Exshaw, Alberta
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Heart Mountain and the Cement Plant at Exshaw. Community is east (left) of the plant.
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| Coordinates: 51°03′42″N 115°09′46″W / 51.0617°N 115.1628°WCoordinates: 51°03′42″N 115°09′46″W / 51.0617°N 115.1628°W | |
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 Canada
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| Province |
 Alberta
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| Region | Alberta's Rockies |
| Census division | 15 |
| Municipal district | M.D. of Bighorn No. 8 |
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| • Type | unincorporated |
| • Governing body | M.D. of Bighorn No. 8 Council |
| Area | |
| • Land | 1.58 km2 (0.61 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,320 m (4,330 ft) |
| Population (2016) | |
| • Total | 412 |
| Time zone | MST (UTC−7) |
| • Summer (DST) | MDT (UTC−6) |
Exshaw is a hamlet in Alberta, Canada within Municipal District (M.D.) of Bighorn No. 8. Located approximately 90 kilometres (56 mi) west of downtown Calgary and 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) east of Canmore, Exshaw is situated within the Bow River valley north of the Bow River.
The hamlet was once located within Banff National Park, with the original park entrance being only a couple miles east of Exshaw.
Sir Sanford Fleming named Exshaw after his son-in-law, E. William Exshaw (B. 15 Feb 1866, Bordeaux, D. 16 Mar 1927; of Anglo-Irish descent; and Sailing Olympic Gold Medalist at the Paris 1900 Summer Olympics), who with Fleming helped establish the Western Canada Cement and Coal Company. William Exshaw visited in 1908 when a banquet was held in his honour by the staff of WCC&C.
Robert D. Hassan, an American mechanical engineer, was hired in 1906 to build a mill in Exshaw, Alberta for the Western Canada Cement and Coal Company. He was assisted in building the plant by Alexander Graham Christie, 1880–1964, a mechanical and electrical engineering graduate from the University of Toronto, who later in 1909 became associate professor of engineering at the University of Wisconsin, and in 1914 joined the School of Engineering at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland.
Although the original cement plant was further west, the community has had a large plant for many years. The cement plant, now owned by Lafarge North America, is the main industry in the community. The limestone is quarried on the mountain north of the plant.
A number of other plants and quarries are in the area east and west. West is Baymag calcined magnesium oxide plant, and east, Graymont lime and limestone products plant.
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