East Coulee, Alberta

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East Coulee
Former hamlet
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Hoodoos near East Coulee
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East Coulee
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East Coulee
Coordinates: 51°20′10″N112°29′24″W / 51.336°N 112.490°W / 51.336; -112.490
CountryCanada
Province Alberta
Municipality Town of Drumheller
Government
[1]
 • MayorHeather Colberg
 • Governing body
Drumheller Town Council
  • Lisa Hansen-Zacharuk
  • Patrick Kolafa
  • Tony Lacher
  • Stephanie Price
  • Crystal Sereda
  • Tom Zariski
Area
[2]
 • Land1.39 km2 (0.54 sq mi)
Elevation
675 m (2,215 ft)
Population
 (2016) [2]
 • Total148
Time zone UTC−7 (MST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC−6 (MDT)
Area code(s) 403, 587, 825

East Coulee is a community within the Town of Drumheller, Alberta, Canada. It was previously a hamlet within the former Municipal District (MD) of Badlands No. 7 [3] prior to the MD's amalgamation with the former City of Drumheller on January 1, 1998. [4] It is also recognized as a designated place by Statistics Canada. [5]

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East Coulee is located on Highway 10, approximately 20 km (12 mi) southeast of Drumheller's main townsite and 112 km (70 mi) northeast of Calgary. It lies in the Red Deer River valley and has an elevation of 675 m (2,215 ft). The community is within Census Division No. 5 and in the federal riding of Crowfoot.

It was one of the filming locations of the television series MythQuest .

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Aerial view of East Coulee

History

During its peak years around 1930 and again later in the mid-1940s, East Coulee was home to over 3,000 residents and dozens of thriving businesses. In the mid-1950s, however, its population began to plummet and its business count dropped to three—a hotel, a garage and a grocery store. By 1970, the community's school had closed.

As with other coal communities, East Coulee's demise began in the 1950s due to the combination of expanding oil and natural gas industries and the transition of many industries to fuels other than coal. The reduced demand for the valley's coal resulted in the closure of all Drumheller area mines at the time except for the Atlas Mine at East Coulee. The Atlas Mine survived until 1979 as a severely scaled back version, decreasing from year-round to seasonal operation, and from employing more than 200 miners to having only 60 on the payroll. The mine's reduction in the 1950s sent much of the community's population to other areas in search of work, leaving an eerie mix of boarded-up buildings and abandoned mines amid the stark scenery of Alberta's badlands.

Demographics

Population history
of East Coulee
YearPop.±%
19411,831—    
19511,217−33.5%
19561,003−17.6%
1961683−31.9%
1966387−43.3%
1971312−19.4%
1976261−16.3%
1981218−16.5%
1986180−17.4%
1991175−2.8%
1996 157−10.3%
2001 156−0.6%
2006 177+13.5%
2011 140−20.9%
2016 148+5.7%
Source: Statistics Canada
[6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [5] [2]

As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, East Coulee recorded a population of 148 living in 87 of its 119 total private dwellings, a change of

As a designated place in the 2011 Census, East Coulee had a population of 140 living in 77 of its 95 total dwellings, a −20.9% change from its 2006 population of 177. With a land area of 1.14 km2 (0.44 sq mi), it had a population density of

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  4. ↑ "Location and History Profile: Town of Drumheller". Alberta Municipal Affairs. October 4, 2013. Retrieved October 10, 2013.
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