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Rochfort Bridge

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For the village in Ireland, see Rochfortbridge.

Rochfort Bridge
Hamlet
The Rochfort Trestle Bridge
The Rochfort Trestle Bridge
Rochfort Bridge is located in Alberta
Rochfort Bridge
Rochfort Bridge
Location within Alberta
Rochfort Bridge is located in Canada
Rochfort Bridge
Rochfort Bridge
Location within Canada
Rochfort Bridge is located in North America
Rochfort Bridge
Rochfort Bridge
Location within North America
Coordinates: 53°54′44″N 115°02′33″W / 53.912309°N 115.04258°W / 53.912309; -115.04258
CountryCanada
ProvinceAlberta
Municipal districtLac 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.

Panorama view of the whole Rochfort Trestle Bridge

History

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A farm near Rochfort Bridge and Mayerthorpe was the site of the Mayerthorpe tragedy on March 3, 2005, in which four officers of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police were shot and killed in a raid on a marijuana drug operation.[4]

On December 5, 2019, a fire broke out in a home inside the hamlet. In the early morning hours of December 6, fire crews announced a body had been discovered, and later on after a more extensive search, four more bodies had been discovered. Two adults, Marvin and Janet Gibbs, and their three grandchildren all were killed in the fire.[5]

Demographics

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Population history
of Rochfort Bridge
YearPop.±%
194187—    
1951132+51.7%
1956101−23.5%
196185−15.8%
196677−9.4%
197163−18.2%
197669+9.5%
198162−10.1%
198672+16.1%
199181+12.5%
Source: Statistics Canada
[6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]

The population of Rochfort Bridge according to the 2008 municipal census conducted by Lac Ste. Anne County is 71.[1]

Notable people

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  • Peter Trynchy – Canadian politician, Progressive Conservative MLA (1971-2001) and cabinet minister

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Alberta Population Summary: Alberta's Hamlets Alphabetically, 2010" (PDF). Alberta Population. Retrieved September 25, 2021.
  2. ^ "Specialized and Rural Municipalities and Their Communities" (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. June 3, 2024. Retrieved June 14, 2024.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Report confirms Mayerthorpe RCMP killed instantly". March 9, 2007.
  5. ^ "Alberta First Nation reeling after 5 found dead in house fire: 'The grief is heavy' | Globalnews.ca".
  6. ^ Ninth Census of Canada, 1951 (PDF). Vol. SP-7 (Population: Unincorporated villages and hamlets). Dominion Bureau of Statistics. March 31, 1954. Retrieved September 22, 2024.
  7. ^ Census of Canada, 1956 (PDF). Vol. Population of unincorporated villages and settlements. Dominion Bureau of Statistics. October 25, 1957. Retrieved September 23, 2024.
  8. ^ 1961 Census of Canada: Population (PDF). Series SP: Unincorporated Villages. Vol. Bulletin SP—4. Ottawa: Dominion Bureau of Statistics. April 18, 1963. Retrieved September 25, 2024.
  9. ^ Census of Canada 1966: Population (PDF). Special Bulletin: Unincorporated Places. Vol. Bulletin S–3. Ottawa: Dominion Bureau of Statistics. 1968. Retrieved September 25, 2024.
  10. ^ 1971 Census of Canada: Population (PDF). Special Bulletin: Unincorporated Settlements. Vol. Bulletin SP—1. Ottawa: Statistics Canada. 1973. Retrieved September 25, 2024.
  11. ^ "Geographical Identification and Population for Unincorporated Places of 25 persons and over, 1971 and 1976". 1976 Census of Canada (PDF). Supplementary Bulletins: Geographic and Demographic (Population of Unincorporated Places—Canada). Vol. Bulletin 8SG.1. Ottawa: Statistics Canada. 1978. Retrieved September 26, 2024.
  12. ^ 1981 Census of Canada (PDF). Place name reference list. Vol. Western provinces and the Territories. Ottawa: Statistics Canada. 1983. Retrieved September 26, 2024.
  13. ^ 1986 Census of Canada (PDF). Population. Vol. Unincorporated Places. Ottawa: Statistics Canada. 1988. Retrieved September 26, 2024.
  14. ^ 91 Census (PDF). Population and Dwelling Counts. Vol. Unincorporated Places. Ottawa: Statistics Canada. 1993. Retrieved September 26, 2024.

Panorama view of the whole Rochfort Trestle Bridge


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