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Cadomin

Cadomin
Hamlet
Cadomin is located in Alberta
Cadomin
Location of Cadomin in Alberta
Coordinates: 53°01′57″N 117°19′35″W / 53.03246°N 117.32652°W / 53.03246; -117.32652
Country  Canada
Province  Alberta
Census division No. 14
Municipal district Yellowhead County
Government
 • Type Unincorporated
 • Mayor Gerald Soroka
 • Governing body
Area
 • Total 1.02 km2 (0.39 sq mi)
Elevation 1,520 m (4,990 ft)
Population (2016)
 • Total 40
 • Density 39.2/km2 (102/sq mi)
 • Dwellings 92
Time zone MST (UTC−7)
 • Summer (DST) MDT (UTC−6)

Cadomin /ˈkædəmɪn/ is a hamlet in the west-central Alberta, Canada within Yellowhead County. It is located along the McLeod River in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, approximately 50 kilometres (31 mi) south of Hinton near the Bighorn Highway. It is served by a spur of the Canadian National Railway.

Statistics Canada recognizes Cadomin as a designated place. It is located in census division No. 14 and in the riding of Yellowhead. It is administered by Yellowhead County.

Cadomin's name is an acronym for 'Canadian Dominion Mining', and the town gives its name to the Cadomin Formation, which forms a prominent outcrop near the settlement.

Cadomin is one of many towns in the Alberta Coal Branch area that thrived from the 1920s to the 1950s. During the early 1930s, Cadomin's population peaked at 1,800. Other Coal Branch towns included Mountain Park, Luscar, Mercoal, and farther to the east, Robb, Embarras, Coalspur, Coal Valley, Lovett, and Foothills.


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