Kapasiwin, formerly Kepasiwin and Wabamun Beach, is a summer village

Summer village

Summer villages in Alberta are incorporated communities that have permanent populations generally less than 300 permanent inhabitants, as well as seasonal inhabitants....

 in Alberta

Alberta

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, Canada

Canada

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. It is located in the eastern shore of Wabamun Lake

Wabamun Lake

Wabamun Lake is one of the most heavily used lakes in Alberta, Canada. It lies west of Edmonton, Alberta. It is long and narrow, covers and is 11 meters deep at its deepest, with somewhat clear water....

, south of Wabamun Lake Provincial Park and the Yellowhead Highway

Yellowhead Highway

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The name derives from kapesiwin (ᑲᐯᓯᐃᐧᐣ), the Cree

Cree language

Cree is an Algonquian language spoken by approximately 117,000 people across Canada, from the Northwest Territories and Alberta to Labrador, making it the aboriginal language with the highest number of speakers in Canada. It is also spoken in the U.S. state of Montana...

 word for "campground".

History

Kapasiwin was originally incorporated on October 25, 1913 as the Village of Wabamun Beach. It was renamed to the Village Municipality of Kepasiwin on August 28, 1918. Recognizing that the village acted like a summer village, the Province of Alberta officially incorporated it as the Summer Village of Kapasiwin on September 1, 1913.

Demographics

The population of the Summer Village of Kapasiwin according to its 2009 municipal census is 15.

In 2006, Kapasiwin had a population of 39 living in 28 dwellings

House

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, a 160.0% increase from 2001. However, this population has since been revised by Statistics Canada to 15. The summer village had a land area of 0.31 km² (0.119691669163686 sq mi) and a population density

Population density

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of 48.4 /km2 using the revised 2006 population count.