# Tollerton, Alberta
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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Tollerton
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| settlement_type = Former village
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| pushpin_map = CAN AB Yellowhead#Alberta
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = Canada
| subdivision_type1 = [Province](/source/Provinces_and_territories_of_Canada)
| subdivision_name1 = [Alberta](/source/Alberta)
| subdivision_type2 = [Region](/source/List_of_regions_of_Canada)
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| subdivision_type3 = [Planning region](/source/Land-use_framework_regions_of_Alberta)
| subdivision_name3 = [Upper Athabasca](/source/Upper_Athabasca_Region)
| subdivision_type4 = [Municipal district](/source/List_of_municipal_districts_in_Alberta)
| subdivision_name4 = [Yellowhead County](/source/Yellowhead_County)
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| established_title = Founded
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| established_title1 = Incorporated (village)
| established_date1 = December 27, 1913
| established_title2 = Dissolved
| established_date2 = January 26, 1918
| timezone = [MST](/source/Mountain_Standard_Time)
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| coordinates = {{coord|53|32|09|N|116|28|10|W|region:CA-AB|display=inline,title}}
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| postal_code_type = [Forward sortation area](/source/Canadian_postal_code)
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| area_code = [780](/source/Area_code_780) / [587](/source/Area_code_587)
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'''Tollerton''' is a former village in [central Alberta](/source/central_Alberta), Canada within [Yellowhead County](/source/Yellowhead_County). It was located on the former [Canadian Northern Railway](/source/Canadian_Northern_Railway) along the north shore of the [McLeod River](/source/McLeod_River),[{{cite web | url=http://railways.library.ualberta.ca/Maps-8-1-3/ | publisher=University of Alberta Press | title=Atlas of Alberta Railways – Canadian Northern Tollerton Townsite | year=2005 | accessdate=2011-07-06}}] approximately {{convert|6.0|km|mi|abbr=on}} southwest of the Town of [Edson](/source/Edson%2C_Alberta).
== History ==
Tollerton was established as a division point along the Canadian Northern Railway. Its rail facilities included a train station, a timber water tank, an ice house, a bunk house, a steam-heated engine house, and three rail sidings with capacity to hold 249 cars.[{{cite web | url=http://railways.library.ualberta.ca/Charts-10-1-1/ | publisher=University of Alberta Press | title=Atlas of Alberta Railways – Summary of Facilities at Division Points, Canadian National Railways | year=2005 | accessdate=2011-07-06}}]
The community incorporated as the Village of Tollerton on December 27, 1913.[{{Cite news |date=December 27, 1913 |title=Erection of Village |url=https://digitalcollections.ucalgary.ca/asset-management/2R3BF1FXN6BWC |work=Alberta Gazette |location=Edmonton |page=35 |publication-date=January 15, 1914 |via=[University of Calgary](/source/University_of_Calgary) |volume=10 |issue=1, Part 1}}] In 1917, a decision was made to close the Canadian Northern Railway line in favour of the [Grand Trunk Pacific Railway](/source/Grand_Trunk_Pacific_Railway) through Edson to the north, resulting in the demise of Tollerton.[ Subsequently, the community dissolved from village status on January 26, 1918.
== Demographics ==
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of Tollerton
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| source = ''[Statistics Canada](/source/Statistics_Canada)''[
|1916|49
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In the 1916 Census of Prairie Provinces, Tollerton had a population of 49,][{{cite web | url=https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2017/statcan/CS98-1916-eng.pdf | title=Census of the Prairie Provinces, 1916 | publisher=Dominion Bureau of Statistics | volume=Population and Agriculture | location=Ottawa | year=1918 | accessdate=August 9, 2022}}] although [Alberta Municipal Affairs](/source/Alberta_Municipal_Affairs) indicated that it had a population of 180 in the same year.[{{cite web | url=http://www.municipalaffairs.alberta.ca/documents/ms/population1916.pdf | publisher=Alberta Municipal Affairs | title=Population Data 1916 | year=1916 | accessdate=July 6, 2011}}]
== See also ==
*[List of communities in Alberta](/source/List_of_communities_in_Alberta)
*[List of former urban municipalities in Alberta](/source/List_of_former_urban_municipalities_in_Alberta)
*[List of ghost towns in Alberta](/source/List_of_ghost_towns_in_Alberta)
== References ==
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== External links ==
*[http://railways.library.ualberta.ca/Maps-8-1-3/ Canadian Northern Tollerton Townsite] – Atlas of Alberta Railways
*[http://ww2.glenbow.org/search/archivesPhotosResults.aspx?XC=/search/archivesPhotosResults.aspx&TN=IMAGEBAN&AC=QBE_QUERY&RF=WebResults&DL=0&RL=0&NP=255&MF=WPEngMsg.ini&MR=10&QB0=AND&QF0=File+number&QI0=NA-489-17&CISOPTR=DF=WebResultsDetails Sale of lots for Tollerton townsite, Tollerton, Alberta] – Glenbow Museum
*[http://ww2.glenbow.org/search/archivesPhotosResults.aspx?XC=/search/archivesPhotosResults.aspx&TN=IMAGEBAN&AC=QBE_QUERY&RF=WebResults&DL=0&RL=0&NP=255&MF=WPEngMsg.ini&MR=10&QB0=AND&QF0=File+number&QI0=NA-515-19&CISOPTR=DF=WebResultsDetails View of Tollerton, Alberta] – Glenbow Museum
Category:Yellowhead County
Category:Former villages in Alberta
Category:Ghost towns in Alberta
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