Beaver Mines
Beaver Mines is a hamlet in southern Alberta, Canada within the Municipal District of Pincher Creek No. 9.[2] It is located in the foothills of the Canadian Rockies on Highway 507, approximately 19 km (12 mi) west of Pincher Creek.
History
The community was formed with the opening of a coal mine in the early 1900s. At one time Beaver Mines had over 1,500 residents. Because of the requirement for steel (rail tracks) during the wars and the reduction in the need for coal, the coal mines eventually closed and the community residents moved away. The last mine shut down its operations in 1971 and currently the mine site and many of the building foundations are on private land. For the past 30 years Beaver Mines has been considered a ghost town and has had numerous write-ups in ghost town books.
Contemporary issues
Currently, due largely to the expansion of Castle Mountain Resort and the growth of Calgary to the north, the hamlet has begun to grow again as a popular recreational destination.[citation needed]
Climate
Beaver mines has a humid continental climate (Dfb) with mild to warm summers and cold, snowy winters with heavy snowfall for 8 months of the year. Late Spring and early Summer tends to be the wettest time of the year.
Climate data for Beaver Mines (1981-2010) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 13.3 (55.9) | 16.5 (61.7) | 22 (72) | 30.6 (87.1) | 30 (86) | 32.2 (90.0) | 35.6 (96.1) | 33.9 (93.0) | 35 (95) | 28.3 (82.9) | 23.9 (75.0) | 21.1 (70.0) | 35.6 (96.1) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 0.2 (32.4) | 1.2 (34.2) | 4.8 (40.6) | 10.1 (50.2) | 15.1 (59.2) | 18.9 (66.0) | 23.3 (73.9) | 23.0 (73.4) | 17.5 (63.5) | 11.1 (52.0) | 3.1 (37.6) | −0.3 (31.5) | 10.7 (51.3) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | −4.7 (23.5) | −3.8 (25.2) | −0.5 (31.1) | 4.4 (39.9) | 8.9 (48.0) | 12.7 (54.9) | 16.0 (60.8) | 15.4 (59.7) | 10.8 (51.4) | 5.7 (42.3) | −1.2 (29.8) | −4.6 (23.7) | 4.9 (40.8) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −9.5 (14.9) | −8.7 (16.3) | −5.7 (21.7) | −1.3 (29.7) | 2.7 (36.9) | 6.4 (43.5) | 8.5 (47.3) | 7.8 (46.0) | 4.1 (39.4) | 0.2 (32.4) | −5.4 (22.3) | −8.9 (16.0) | −0.8 (30.6) |
Record low °C (°F) | −45.6 (−50.1) | −43.3 (−45.9) | −39.4 (−38.9) | −27.8 (−18.0) | −20.6 (−5.1) | −3.9 (25.0) | −3.5 (25.7) | −7 (19) | −11.7 (10.9) | −29.4 (−20.9) | −38.3 (−36.9) | −44.4 (−47.9) | −45.6 (−50.1) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 35.0 (1.38) | 38.9 (1.53) | 52.5 (2.07) | 60.3 (2.37) | 92.4 (3.64) | 108.9 (4.29) | 50.9 (2.00) | 48.7 (1.92) | 61.1 (2.41) | 46.8 (1.84) | 50.4 (1.98) | 33.9 (1.33) | 679.8 (26.76) |
Average rainfall mm (inches) | 4.4 (0.17) | 3.2 (0.13) | 4.5 (0.18) | 17.2 (0.68) | 74.2 (2.92) | 107.4 (4.23) | 50.9 (2.00) | 47.2 (1.86) | 54.7 (2.15) | 19.6 (0.77) | 11.9 (0.47) | 4.0 (0.16) | 399.2 (15.72) |
Average snowfall cm (inches) | 30.6 (12.0) | 35.7 (14.1) | 48.0 (18.9) | 43.1 (17.0) | 18.2 (7.2) | 1.6 (0.6) | 0.0 (0.0) | 1.5 (0.6) | 6.4 (2.5) | 27.2 (10.7) | 38.5 (15.2) | 29.9 (11.8) | 280.6 (110.5) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.2 mm) | 7.0 | 7.3 | 9.9 | 9.2 | 11.4 | 11.5 | 7.6 | 8.1 | 8.7 | 7.2 | 8.3 | 7.0 | 103.2 |
Average rainy days (≥ 0.2 mm) | 1.6 | 0.9 | 2.4 | 4.7 | 10.3 | 11.5 | 7.6 | 8.0 | 8.3 | 4.7 | 2.9 | 1.1 | 63.9 |
Average snowy days (≥ 0.2 cm) | 5.7 | 6.6 | 8.0 | 5.6 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 3.7 | 6.1 | 6.2 | 45.4 |
Source: [3] |
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Beaver Mines had a population of 85 living in 43 of its 64 total private dwellings, a change of 3.7% from its 2016 population of 82. With a land area of 0.66 km2 (0.25 sq mi), it had a population density of 128.8/km2 (333.6/sq mi) in 2021.[1]
As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Beaver Mines had a population of 82 living in 36 of its 59 total private dwellings, a change of 2.5% from its 2011 population of 80. With a land area of 0.66 km2 (0.25 sq mi), it had a population density of 124.2/km2 (321.8/sq mi) in 2016.[4]
See also
References
- ^ a b c "Population and dwelling counts: Canada and designated places". Statistics Canada. 9 February 2022. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
- ^ "Specialized and Rural Municipalities and Their Communities" (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. 3 June 2024. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
- ^ "Canadian Climate Normals 1981-2010 Station Data". Environment Canada. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
- ^ "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and designated places, 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Alberta)". Statistics Canada. 8 February 2017. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
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