List of Ghost Towns
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Ghost town | Municipality | Location | About | Peak Year | Peak population | Population |
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Alderson | Cypress County | |||||
Alexo | Clearwater County | Former coal mining community | ||||
Allerston | County of Warner No. 5 | |||||
Allingham | Kneehill County | |||||
Altorado | County of Forty Mile No. 8 | |||||
Amber Valley | Athabasca County | |||||
Anthracite | Improvement District No. 9 (Banff National Park) | |||||
Ardenode | Wheatland County | |||||
Ardley | Red Deer County | |||||
Bankhead | Improvement District No. 9 (Banff National Park) | Former coal mining community | 1,000 | |||
Bardo | Beaver County | |||||
Battle Bend | Flagstaff County | |||||
Beazer | Cardston County | |||||
Belloy | Birch Hills County | |||||
Bindloss | Special Area No. 2 | |||||
Bingham | County of Forty Mile No. 8 | |||||
Buffalo | Special Area No. 2 | |||||
Bulwark | County of Paintearth No. 18 | |||||
Butte | Clearwater County | |||||
Coalspur | Yellowhead County | |||||
Commerce | County of Lethbridge | 1921 | 360 | |||
Conquerville | County of Forty Mile No. 8 | |||||
Conrad | County of Forty Mile No. 8 | |||||
Del Bonita | Cardston County | |||||
Dorothy | Starland County | 1920s | 100 | |||
East Coulee | Town of Drumheller | 1930s | 3,000 | 177 | ||
Embarras Landing | Yellowhead County | |||||
Evarts | Red Deer County | 1915 | 22 | |||
Frankburg | Cardston County | |||||
Georgetown | Municipal District of Bighorn No. 8 | |||||
Harrisville | Cardston County | |||||
Judson | Cardston County | |||||
Kimball | Cardston County | 8,000 | ||||
Kovach | Kananaskis Improvement District | |||||
Legend | County of Forty Mile No. 8 | |||||
Lille | Municipality of Crowsnest Pass | |||||
Luscar | Yellowhead County | Former coal mining community | ||||
Maybutt | County of Warner No. 5 | 1920s | 250 | 2 | ||
Mercoal | Yellowhead County | Former coal mining community | ||||
Mintlaw | Red Deer County | |||||
Mitford | Rocky View County | |||||
Mountain Park | Yellowhead County | Former coal mining community | ||||
Nemiscam | County of Forty Mile No. 8 | |||||
Nordegg | Clearwater County | Former coal mining community/National Historic Site | 3,000 | |||
Pakowki | County of Forty Mile No. 8 | |||||
Port Cornwall | Municipal District of Lesser Slave River No. 124 | 1913 | 200 | |||
Pendant d'Oreille | County of Forty Mile No. 8 | |||||
Raley | Cardston County | |||||
Retlaw | Municipal District of Taber | |||||
Rowley | Starland County | 1920 | 500 | |||
Taylorville | Cardston County | |||||
Tollerton | Yellowhead County | 1916 | 180 | |||
Travers | Vulcan County | |||||
Twin River | Cardston County | |||||
Wardlow | Special Area No. 2 | |||||
Whiskey Gap | Cardston County | |||||
Whitford | Lamont County | |||||
Whitla | County of Forty Mile No. 8 | |||||
Wimborne | Kneehill County | |||||
Windfall | Woodlands County | Former gas plant community founded by Canadian Fina Oil Ltd. | 1961 | 101 | ||
Winnifred | County of Forty Mile No. 8 | |||||
Woolford | Cardston County | 1910 | ||||
Wostok | Lamont County |
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“A mans interest in a single bluebird is worth more than a complete but dry list of the fauna and flora of a town.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)
“Sheathey call him Scholar Jack
Went down the list of the dead.
Officers, seamen, gunners, marines,
The crews of the gig and yawl,
The bearded man and the lad in his teens,
Carpenters, coal-passersall.”
—Joseph I. C. Clarke (18461925)
“The horn, the hounds, the lank mares coursing by
Under quaint archetypes of chivalry;
And the fox, lovely ritualist, in flight
Offering his unearthly ghost to quarry;”
—John Crowe Ransom (18881974)
“The poor in bustling towns arent called upon, but the rich deep in the mountains have relatives visiting them from afar.”
—Chinese proverb.