Picture Butte is a town in southern Alberta

Southern Alberta

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, Canada

Canada

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. It is located 27 km (16.8 mi) north of the city of Lethbridge

Lethbridge

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. It claims the title of "Livestock Feeding Capital of Canada."

Radio personality and 34th on "The Greatest Canadian

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" list Hal Anderson

Hal Anderson

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 was born in Picture Butte.

History

Picture Butte received its name from a prominence southeast of town. By 1947, however, the prominence's soil had been reworked and used for street improvements, highway construction and a dyke on the shore of the Picture Butte Lake Reservoir. The prominence no longer exists.

Homesteading in the area began in the early 20th century. The building of the Lethbridge Northern Irrigation System in 1923 and the CPR

Canadian Pacific Railway

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 rail line in 1925 stimulated an influx of settlers.

In 1943, Picture Butte became a village, and it attained town status in 1961 with a population of 978.

The Canadian Sugar Factory closed in 1978 and resulted in the loss of tax revenues and employment opportunities to the town. Industrial activity consists of small service, warehousing and wholesaling industries.

The town annexed approximately 165 acre (0.6677319 km²) in 1991, significantly changing the town's boundary since the general municipal plan of 1980.

Demographics

The population of the Town of Picture Butte according to its 2010 municipal census is 1,658.

In 2006, Picture Butte had a population of 1,592 living in 607 dwellings

House

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, a -6.4% increase from 2001. The town has a land area of 2.9 km² (1.1 sq mi) and a population density

Population density

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 of 549.1 /km2.

Education

Picture Butte is part of the Palliser Regional School Division #26, and also part of the Holy Spirit Roman Catholic Separate School District #4.

The following schools are located in Picture Butte:

• Dorothy Dalgliesh Elementary School [K-6]
• St. Catherine's School [K-9]
• Picture Butte High School [7-12]

External links

• Town of Picture Butte
• Alberta First. Picture Butte