Donalda

Donalda
Village
Village of Donalda
The Donalda oil lamp roadside attraction
The Donalda oil lamp roadside attraction
Donalda is located in Alberta
Donalda
Location in Alberta
Coordinates: 52°34′58.2″N 112°34′18.2″W / 52.582833°N 112.571722°W / 52.582833; -112.571722
CountryCanada
ProvinceAlberta
RegionCentral Alberta
Census division7
Municipal districtCounty of Stettler No. 6
Incorporated[1] 
 • VillageDecember 30, 1912
Government
[2]
 • MayorDoug Booker
 • Governing bodyDonalda Village Council
Area
 (2021)[3]
 • Land0.97 km2 (0.37 sq mi)
Elevation
780 m (2,560 ft)
Population
 (2021)[3]
 • Total226
 • Density233.6/km2 (605/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−7 (MST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−6 (MDT)
HighwaysHighway 53
Websitevillage.donalda.ab.ca Edit this at Wikidata

Donalda is a village in central Alberta, Canada that is east of Ponoka. It was founded in 1911 and takes its name from Donalda Crossway, a niece of Sir Donald Mann, a Canadian Northern Railway official.[4] It is home to the "World's Largest Oil Lamp", standing at 12.8 metres (42 ft) high, the structure is one of the Giants of the Prairies. The village was first named Eidswold by the Norwegian settlers who first founded the community.[5] It was renamed Donalda in 1910, when the railroad came through.[6]

  1. ^ "Location and History Profile: Village of Donalda" (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. October 14, 2016. p. 239. Retrieved October 17, 2016.
  2. ^ "Municipal Officials Search". Alberta Municipal Affairs. May 9, 2019. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference 2021census was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Donalda". Unlock the Past with Central Alberta Regional Museum Network. Central Alberta Regional Museum Network. Retrieved 2014-04-25.
  5. ^ "Mot Kanadas Nordvast: Pioneer Settlement by Scandinavians in Central Alberta" by William C. Wonders. Geografiska Annaler. Series B, Human Geography, Vol. 65, No. 2 (1983), pp. 129-152.
  6. ^ Donalda Jubilee Committee (1963). Fifty years on the coulee rim: factual history of Donalda and district. Donalda, Alberta. p. 5.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)