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Turner Valley is a town in Alberta

Alberta

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, Canada

Canada

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. It is located 60 km (37.3 mi) southwest of Calgary.

Situated on Highway 22 (The Cowboy Trail), the town was once the centre of an oil

Petroleum

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and natural gas

Natural gas

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boom

Boom and bust

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. For 30 years, the Turner Valley Oilfields was a major supplier of oil and gas and the largest producer in the British Empire, but is presently undergoing a recession

Recession

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. Turner Valley is just 3 km from its sister town, Black Diamond

Black Diamond, Alberta

Black Diamond is a sister town to Turner Valley. There exists a three-kilometer trail next to the roadway between Black Diamond and Turner Valley named the Friendship Trail. It has a hospital, shops, hotels and residences, an elementary school [K-6] and highschool [7-12] as well a hockey rink and...

to the east and about 25 km from a relatively undeveloped portion of Kananaskis Improvement District

Kananaskis Improvement District

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Demographics

The population of the Town of Turner Valley according to its 2008 municipal census is 2,022.

In 2006, Turner Valley had a population of 1,908 living in 794 dwellings

House

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, an 18.7% increase from 2001. The town has a land area of 5.45 km² (2.1 sq mi) and a population density

Population density

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of 350.1 /km2.

Notable natives

Laureen Harper
Laureen Harper
Laureen Ann Harper is the wife of Canada's 22nd Prime Minister Stephen Harper.-Life and career:The eldest of three, Teskey was born in Turner Valley, a rural town south-west of Calgary, Alberta. Her parents were ranchers and owned an electrical contracting company; the Teskeys divorced in 1991,...

, wife of the current Prime Minister Stephen Harper
Stephen Harper
Stephen Joseph Harper is the 22nd and current Prime Minister of Canada and leader of the Conservative Party. Harper became prime minister when his party formed a minority government after the 2006 federal election...

, was born here.
Dwight Lodeweges
Dwight Lodeweges
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, former NASL
North American Soccer League
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and Dutch
Netherlands
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Eredivisie
Eredivisie
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soccer player.

Recreation and facilities

Turner Valley Golf and Country Club - 18-hole, semi-private course open April to October.
Dr. Lander Memorial Pool - An outdoor swimming pool open late May until August (renovated in 2010).
Turner Valley Outdoor Rink and Skateboard Park - Unsupervised ice surface with public skating and shinny in the winter. Skateboard park during warmer months.
Friendship Trail - 3 km paved trail connecting to Black Diamond.
Kananaskis Country - 25 km west of Turner Valley. Offers camping, hiking, cross-country skiing, horseback riding, fishing, bird watching.http://www.cd.gov.ab.ca/enjoying_alberta/parks/featured/kananaskis/parks_sheep.asp

Schools

Turner Valley Elementary - Grades K-6

Junior and Senior High School students attend Oilfields High School in Black Diamond

Black Diamond, Alberta

External links

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