Rochfort Bridge

For the village in Ireland, see Rochfortbridge.

Hamlet in Alberta, Canada

Rochfort Bridge

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The Rochfort Trestle Bridge

Rochfort Bridge

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Coordinates: 53°54′44″N 115°02′33″W﻿ / ﻿53.912309°N 115.04258°W﻿ / 53.912309; -115.04258
Country| Canada
Province| Alberta
Municipal district| Lac Ste. Anne County
Population

(2008)[1]

• Total| 71
Panorama view of the whole Rochfort Trestle Bridge

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.

## History[edit]

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[edit]

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

## Notable people[edit]

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

## See also[edit]

* List of communities in Alberta
* List of hamlets in Alberta

## References[edit]

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. January 12, 2022. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
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".

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