Darwell, Alberta


Darwell is an unincorporated community in central Alberta in Lac Ste. Anne County. It is located north of Highway 16, northwest of Edmonton. Darwell is located on the old Yellowhead Trail fur trade route, which ran from Lac Ste Anne to Jasper. The Northern Alberta Railway was built through Darwell, roughly following the Yellowhead Trail. A railway station opened in 1912. When the tracks were torn up, the railway grade became a road, now Highway 633.

Government

Darwell is located in the provincial riding of Lac Ste. Anne - Parkland and the Yellowhead electoral district.

Infrastructure


List of People From Darwell

, Oneil Member of the Legislative Assembly . Carlier was elected in the 2015 Alberta general election, as the member representing the electoral district of Whitecourt-Ste. Anne and served as Minister of Agriculture and Forestry. Minister Carlier served until April, 2019.
Kinsella, William Patrick - - lived on a farm near Darwell until age 10.