Warner | |
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| Village of Warner | |
| Nickname: Home of the First Last Elevator Row In Alberta | |
  Warner Location of Warner | |
| Coordinates:49°16′58″N112°12′28″W / 49.28278°N 112.20778°W /49.28278; -112.20778 | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Alberta |
| Region | Southern Alberta |
| Census Division | No. 2 |
| Municipal district | County of Warner No. 5 |
| Incorporated[1] | |
| • Village | November 12, 1908 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Tyler Lindsay |
| • Governing body | Warner Village Council |
| Area (2021)[3] | |
| • Land | 1.16 km2 (0.45 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,021 m (3,350 ft) |
| Population (2021)[3] | |
• Total | 364 |
| • Density | 313.7/km2 (812/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (MDT) |
| Area code(s) | 403, 587, 825 |
| Highways | 4,36,504 |
| Website | Official website |
Warner is a village inAlberta, Canada. It is surrounded by theCounty of Warner No. 5, approximately 65 km (40 mi) south ofLethbridge. Warner is a farming community. Warner is situated at the intersection ofHighway 4 andHighway 36, about 38 km north of theMontana border andInterstate 15. Warner's nearest neighbours are the towns ofStirling andMilk River.
It is home to theDevil's Coulee Dinosaur Heritage Museum.[5]
In the2021 Census of Population conducted byStatistics Canada, the Village of Warner had a population of 364 living in 172 of its 201 total private dwellings, a change of-2.4% from its 2016 population of 373. With a land area of 1.16 km2 (0.45 sq mi), it had a population density of313.8/km2 (812.7/sq mi) in 2021.[3]
In the2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Warner recorded a population of 373 living in 172 of its 196 total private dwellings, a12.7% change from its 2011 population of 331. With a land area of 1.16 km2 (0.45 sq mi), it had a population density of321.6/km2 (832.8/sq mi) in 2016.[6]
TheDevil's Coulee Dinosaur Heritage Museum[5] features aHadrosaur (duck-billed dinosaur) nest and embryo, ancient fossils, dinosaur models, located in the Warner.
TheWarner elevator row is a row of historic wood-cribbedgrain elevators. A total of four elevators still stand in a row from south to north alongside theCanadian Pacific Railway on the east entrance of the village of Warner. Only one other elevator row remains in Canada, the elevators inInglis, Manitoba.
TheGalt Historic Railway Park located 1 km north ofStirling is another popular museum which displays of life and travel in the 1880s to 1920s are set up in the restored 1890North West Territories International Train Station fromCoutts, Alberta, Canada andSweetgrass, Montana, USA. The station was moved to the current location near Stirling in 2000 and is added onto every year. Future plans to move the 1925 Ogilvie grain elevator fromWrentham for display along the station in the 36-acre (150,000 m2) park is still in the planning stages.
Stirling Agricultural Village is aNational Historic Site of Canada, and was listed as one of only three communities inCanada designated as aNational Historic Site because of the community's well preserved settlement pattern that follows thePlat of Zion model.[7] Located within the village are two museums theMichelsen Farmstead a totally restored 1900s home showcasing rural life in Alberta in the 1930s. Listed as a Provincial Historic Site in 2001,[8] and the Galt Historic Railway Park.
Waterton Lakes National Park is a National Park located in the extreme southwest corner of Alberta, Canada, 40 km west ofCardston, and bordersGlacier National Park in Montana, USA.Waterton Lakes was Canada's fourth National Park formed in 1895. TheRocky Mountains rise suddenly out of the rolling prairies in the park. Amid the peaks are the threeWaterton Lakes, carved out of the rock by ancientglaciers.
Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park, is one of the largest areas of protected prairie in the Alberta park system, and serves as both anature preserve and protection for the largest concentration ofrock art, created by Plains People. There are over 50 rock art sites, with thousands of figures, as well as numerous archeological sites.
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