Nordegg
Nordegg
Brazeau | |
|---|---|
Hamlet | |
Location of Nordegg in Alberta | |
| Coordinates: 52°28′14″N 116°4′31″W / 52.47056°N 116.07528°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Alberta |
| Region | Central Alberta |
| Census Division | No. 9 |
| Municipal district | Clearwater County |
| Founded | 1914 |
| Named after | Martin Nordegg |
| Government | |
| • Reeve | John Vandermeer |
| • Governing body | Clearwater County Council
|
| • MP | Yellowhead |
| • MLA | Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre |
| Elevation | 1,287 m (4,222 ft) |
| Population (1986) | |
• Total | 53 |
| Time zone | UTC−7 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−6 (MDT) |
| Postal code span | |
| Area code | +1-403 |
| Highways | Highway 11 |
| Waterways | Lake Abraham, Shunda Creek |
| Website | nordeggliving |
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Nordegg is a hamlet in west-central Alberta, Canada within Clearwater County. It is in the North Saskatchewan River valley in the foothills of the Canadian Rockies, just east of the intersection of the David Thompson Highway and the Highway 734 spur of the Bighorn Highway (the Forestry Trunk Road). A former coal mining town, it was named after Martin Nordegg and the name probably means "North Corner" in a German dialect. The railway station name at the locality was called Brazeau rather than Nordegg at certain points in its history, but the local post office has always been named Nordegg. The name Brazeau is now obsolete.