Lodgepole, Alberta


Lodgepole is a hamlet in central Alberta, Canada within Brazeau County. It is located approximately west of Highway 22 and southwest of Edmonton. The Town of Lodgepole was established on July 1, 1956, primarily as a service centre for the development of the Pembina oil fields to the west. By 1961, the population was 1500, but that number declined to 207 by 1966. The Town was dissolved in 1970, becoming a hamlet.

Demographics

As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Lodgepole recorded a population of 116 living in 53 of its 59 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2011 population of 125. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2016.
As a designated place in the 2011 Census, Lodgepole had a population of 125 living in 51 of its 51 total dwellings, a -19.9% change from its 2006 population of 156. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2011.
In 2005, Brazeau County conducted a municipal census among its hamlets that recorded a population of 179 in Lodgepole.

Historical Events

On October 17, 1982, a sour gas well AMOCO DOME BRAZEAU RIVER 13-12-48-12, being drilled 20 km west of Lodgepole, blew out. The burning well was finally capped 67 days later by the Texas well-control company, Boots & Coots.