Crooked Creek is an unincorporated community in northern Alberta

Northern Alberta

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, Canada

Canada

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, near Highway 43 between Valleyview

Valleyview, Alberta

-History:*Late 1800s: The first visitors to the area arrived, seeking natives to exchange goods for furs. The trading was good and a Hudson’s Bay post was established on Sturgeon Lake...

 and Grande Prairie

Grande Prairie, Alberta

Grande Prairie is a city in the northwestern part of the province of Alberta in Western Canada. It is located on the southern edge of the Peace River Country . The city is surrounded by the County of Grande Prairie No...

. It lies within the Municipal District (M.D.) of Greenview No. 16

Greenview No. 16, Alberta

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 as well as the Peace Wapiti School Division..

The region is largely agricultural, though oil development in recent years has assisted the growth of small businesses and brought many other jobs. The construction and forestry industries are also important employers. The community is home to a mix of various cultures, including important Mennonite

Mennonite

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 and Hutterite

Hutterite

Hutterites are a communal branch of Anabaptists who, like the Amish and Mennonites, trace their roots to the Radical Reformation of the 16th century. Since the death of their founder Jakob Hutter in 1536, the beliefs of the Hutterites, especially living in a community of goods and absolute...

 communities.

It is home to a few schools, the largest of which is Ridgevalley School, a K-12 public school that serves a large region from the edge of Sturgeon Lake

Sturgeon Lake (Alberta)

Sturgeon Lake is a lake in north-western Alberta, Canada. It has a total area of and a maximum depth of . It is located in the hydrographic basin of the Little Smoky River at an elevation of 685 m, 20 km west of the town of Valleyview, along Highway 43....

 to the east, and Bezanson

Bezanson, Alberta

Bezanson is a hamlet in northern Alberta, Canada within the County of Grande Prairie No. 1. It is located approximately east of Grande Prairie on Highway 43, west of the Smoky River.- History :...

 to the west. The school is attended by approximately 300 students. A grade 1 through 9 school also serves a relatively large Mennonite community, and a nearby Hutterite colony has its own local school.

Demographics

Statistics Canada has not recently published a population for Crooked Creek.

However, Industry Canada shows that Crooked Creek's greater rural area had a total population of 1,121 living in 367 dwellings in 2001. With a land area of 2246.63 km² (867.4 sq mi), its greater rural area has a population density

Population density

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of 0.5 /km2.