Endiang
| Endiang | |
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| Hamlet | |
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| Coordinates: 51°57′14″N 112°09′30″W / 51.9539°N 112.1583°W | |
| Country |
 Canada
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| Province |
 Alberta
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| Census division | No. 7 |
| Municipal district | County of Stettler No. 6 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Unincorporated |
| • Governing body | County of Stettler No. 6 Council |
| • Area councillor | Les Stulberg |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.63 km2 (0.24 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 870 m (2,850 ft) |
| Population (2016) | |
| • Total | 15 |
| Time zone | MST (UTC-7) |
Endiang, Alberta is a hamlet in Alberta, Canada within the County of Stettler No. 6. It is located approximately 80 kilometres (50 mi) southeast of Stettler, Alberta.
Although Endiang enjoyed fair prosperity in the early years of the 20th century, the Great Depression, World War II, and better transportation have led to the depopulation of the local farming community, and with it, of the hamlet. In former years, Endiang was home to a post office, two general stores, two hardware stores, bank, train station, grain elevators, hotel and pool hall, gas station, tractor dealership, lumber yard, and all the other establishment expected in most communities. Today, Endiang is still home to a community hall and a restaurant. Its population in 2011 was 35.
The hamlet is located in census division No. 7 and in the federal riding of Crowfoot.
A little known fact about Endiang is that during the cold war it was considered the place most likely for conflict between the U.S.S.R. and the U.S.A. to begin. If the Soviet Union were to have fired a missile first, and the American military were to respond, it was considered likely that the two missiles would collide over Endiang. This fact was immortalised in the poem "Armageddon at Endiang, Alberta".
An interesting bit of history is that the original settlement of Endiang was located about 5 kilometers northeast of the present hamlet and was established by William Foreman on his homestead in 1910. It was named for a summer resort hotel the Foreman family owned in the Muskoka Lakes region of Ontario, named "Endiang," from the Anishinaabe language Endaayaang, meaning "our home". The tiny settlement included a post office, store and hall. When the CNR built a railroad through the area in 1925 it missed the original settlement, so with the aid of horse power the buildings were moved to the new site of Endiang.
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