Gunn, Alberta

Gunn
Hamlet
Gunn, Alberta is located in Alberta
Gunn, Alberta
Location of Gunn in Alberta
Coordinates: 53°43′37″N 114°20′37″W / 53.7269°N 114.3436°W / 53.7269; -114.3436
CountryCanada
ProvinceAlberta
Census divisionNo. 13
Municipal districtLac Ste. Anne County
Government
 • TypeUnincorporated
 • ReeveWilliam Hegy
 • Governing body
  • Ross Bohnet
  • Wayne Borle
  • Dwight Davidson
  • Lloyd Glebelhaus
  • William Hegy
  • Robert Kohn
  • Lorne Olsvik
Area
 (2021)[1]
 • Land0.44 km2 (0.17 sq mi)
Elevation
740 m (2,430 ft)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Total
26
 • Density59.7/km2 (155/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−7 (MST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−6 (MDT)

Gunn is a hamlet in Alberta, Canada within Lac Ste. Anne County.[2] It is located west of the junction of Highway 43 and Highway 33 on the northeast shore of Lac Ste. Anne. It is approximately 58 kilometres (36 mi) northwest of Edmonton and has an elevation of 740 metres (2,430 ft).

The hamlet is located in Census Division No. 13 and in the federal riding of Yellowhead.

The community has the name of Peter Gunn, Hudson's Bay Company factor at Lac Ste. Anne and first MLA for that constituency.[3][4]

The first post office was established in 1915.[3]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference 2021census was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Specialized and Rural Municipalities and Their Communities" (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. June 3, 2024. Retrieved June 14, 2024.
  3. ^ a b Lac Ste. Anne Historical Society. Archives Committee (1959). West of the Fifth: a history of Lac Ste. Anne Municipality. Edmonton, Ca: The Institute of Applied Art Ltd. p. 230.
  4. ^ Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 60.