Jasper, Alberta
| Jasper | |
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| Specialized municipality | |
| Municipality of Jasper | |
View of Jasper from the summit of The Whistlers
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 Jasper
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| Coordinates: 52°52′23″N 118°04′56″W / 52.87306°N 118.08222°WCoordinates: 52°52′23″N 118°04′56″W / 52.87306°N 118.08222°W | |
| Country |
 Canada
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| Province |
 Alberta
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| Region | Alberta's Rockies |
| Census division | 15 |
| Founded | 1813 |
| Incorporated - Improvement district |
August 31, 1995 |
| - Specialized municipality | July 20, 2001 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Richard Ireland |
| • Governing bodies | Jasper Municipal Council & Parks Canada |
| • CAO | Mark Fercho |
| • MP | Jim Eglinski |
| • MLA | Eric Rosendahl |
| Area (2016) | |
| • Land | 924.06 km2 (356.78 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,060 m (3,480 ft) |
| Population (2016) | |
| • Total | 4,590 |
| • Density | 5/km2 (10/sq mi) |
| Time zone | MST (UTC−7) |
| • Summer (DST) | MDT (UTC−6) |
| Postal code span | T0E |
| Area code(s) | +1-780, +1-587 |
| Highways |
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| Waterways |
Athabasca River Miette River |
| Railways | Canadian National Railway |
| Website | Official website |
Jasper is a specialized municipality in western Alberta, Canada. It is the commercial centre of Jasper National Park, located in the Canadian Rockies within the Athabasca River valley. Jasper is approximately 362 kilometres (225 mi) west of Edmonton and 290 kilometres (180 mi) north of Banff, Alberta, at the intersection of Highway 16 (Yellowhead Highway) and Highway 93 (Icefields Parkway).
The Municipality of Jasper, comprising the Jasper townsite known as the Town of Jasper and a surrounding rural service area, was established as a specialized municipality on July 20, 2001. Governance is shared between the municipality and the federal Parks Canada agency.
Established in 1813, Jasper House was first a North West Company, and later Hudson's Bay Company, fur trade outpost on the York Factory Express trade route to what was then called "New Caledonia" (now British Columbia), and Fort Vancouver in Columbia District on the lower Columbia River.
Jasper National Park was established in 1907. The railway siding at the location of the future townsite was established by Grand Trunk Pacific Railway in 1911 and originally named Fitzhugh after a Grand Trunk vice president (along the Grand Trunk's "alphabet" line). The Canadian Northern Railway began service to Fitzhugh in 1912. The townsite was surveyed in 1913 by H. Matheson. It was renamed Jasper after the former fur trade post. An internment camp was set up at Dominion Park in Jasper from February 1916 to August 1916.
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