Rochfort Bridge | |
|---|---|
Hamlet | |
 The Rochfort Trestle Bridge | |
  Rochfort Bridge Location within Alberta  Rochfort Bridge Location within Canada  Rochfort Bridge Location within North America | |
| Coordinates: 53°54′44″N 115°02′33″W / 53.912309°N 115.04258°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Alberta |
| Municipal district | Lac Ste. Anne County |
| Population (2008)[1] | |
• Total | 71 |
Rochfort Bridge is a hamlet in Alberta, Canada within Lac Ste. Anne County.[2] It is located approximately 105 kilometres (65 mi) northwest of Edmonton and 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) east of Mayerthorpe. Rochfort Bridge is named for Cooper (Cowper) Rochfort, who with his associate, Percy Michaelson, homesteaded on the Paddle River at the point where the old trail from Lac Ste. Anne to the MacLeod River crossed the Paddle River.[3]
One of North America’s longest wooden train trestles is located just east of the hamlet, which crosses over the Paddle River valley and Highway 43. Rochfort Bridge Trestle was built in 1919 by Canadian Northern Railway.
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- ^ "Alberta Population Summary: Alberta's Hamlets Alphabetically, 2010" (PDF). Alberta Population. Retrieved September 25, 2021.
- ^ "Specialized and Rural Municipalities and Their Communities" (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. June 3, 2024. Retrieved June 14, 2024.
- ^ 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. pp. 49–50.