Located 80 km north of Grande Prairie this northern town has everything you need including schools, pool, hospital, grocery store and views to the north.
Located 80 kms north of Grande Prairie, Spirit River is one of the oldest towns in the Central Peace Region. The Old Spirit River Settlement was located about 3 miles southeast of the old Mission. In 1888, the Hudson Bay Company began a cattle ranch four kilometers to the southeast on the banks of the Spirit River to serve traders at Fort Dunvegan.
In 1891, a trading post became the original settlement along the banks of the Spirit River. Because the railroad missed this location, those early settlers decided to move and it split into two communities, one to the west( Now Spirit River), and one to the east (Now Rycroft).
The present location of Spirit River was surveyed in 1915, and in 1916 it was incorporated as a village, the same year the railroad arrived. Spirit River later became a town in 1951.
Tags: Community Organization
Address & Contact
- Street:
- 4502 50th Street
- City:
- Spirit River
- State:
- AB
- Phone:
- 7808643998
- Website:
- http://www.townofspiritriver.ca/
- Category:
- Community Organization