Black Diamond | |
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Former town | |
 Downtown Black Diamond on Alberta Highway 22 | |
  Black Diamond Location of Black Diamond  Black Diamond Black Diamond (Canada) | |
| Coordinates: 50°41′17″N 114°14′00″W / 50.68806°N 114.23333°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Alberta |
| Region | Calgary Metropolitan Region |
| Census division | 6 |
| Town | Diamond Valley |
| Incorporated[1] | |
| • Village | May 8, 1929 |
| • Town | January 1, 1956 |
| Amalgamated[2] | January 1, 2023 |
| Government | |
| • Governing body | Diamond Valley Town Council |
| Area (2021)[3] | |
| • Land | 6.82 km2 (2.63 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,159 m (3,802 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 2,730 |
| • Density | 400.4/km2 (1,037/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−07:00 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−06:00 (MDT) |
| Postal code span | |
| Area codes | 403, 587, 825, 368 |
| Highways | Highway 22 Highway 7 |
| Waterways | Sheep River |
| Website | town.blackdiamond.ab.ca (archived December 29, 2022) |
Black Diamond was a town in the Calgary Metropolitan Region of Alberta, Canada within the Town of Diamond Valley. It is at the intersection of Highway 22 (Cowboy Trail) and Highway 7. Its first post office opened in 1907.[6] Black Diamond was so named because of coal deposits near the original town site.[7] Little oil or gas remains.
It was a sister town to Turner Valley, and has a hospital, shops, hotels and residences, elementary school (K-6th grade), high school (7th-12th grade), hockey rink and a Boys and Girls Club.
Black Diamond is located in the foothills of the Canadian Rockies in the midst of some of Canada's best ranch country.
A 3 km (1.9 mi) trail next to the roadway between Black Diamond and Turner Valley is named the Friendship Trail.
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- ^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada and population centres". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved February 13, 2022.
- ^ Hamilton, William (1978). The Macmillan Book of Canadian Place Names. Toronto: Macmillan. p. 21. ISBN 0-7715-9754-1.
- ^ Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 20.