Lundbreck, Alberta

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subdivision_type2 = Census division
subdivision_name2 = No. 3
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subdivision_name3 = Pincher Creek MD
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area_total_km2 = 355.9
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footnotes = Lundbreck is a hamlet in Alberta, Canada. It is located at an elevation of m to ft|1200|precision=0, on the south side of Highway 3. It is part of census division No. 3 and the federal riding of Macleod. It is administered by Pincher Creek MD. [Alberta Municipal Affairs. [http://www.municipalaffairs.gov.ab.ca/cfml/profiles/data/0251_1.htm Pincher Creek No. 9 - Municipal Profile] ]

It is 2.75 kilometers east of the southern terminus of Highway 22, about 16 kilometers east of the Crowsnest Pass, AB., 4 kilometers west of Cowley and 16 kilometers west of Pincher Creek.

History

Lundbreck was incorporated in 1907, celebrated it's centennial in 2007, and was named for two coal miners (Lund and Breckinridge).

Lundbreck started out as a coal mining town, that quickly grew to a size of about 1000 people until the coal mines closed, at which time it quickly shrank. It has a population of approximately 150 in 2007, with that number expanding when school is in to about 400.

Education

Livingstone School is a K-12, 1A school that was instituted in 1955, as a more modern alternative to the then practice of using several small, one room, multiple grade, rural schools. Kids were bussed in from the local area rural schools from the NW portion of the MD of Pincher Creek, and the village of Cowley.

Demographics

As of 2006, the community had a total population of 691 living in 321 dwellings.Cite web | url= http://broadband.gc.ca/demographic_servlet/community_demographics/2581 | title= Lundbreck - Community demograhics|author=Industry Canada| authorlink=Industry Canada | year=2006 | accessdate= 2008-07-13] With a land area of km2 to mi2|355.9|abbr=yes|wiki=yes, it has a population density of Pop density km2 to mi2|3.0| spell=UK | abbr=yes.

ee also

*Hamlets of Alberta
*List of communities in Alberta

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