Official Name: | Harrisville |
Settlement Type: | Rural area |
Pushpin Map: | Alberta |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Harrisville in Alberta |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Southern Alberta |
Subdivision Type3: | Census division |
Subdivision Name3: | 2 |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipal district |
Leader Title2: | Governing body |
Leader Name2: | Cardston County Council |
Leader Title3: | MP |
Leader Name3: | Jim Hillyer |
Leader Title4: | MLA |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | 1901 |
Established Title2: | Incorporated |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | MST |
Utc Offset: | -7 |
Coordinates: | 49.1592°N -113.6414°W |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code span |
Postal Code: | List of T Postal Codes of Canada |
Area Code: | +1-403 |
Blank Name: | Highways |
Blank2 Name: | Historic Sites |
Harrisville was a community in Cardston County, Alberta, Canada, to the southwest of Cardston. It had a school district and a Roman Catholic church – the first in the southern part of Alberta – which blew down in 1906.[1] The school closed in 1948.
St. Stephen's Church in Harrisville was the first Catholic church in the southernmost part of Alberta. It was built in 1899[1] or 1901 and blew down in 1906.[1] It was rebuilt on a different site in 1907. In 1965 the church was closed. On September 18, 1989, it was listed in the Alberta Register of Historic Places.[2]