Peace River, Alberta
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Peace River Peace River Crossing (1898–1916) Rivière-la-Paix (French) |
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| Town of Peace River | ||
A view of Peace River as seen from West Hill. Kauffman Hill is to the left and Grouard Hill to the right separated by Pat's Creek valley
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 Peace River
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| Coordinates: 56°14′02″N 117°17′23″W / 56.23389°N 117.28972°WCoordinates: 56°14′02″N 117°17′23″W / 56.23389°N 117.28972°W | ||
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 Canada
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 Alberta
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Region Sub-region |
Northern Alberta Peace Country |
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| Census division | 19 | |
| Municipal district | Northern Sunrise County | |
| Incorporated | ||
| • Village | June 2, 1914 (as Peace River Crossing) | |
| • Name change | May 22, 1916 | |
| • Town | December 1, 1919 | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Tom Tarpey | |
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Peace River Town Council
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| • CAO | Christopher J. Parker | |
| • MP | Arnold Viersen | |
| • MLA | Debbie Jabbour | |
| Area (2011) | ||
| • Total | 25.92 km2 (10.01 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 330 m (1,080 ft) | |
| Population (2011) | ||
| • Total | 6,729 | |
| • Density | 260/km2 (670/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | MST (UTC−7) | |
| • Summer (DST) | MDT (UTC−6) | |
| Postal code span | T8S | |
| Area code(s) | +1-780, +1-587 | |
| Highways |
Highway 2 Highway 684 Highway 743 Highway 744 |
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| Waterways |
Peace River Smoky River Heart River Pat's Creek |
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| Website | www |
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Peace River, originally named Peace River Crossing, and known as Rivière-la-Paix in French, is a town in northwestern Alberta, Canada, situated along the banks of the Peace River, at its confluence with the Smoky River, the Heart River and Pat's Creek. It is located 486 kilometres (302 mi) northwest of Edmonton, and 198 kilometres (123 mi) northeast of Grande Prairie, along Highway 2. It was known as the Village of Peace River Crossing between 1914 and 1916.
The Peace River townsite is nearly 1,000 feet (300 m) below the relatively flat terrain surrounding it. Pat's Creek used to be an open channel though the town but is now channelled though a culvert under the town streets, re-emerging at the mouth on the Peace River at the Riverfront Park.
The population in the Town of Peace River was 6,729 in 2011, a 6.6% increase over its 2006 population. There are significant nodal settlements and subdivisions in the vicinity of the town on acreages along Highway 2 to the west, Highways 684 (Shaftesbury Trail) and 743 as well as the southwest portion of Northern Sunrise County. Regionally, there are various First Nation communities to the northeast, French-Canadian farming communities to the south and to the east, and Mennonite and Hutterite German-Canadian farming communities to the north and northwest of the town.
Peace River was the site of the 2004 Alberta Winter Games. In 2010, Peace River, in conjunction with Grimshaw and surrounding municipalities, jointly hosted the 2010 Alberta Summer Games. These games are held every two years and are Alberta's largest sporting event.
After the last glacial ice sheets melted from the northern parts of the Canadian prairies, an ice-free corridor allowed people from Asia to make a way deep into the Americas. When the Ice Age ended, many of these groups moved back north following the large herds of grazing animals which were, in turn, following the grasses northward in the warming climate. In the Peace River area, the two major language groups were the Athapaskan and the Algonquian.
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