large group of settlers under the recruitment of Father Josephat Hamelin. In May, a general store was built, and a post office erected in the winter of that same year.Natural gas was discovered in the 1950s, opening up a new industry alongsideagriculture andanimal husbandry.
Today, Tangent is an agricultural community made up of mostlyFranco-Albertans descended from the settlers that followed Father Hamelin,Eastern European Canadians, andAnglo-Canadians.
Tangent recorded a population of 39 in the1991 Census of Population conducted byStatistics Canada.[1]
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