Redwood Meadows is a unique community known as a townsite in Alberta

Alberta

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, Canada

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 – the only townsite recognized by Alberta Municipal Affairs

Alberta Municipal Affairs

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 at this time.

Redwood Meadows is unique in that it is a partially independent municipality, functioning similar to an incorporated Alberta town, but is different from all other Alberta towns due to:

• its location within the Tsuu T'ina Nation 145
  Tsuu T'ina Nation 145, Alberta
  Tsuu T'ina Nation 145 is the name of an Indian reserve in southern Alberta, Canada. It is the home of the Tsuu T'ina Nation. The reserve was created by Treaty 7. Reserve lands are between Southwest Calgary, Alberta in the east and Bragg Creek, Alberta in the west. The north boundary is just...
  
   Indian reserve;
• the leased nature of the land on which it is developed; and
• council's shared administration of the townsite with the Tsuu T'ina Nation Council.

The Townsite of Redwood Meadows is located along Highway 22, approximately 20 km west of Calgary

Calgary

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, 18 km south of Cochrane

Cochrane, Alberta

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 and 5 km northeast of Bragg Creek

Bragg Creek, Alberta

Bragg Creek is a hamlet in southern Alberta under the jurisdiction of Rocky View County in Division No. 6. It is also recognized as a designated place by Statistics Canada....

. It has an elevation of 1250 metres (4,101 ft) and is approximately 400 acres (1.6 km²) in size (1.62 km² or 0.6 sq mi).

Redwood Meadows is located in census division

Census division

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 No. 6

Division No. 6, Alberta

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 and in the federal riding

Alberta federal electoral districts

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 of Macleod

Macleod (electoral district)

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.

Administration

Although the Townsite of Redwood Meadows is located within the Tsuu T'ina Nation 145

Tsuu T'ina Nation 145, Alberta

Tsuu T'ina Nation 145 is the name of an Indian reserve in southern Alberta, Canada. It is the home of the Tsuu T'ina Nation. The reserve was created by Treaty 7. Reserve lands are between Southwest Calgary, Alberta in the east and Bragg Creek, Alberta in the west. The north boundary is just...

 Indian reserve, it has its own Town Council of a mayor and six councillors.

History and leasing

In the early 1970s, the land upon which Redwood Meadows is developed was leased to Sarcee Developments Ltd. (SDL), a wholly owned Tsuu T'ina company. The Head Lease, 75 years in duration, commenced in 1974 and will terminate in 2049 (unless there is a lease renewal). SDL sub-leases individual lots to the residents, which will also terminate in 2049.

Services

Redwood Meadows shares municipal and emergency services with nearby municipalities through various contracts and agreements. It is serviced with water, sewer, parks and roads and has a well equipped volunteer fire department.

Demographics

Statistics Canada has not recently published a population for Redwood Meadows.

However, the most recent municipal census conducted by the Townsite of Redwood Meadows indicated that it has a population of 1,150 on June 30, 2005.

Industry Canada shows that Redwood Meadows' greater rural area had a total population of 1,102 living in 381 dwellings in 2001. With a land area of 127.3 km² (49.2 sq mi), its greater rural area has a population density

Population density

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of 6 /km2.

External links

• Townsite of Redwood Meadows