Loyalist | |
Settlement Type: | Hamlet |
Pushpin Map: | CAN AB Special Area 4 # Alberta |
Pushpin Label Position: | none |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Loyalist in Special Area No. 4 |
Coordinates: | 51.9853°N -110.9573°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Alberta |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Southern Alberta |
Subdivision Type3: | Census division |
Subdivision Name3: | No. 4 |
Subdivision Type4: | Special Area |
Subdivision Name4: | Special Area No. 4 |
Government Type: | Unincorporated |
Leader Title1: | Governing body |
Leader Name1: | Special Areas Board |
Area Footnotes: | (2021) |
Timezone1: | Mountain Time Zone |
Utc Offset1: | -7 |
Timezone1 Dst: | Mountain Time Zone |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | -6 |
Blank Name Sec1: | Highways |
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Loyalist is a hamlet located in Special Area No. 4 in Alberta, Canada. It is located approximately 11.4km (07.1miles) east of the village of Veteran and 12.5km (07.8miles) west of the village of Consort. Following the Coronation of George V and Mary in 1911, many places along the Canadian National Railway were given patriotic and royal-themed names, including Coronation, Veteran, Consort, Throne, and Loyalist.[1]
The district which included Loyalist, then known as Improvement District 333, was opened for homesteading in 1908. The CN Railway arrived in the area in 1912. At its peak (1912-1939), Loyalist had a post office, a general store, a butcher shop, a grocery store, three restaurants, a lumber yard, five grain elevators, a pool hall, a school, a blacksmith shop, a barber shop, a community hall, a train station, a bank, and a meat market.[2]