The County of Forty Mile No. 8 is a municipal district in south eastern Alberta

Alberta

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, Canada

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It is located in Census Division 1

Division No. 1, Alberta

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, east of Medicine Hat

Medicine Hat, Alberta

Medicine Hat, known to locals as "The Hat", is a city of 61,097 people located in the southeastern part of the province of Alberta, Canada. It is enclaved within Cypress County along with the nearby Town of Redcliff, although neither is part of the county....

. The municipal seat is in Foremost

Foremost, Alberta

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Demographics

In 2006, County of Forty Mile had a population of 3,414 living in 945 dwellings

House

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, a 0.5% decrease from 2001. The county has a land area of 7229.84 km² (2,791.5 sq mi) and a population density

Population density

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 of 0.5 /km2.

In 2001, the municipal district had a population of 3,168 in 947 dwellings, a 1.9% decrease from 1996. On a surface of 7,215.27km² it had a density of 0.4 inhabitants/km².

Communities

The following communities are located in this municipal district:

Towns

• Bow Island

Villages

• Foremost
  Foremost, Alberta
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Hamlets

• Burdett (dissolved from village status on January 1, 2003)
• Etzikom
• Manyberries
  Manyberries, Alberta
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• Orion
• Skiff

Other unincorporated communities

• Aden
  Aden, Alberta
  Aden is a Canada - United States border crossing in Forty Mile County, Alberta. It is a Canadian port of entry from Montana Secondary Highway 409, Montana, United States, to Alberta Highway 880, Alberta, Canada...
  
  
• Altorado
  Altorado, Alberta
  Altorado is a ghost town in Forty Mile County, Alberta, Canada.The community was originally settled during the creation of a Canadian Pacific Railway line from Weyburn, Saskatchewan to Stirling, Alberta in an attempt to profit from railway trade. During 1912 - 1913, pioneers, mainly Mormons,...
  
  
• Conquerville
  Conquerville, Alberta
  Conquerville is an unincorporated community in Forty Mile County, Alberta, Canada. Located north of Highway 61, in southeast Alberta, Canada...
  
  
• Legend
  Legend, Alberta
  Legend is an unincorporated community in Alberta, Canada within the County of Forty Mile No. 8. It is located along Highway 61 between Range Road 125 and Range Road 130, in southeast Alberta. It is one of many ghost towns along the historic Red Coat Trail route....
  
  
• Nemiscam
• Pakowki
  Pakowki, Alberta
  Pakowki is an unincorporated community in Alberta, Canada within the County of Forty Mile No. 8. It is located along Highway 61 in southeast Alberta. It is one of many ghost towns along the historic Red Coat Trail route....
  
  
• Whitla
  Whitla, Alberta
  Whitla is an unincorporated community in Alberta, Canada within the County of Forty Mile No. 8.- See also :*List of communities in Alberta...
  
  
• Winnifred
  Winnifred, Alberta
  Winnifred is an unincorporated community in Alberta, Canada within the County of Forty Mile No. 8. It is located approximately southwest of the City of Medicine Hat and east of the Town of Bow Island....
  
  

External links

• County of Forty Mile (Official site)