Turner Valley | |
|---|---|
Former town | |
 Looking south in Turner Valley | |
  Turner Valley Location of Turner Valley in Alberta | |
| Coordinates: 50°40′26″N 114°16′43″W / 50.67389°N 114.27861°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Alberta |
| Region | Calgary Region |
| Census division | No. 6 |
| Town | Diamond Valley |
| Incorporated[1] | |
| • Village | February 23, 1930 |
| • Town | September 1, 1977 |
| Amalgamated[2] | January 1, 2023 |
| Government | |
| • Governing body | Diamond Valley Town Council |
| Area (2021)[3] | |
| • Land | 5.75 km2 (2.22 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,215 m (3,986 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 2,611 |
| • Density | 453.7/km2 (1,175/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−7 (Mountain Standard) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−6 (MDT) |
| Postal Code | |
| Area code(s) | 403, 587, 825, 368 |
| Highways | Highway 7 Highway 22 Highway 546 |
| Waterways | Sheep River |
| Website | turnervalley |
Turner Valley was a town in the Calgary Metropolitan Region of Alberta, Canada within the Town of Diamond Valley. It is on Highway 22 (Cowboy Trail),[6] 3 km (1.9 mi) west of Black Diamond and approximately 60 km (37 mi) southwest of Calgary. It was named after Robert and John Turner who settled in the area in 1886.[7]
The town was once the centre of an oil and natural gas boom. For 30 years, the Turner Valley oilfields were a major supplier of oil and gas and the largest producer in the British Empire.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
AMATownProfileswas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Cite error: The named reference
amalgamationwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
2021censuswas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Alberta Private Sewage Systems 2009 Standard of Practice Handbook: Appendix A.3 Alberta Design Data (A.3.A. Alberta Climate Design Data by Town)" (PDF) (PDF). Safety Codes Council. January 2012. pp. 212–215 (PDF pages 226–229). Retrieved October 9, 2013.
- ^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada and population centres". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved February 13, 2022.
- ^ The Cowboy Trail
- ^ Karamitsanis, A. ed. Place Names of Alberta Volume II, Southern Alberta. University of Calgary Press, Calgary, 1992. p. 122.