Wildwood | |
|---|---|
Hamlet | |
 Main Street | |
| Nickname: A Place For All Seasons | |
  Location of Wildwood inAlberta | |
| Coordinates:53°36′34″N115°14′15″W / 53.60944°N 115.23750°W /53.60944; -115.23750 | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Alberta |
| Region | Central Alberta |
| Census Division | No. 14 |
| Municipal district | Yellowhead County |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Jim Eglinski |
| • Governing body | Yellowhead County Council
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| Area (2021)[1] | |
| • Land | 0.54 km2 (0.21 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 778 m (2,552 ft) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Total | 257 |
| • Density | 476.1/km2 (1,233/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−7 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−6 (MDT) |
| Postal code span | |
| Highways | Yellowhead Highway Cowboy Trail |
| Waterways | Lobstick River |
| Website | Yellowhead County |
Wildwood is ahamlet in west-central Alberta, Canada withinYellowhead County.[2] It is on theYellowhead Highway (Highway 16), approximately 112 kilometres (70 mi) west of Edmonton and 82 kilometres (51 mi) east ofEdson. The Yellowhead Highway's intersection withCowboy Trail (Highway 22) is 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) east of the hamlet. TheLobstick River, which flows fromChip Lake to the west, runs through the hamlet.
Statistics Canada recognizes Wildwood as adesignated place.[3]
Farming and ranching are an important part of Wildwood's economy. TheWildwood and District Agricultural Society was organized in 1939 and holds an Agricultural Fair every August.
Originally namedJunkins, Wildwood was established in 1908 by a group of 20 African-American immigrants as ablock settlement.[4] The newBlack Canadian homesteaders arrived fromOklahoma andTexas, just three years after Alberta became a province in 1905.[5] TheGrand Trunk Pacific Railway arrived in Junkins in 1908. People arriving at "end of steel" transferred their goods to wagons and travelled to their homesteads.[6]
In the2021 Census of Population conducted byStatistics Canada, Wildwood had a population of 257 living in 118 of its 136 total private dwellings, a change of-5.9% from its 2016 population of 273. With a land area of 0.54 km2 (0.21 sq mi), it had a population density of475.9/km2 (1,232.6/sq mi) in 2021.[1]
As a designated place in the2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Wildwood had a population of 273 living in 139 of its 157 total private dwellings, a change of-7.1% from its 2011 population of 294. With a land area of 0.54 km2 (0.21 sq mi), it had a population density of505.6/km2 (1,309.4/sq mi) in 2016.[3]
53°36′34″N115°14′15″W / 53.60944°N 115.23750°W /53.60944; -115.23750 (Wildwood)
