Brosseau, Alberta

Brosseau
Hamlet
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Coordinates: 53°47′30″N 111°41′13″W
Country	Canada
Province	Alberta
Region	Central Alberta
Census division	10
Municipal district	County of Two Hills No. 21
Government
• Type	Unincorporated
• Governing body	County of Two Hills No. 21 Council
Population  (1981)[1]
• Total	13
Time zone	UTC−07:00 (MST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−06:00 (MDT)
Area code(s)	780, 587, 825

Brosseau (English: /ˈbruːsoʊ/)[2] is a hamlet in central Alberta, Canada within the County of Two Hills No. 21.[3] It is located on the north bank of the North Saskatchewan River along the Highway 29 / Highway 36 concurrency, 50 km (31 mi) southwest of St. Paul. The hamlet of Duvernay is located immediately across the river along the south bank.

The hamlet has the name of Edmond Brosseau, an early settler.[4]

Before Brosseau existed, a previous settlement had been created on the same site. Founded by Father Lacombe as Saint-Paul-des-Cris, it was a Catholic mission to the Cree which was established in 1865 and abandoned in 1874 due to Cree reluctance to adopt an agricultural lifestyle and several crop failures. Lacombe would try again nearby in 1896 with a new settlement called Saint-Paul-des-Métis, which also struggled until it was opened to white Francophones in 1909.[5]

Demographics

Brosseau recorded a population of 13 in the 1981 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada.[1]

See also

• List of communities in Alberta
• List of hamlets in Alberta

References

1. "1981 Census of Canada: Place Name Reference List — Western Provinces and the Territories" (PDF). Statistics Canada. May 1983. Retrieved September 25, 2021.
2. The Canadian Press (2017), The Canadian Press Stylebook (18th ed.), Toronto: The Canadian Press
3. "Specialized and Rural Municipalities and Their Communities" (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. June 3, 2024. Retrieved June 14, 2024.
4. Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 25.
5. "Oblates in the West - the Alberta Story : The Congregation, the Congregation in Alberta, the Alberta Missions". Archived from the original on September 10, 2014. Retrieved December 23, 2014.