Coronation, Alberta
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Coronation is a small town
Town
A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while...
in east-central Alberta
Alberta
Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. It is located at the intersection of Highway 12 and Highway 872, approximately 100 kilometres (62.1 mi) west of the Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....
border. The economy is supported primarily by farming, ranching, and the oil patch. There is one K-12 school called Coronation School (approximately 374 students as of 2009) There is also a Coronation School in Edmonton, that has no affiliation to this Coronation School.
Coronation is surrounded by the County of Paintearth
Paintearth County No. 18, Alberta
The County of Paintearth No. 18 is a municipal district in east central Alberta, Canada.It is located in Census Division 7. Incorporated in the current boundaries in 1944 as the Municipal District of Paintearth No. 334, it was established as a county in 1962. The municipal seat is in the Town of...
. The school belongs to the Clearview School District of Alberta and the Hospital belongs to the David Thompson Health Region.
History
Coronation was incorporatedMunicipal corporation
A municipal corporation is the legal term for a local governing body, including cities, counties, towns, townships, charter townships, villages, and boroughs. Municipal incorporation occurs when such municipalities become self-governing entities under the laws of the state or province in which...
as a town on September 27, 1911. After moving south from the Haneyville, some distance north of its present location to be congruent with rail lines, Coronation was expected to be a hub town. However, larger towns such as Calgary
Calgary
Calgary is a city in the Province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, approximately east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies...
and Red Deer
Red Deer, Alberta
Red Deer is a city in Central Alberta, Canada. It is located near the midpoint of the Calgary-Edmonton Corridor and is surrounded by Red Deer County. It is Alberta's third-most-populous city – after Calgary and Edmonton. The city is located in aspen parkland, a region of rolling hills...
began to evolve into cities and Coronation was forgotten in that regard.
Relying on its farming population, Coronation eventually erected three grain elevator
Grain elevator
A grain elevator is a tower containing a bucket elevator, which scoops up, elevates, and then uses gravity to deposit grain in a silo or other storage facility...
s which remained landmarks until their destruction in the summer of 2002. Other landmarks include the water tower that was remodeled in the late 1990s, the caboose that is painted a regal red, and the lighted crown at the town's entrance that was built by a team of Hutterites in the early 2000s.
Amenities
The town includes many recreational facilities, including an indoor skatingIce skating
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and hockey
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
arena, a curling rink, a plethora of baseball
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
fields, a recently built soccer field, a taekwondo
Taekwondo
Taekwondo is a Korean martial art and the national sport of South Korea. In Korean, tae means "to strike or break with foot"; kwon means "to strike or break with fist"; and do means "way", "method", or "path"...
class, an outdoor swimming pool and numerous playgrounds and parks. Coronation also features a rodeo
Rodeo
Rodeo is a competitive sport which arose out of the working practices of cattle herding in Spain, Mexico, and later the United States, Canada, South America and Australia. It was based on the skills required of the working vaqueros and later, cowboys, in what today is the western United States,...
every June, with such events as calf roping, barrel racing, bull riding and chuckwagons. The rodeo is highlighted by the parade which includes floats sponsored by most of the town's businesses and clubs as well as a pancake breakfast that is attended by many of the town's residents. In the summer, Coronation is home to the Coronation Town and Country Fair which includes many exhibits, including academic displays as well as botanical achievements and artistic entries. Coronation has some of the most sunlight hours in Canada. Its climate is mostly warm and dry during the spring and summer with precipitation as per normal for East Central Alberta. The winter is usually cold and snowy, also as per usual. Many residents of Coronation have referred to its weather as unusual, however, as it is generally different from the surrounding areas. It has been known to snow on one side of town while being clear on the other. The unusual weather is highlighted by Coronation's perpetual appearance in other cities' weather reports.
Coronation School students, under the direction of staff member, music teacher Dan Kinakin, were part of the recording of a Christmas Album called A Coronation Christmas in 1999. Other Coronation and Brownfield
Brownfield, Alberta
Brownfield is a hamlet in central Alberta, Canada within the County of Paintearth No. 18. It is located approximately north of Highway 12 and southeast of Camrose.- Education :*- References :...
(a hamlet 20 minutes North) residents contributed original and traditional pieces to the album, which was recorded at Brownsound Studios, owned by Carson Cole
Carson Cole
Carson Cole is a Canadian folk singer, and lyricist.-Biography:Cole was born and raised in rural Alberta, Canada. At age 15 he released his first album, Cure for the World, through Canadian Gospel label Praise Records...
, of Brownfield. Coronation has a relatively steady population, with most people who live there staying for their entire lives. However, Coronation is also a transient town, as many individuals and families will move into town for work and move out again after they have finished.
The town's health facility consists of the Coronation and District Hospital. Annexed from the hospital is the Assisted Living Complex which houses many of the town's elderly. In recent years, a new town hall has been erected to replace the aged Elks Hall which has commonly been the site of celebrations and other functions.
The town has a diverse religious following. There are two churches, an Evangelical Free Church and a United Church as well as a Jehovah's Witness Kingdom Hall. Previously, there was a Catholic Parish, St. Anthony's, but that was disbanded in the late '90's due to lack of diocese funding. The town's Catholic residents must now travel twenty minutes west to Castor
Castor, Alberta
Castor is a town in the Canadian province of Alberta. It is intersected by Highway 12 and Highway 861, east of the city of Red Deer, at an elevation .It was incorporated July 13, 1910...
to attend mass.
The town also publishes a weekly newspaper, the Coronation Review, which highlights all the week's happenings in the town. Its publisher, Joyce Webster, has won numerous awards as well as has had the privilege to have met with and interviewed former Prime Minister Jean Chrétien. Famous people from Coronation include recording artist Carson Cole, Red Deer Rebels player Karey Pieper and former NHL Hockey Player Travis Brigley.
Demographics
In 2006, Coronation had a population of 1,015 living in 457 dwellingsHouse
A house is a building or structure that has the ability to be occupied for dwelling by human beings or other creatures. The term house includes many kinds of different dwellings ranging from rudimentary huts of nomadic tribes to free standing individual structures...
, a 12.5% increase from 2001. The town has a land area of 3.73 km² (1.4 sq mi) and a population density
Population density
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of 271.8 /km2.
Climate
Coronation experiences a humid continental climateHumid continental climate
A humid continental climate is a climatic region typified by large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot summers and cold winters....
(Köppen climate classification
Köppen climate classification
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Dfb).
Notable residents
- Barbara ClarkBarbara ClarkBarbara Clark is a former international freestyle swimmer from Canada, who won the bronze medal in the Women's Women's 4x100 Freestyle Relay, alongside Becky Smith, Gail Amundrud, and Anne Jardin....
- bronze medalist for Canada in swimming at the 1976 Olympics1976 Summer OlympicsThe 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in 1976. Montreal was awarded the rights to the 1976 Games on May 12, 1970, at the 69th IOC Session in Amsterdam, over the bids of Moscow and...
. - Travis BrigleyTravis BrigleyTravis Brigley is a Canadian professional ice hockey player currently playing for the Bentley Generals in the Chinook Hockey League...
- former NHL player. - Stuart GillardStuart GillardStuart Gillard is a Canadian film and television director. He is most notably known for directing RocketMan in 1997.He also wrote and directed the romance film Paradise in 1982....
- film director of RocketManRocketManRocketMan is a 1997 science fiction comedy film that was produced by Walt Disney Pictures and Caravan Pictures and released on October 10, 1997. The film was shot on location at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas and in Moab, Utah for the scenes on the surface on Mars.The film was a...
(1997), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IIITeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IIITeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III is a 1993 American live-action film, the second sequel of the 1990 live-action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film. It was produced by Clearwater Holdings Ltd. and Golden Harvest. This was the last Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film released by New Line Cinema and...
(1993), and WarGames: The Dead CodeWarGames: The Dead CodeWarGames: The Dead Code is a 2008 sequel to the 1983 thriller film WarGames. It was written by Randall M. Badat and Rob Kerchner and was directed by Stuart Gillard. Production began on November 20, 2006 in Montreal, and the film was released on DVD on July 29, 2008...
(2008) - Melody DavidsonMelody DavidsonMelody Davidson is the head coach of the Canadian national women's hockey team. She was the head coach of the gold medal winning 2006 Winter Olympics and 2010 Winter Olympics Canadian women's team....
- Olympic gold medalist, head coach of Team Canada Women's hockey