Cardston, Alberta
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Demographics

The population of the Town of Cardston according to its 2007 municipal census is 3,578.

In 2006, it had a population of 3,452 living in 1,234 dwellings
House
A house is a building or structure that has the ability to be occupied for dwelling by human beings or other creatures. The term house includes many kinds of different dwellings ranging from rudimentary huts of nomadic tribes to free standing individual structures...

, a 0.7% decrease from 2001. The town has a land area of 8.64 km² (3.3 sq mi) and a population density
Population density
Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans...

 of 399.3 /km2.

The population of Cardston in 2001 was 3,475.
2001 Population by Age and Gender Total
Age Male Female Total
0–4 115 140 255
5–14 335 310 645
15–19 175 180 355
20–24 105 100 205
25–34 125 160 285
35–44 175 210 385
45–54 165 200 365
55–64 125 155 280
65–74 135 170 305
75+ 150 260 410
Totals 1600 1870 3470

Source: Statistics Canada 2001 Census (numbers may not add up due to rounding)
1996 2001
Total number of families 730 760
Average family income $53,750 $52,939
Median family income $46,503 $48,004


Source: Statistics Canada 1996 & 2001 Census

Education

Schools include the Cardston High School, the Cardston Jr. High School (formerly Eastridge Elementary School), and Cardston Elementary School which are all under the Westwind School Division
Westwind School Division No. 74
Westwind School Division No. 74 is a public school board serving the counties of Warner and Cardston.-Schools:Cardston* Cardston Elementary School * Cardston Jr. High School * Cardston High School Glenwood* Glenwood School...

.

Former schools include Leeside (grades 1 and 2 - torn down in the late 1980s to make way for the Remington-Alberta Carriage Centre) and Westside. The building that housed many of the junior high facilities — including the gymnasium (near the current high school) — was torn down in the early 2000s as the junior high moved to the former Eastridge building. The Cardston High School underwent extensive renovations at this time as well, including an expansion to its gymnasium, much-improved fitness and weight room facilities, wider hallways, and a new cafeteria.

Attractions

Cardston has a soccer park, ball parks, a golf course, an ice skating rink, a swimming pool, tennis courts, hiking trails, a skateboard park, several recreation parks, picnic areas and playgrounds. The local schools and LDS Church buildings have gymnasiums. St. Mary's Dam reservoir northeast of Cardston supports water sports in the summer months.

Local attractions

Cardston Alberta Temple:The Cardston Alberta Temple
Cardston Alberta Temple
The Cardston Alberta Temple is the eighth constructed and sixth operating temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Located in Cardston, Alberta, it is the oldest LDS temple outside the United States. It is one of eight temples that do not have an angel Moroni statue, and one of...

 is one of southern Alberta’s most recognized landmarks. It was constructed by Mormon
Mormon
The term Mormon most commonly denotes an adherent, practitioner, follower, or constituent of Mormonism, which is the largest branch of the Latter Day Saint movement in restorationist Christianity...

 pioneers who settled Cardston in 1887. The temple became the centerpiece of the town, and it was the first temple constructed by the church outside of the United States.

Remington Carriage Museum
Remington Carriage Museum
The Remington Carriage Museum is located alongside the rolling foothills of Cardston, Alberta, Canada. Opened in 1993, and the largest of its kind in the world, the Remington Carriage Museum displays more than 240 carriages. The museum is a public facility providing visitors with an appreciation of...

:The Remington Carriage Museum houses the largest collection of horse-drawn vehicle
Horse-drawn vehicle
A horse-drawn vehicle is a mechanized piece of equipment pulled by one horse or by a team of horses. These vehicles typically had two or four wheels and were used to carry passengers and/or a load...

s in North America, with more than 250 carriages, wagons and sleighs. The 63000 square feet (5,852.9 m²) facility features video displays, a fire hall, carriage factory, restoration shop, working stable, carriage rides, carriage rentals, a restaurant, and a gift shop. Guided tours are offered for free. On April 9, 2006, the museum was briefly mentioned on TV in Canada as a destination of Patty and Selma
Patty and Selma
Patty and Selma Bouvier are fictional characters in the American animated sitcom The Simpsons. They are twins and are both voiced by Julie Kavner. They are Marge Simpson's older twin sisters, who both work at the Springfield Department of Motor Vehicles, and possess a strong dislike for their...

's vacation during the Kiss Kiss, Bang Bangalore
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bangalore
“Kiss Kiss, Bang Bangalore” is the seventeenth episode of the seventeenth season of The Simpsons.-Plot:On movie night at the nuclear plant, Homer learns that the nuclear power plant is being shut down and outsourced to India. After Homer is sent to train the new employees, he becomes power-hungry...

 episode of The Simpsons
The Simpsons
The Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a satirical parody of a middle class American lifestyle epitomized by its family of the same name, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie...

.

The Carriage House Theatre: This theatre was constructed in 1912 by Mark Spencer, and underwent renovations in 1937 and 1992. It seats 350 and hosts films, community theatre and professional summer theatre, which has produced such shows as Seussical, Oklahoma, and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.

Card Pioneer Home:A genuine "Little House on the Prairie", it was built by Cardston’s founder Charles Ora Card in 1887, and served as a community centre and stopping place for travellers until the first hotel was built in 1894. The log structure stands in its original location and is open for public visits as a Registered Provincial Historic site.

Courthouse Museum:The Courthouse Museum shows how a rough country changed dramatically. The unique sandstone structure was built in 1907 from stone quarried near Cardston. The building’s profile and interior stand as a monument to Cardston’s early pioneer artisans. It was used longer than any other courthouse in Alberta. The building displays the judge's bench, witness box, and other artifacts. Original jail cells, including graffiti, can be found. The Courthouse Museum is a Registered Provincial Historic site

Regional attractions

Waterton Lakes National Park
Waterton Lakes National Park
Waterton Lakes National Park
Waterton Lakes National Park is a national park located in the southwest corner of Alberta, Canada, and borders Glacier National Park in Montana, USA. Waterton was Canada's fourth national park, formed in 1895 and named after Waterton Lake, in turn after the Victorian naturalist and conservationist...

 is a national park in the southwest corner of Alberta, 40 km (25 mi) west of Cardston, and borders Glacier National Park
Glacier National Park (Canada)
Glacier National Park is one of seven national parks in British Columbia, and is part of a system of 43 parks and park reserves across Canada. It protects a portion of the Columbia Mountains. It also contains the Rogers Pass National Historic Site, designated for its importance in the construction...

 in Montana, USA. Waterton Lakes was Canada's fourth national park, formed in 1895. Amid the peaks are the lakes of Waterton Lakes National Park
Waterton Lakes National Park
Waterton Lakes National Park is a national park located in the southwest corner of Alberta, Canada, and borders Glacier National Park in Montana, USA. Waterton was Canada's fourth national park, formed in 1895 and named after Waterton Lake, in turn after the Victorian naturalist and conservationist...

, carved out of the rock by glaciers.

Frank Slide Interpretive Centre
On April 29, 1903, at 4:10 a.m., the mining town of Frank, Alberta, was devastated by 82 million tonnes of limestone crashing down from Turtle Mountain. The Frank Slide
Frank Slide
The Frank Slide is a natural landslide feature in the southern Rocky Mountains of Canada, and a significant historical event in western Canada.Frank, Alberta is a coal mining town in the Crowsnest Pass, Alberta...

 Interpretative Centre in the Crowsnest Pass, 130 km (81 mi) northwest of Cardston, tells of one of the geatest natural disasters in Canadian history.

Castle Mountain Ski Resort
Castle Mountain Resort
Castle Mountain Resort
Castle Mountain is a ski resort located in the Westcastle Valley of southwest Alberta, Canada in the Rocky Mountains. It is approximately from Calgary and the Calgary International Airport; from Lethbridge; and west of Pincher Creek...

 90 km (56 mi) west of Cardston has kilometres of groomed skiing runs, natural half pipes, deep fresh powder, short lift lines and wide open spaces.

Writing On Stone Provincial Park
Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park
Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park
Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park is located about 100 kilometres southeast of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada or 44 kilometres east of the community of Milk River, and straddles the Milk River itself. It is one of the largest areas of protected prairie in the Alberta park system, and serves as both a...

, 125 km (78 mi) east of Cardston, is one of the largest areas of protected prairie in the Alberta park system, a nature preserve and protection for rock art created by Plains People. There are 50 rock art sites, with thousands of figures, as well as archaeological sites.

Police Outpost Provincial Park
Police Outpost Provincial Park
Police Outpost Provincial Park
Police Outpost Provincial Park is a provincial park in southern Alberta, Canada, located south of Cardston.The park was established on April 21, 1970. It is situated on the Canada/United States border, on the shores of Outpost Lake, at an elevation of...

 is 32 kilometres (19.9 mi) south of Cardston, on the Canada/United States border, on the shores of Outpost Lake.

Notable people from Cardston

  • Victor L. Brown
    Victor L. Brown
    Victor Lee Brown was the tenth Presiding Bishop of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints between 1972 and 1985. He was a general authority of the LDS Church from 1961 until his death....

    , world leader in the LDS Church
  • Elaine L. Jack
    Elaine L. Jack
    Elaine Low Jack was the twelfth general president of the Relief Society of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1990 to 1997. She also served in the general presidency of the church's Young Women Organization between 1987 and 1990...

    , world leader in the LDS Church
  • Merlin R. Lybbert
    Merlin R. Lybbert
    Merlin Rex Lybbert was a general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1989 to 1994. From 1992 to 1994, Lybbert was the thirteenth general president of the LDS Church Sunday School....

    , world leader in the LDS Church
  • Grant Strate
    Grant Strate
    Grant Strate, is a Canadian dancer, choreographer, and academic.Born in Cardston, Alberta, though he started out in Edmonton as a lawyer he was an original member of the National Ballet of Canada and was a soloist, choreographer and teacher with the Company as well. From 1970 to 1980, he was the...

    , dancer and choreographer
  • Edward J. Wood
    Edward J. Wood
    Edward James Wood was a prominent leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Alberta, Canada and was the founder of Glenwood, Alberta and Hill Spring, Alberta....

    , leader in the LDS Church
  • Fay Wray
    Fay Wray
    Fay Wray was a Canadian-American actress most noted for playing the female lead in King Kong...

    , actor
  • George Woolf
    George Woolf
    George Monroe Woolf , nicknamed "The Ice Man", was a Canadian-born thoroughbred race horse jockey and the namesake of the annual jockey's award given by the United States Jockeys' Guild....

    , jockey

Historical Newspapers

  • Cardston News -- The Cardston News was first published in 1924 and was a weekly until 1925. During 1924-1925, the newspaper was edited and published by Fred Burton. It was later taken over by D.O. Wight, editor and managing director from September 17, 1925 until June 9, 1936. Fred Burton took over as publisher on June 16, 1936. The Cardston News was taken over by Gordon F. West On May 7, 1964.


  • Cardston Record -- The Cardston Record began publication on August 6, 1898 and was published weekly until September 1901.



The Cardston News (1928-1958) and Cardston Record (1898-1899) have been digitized from microfilm and are available through the University of Lethbridge
University of Lethbridge
The University of Lethbridge is a publicly-funded comprehensive academic and research university, founded in the liberal education tradition, located in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada, with two other urban campuses in Calgary and Edmonton. The main building sits among the coulees on the west side of...

 Library digitized collections.

See also

  • Cardston Airport
    Cardston Airport
    Cardston Airport, , is located southeast of Cardston, Alberta, Canada.-References:* on COPA's Places to Fly airport directory...

  • Cardston (provincial electoral district)
    Cardston (provincial electoral district)
    Cardston was a provincial electoral district in southern Alberta, Canada.The riding was created in when Alberta first became a province in 1905.The riding has always occupied the most southern portion of the province along the Canada / United States border...

  • Cardston-Chief Mountain
    Cardston-Chief Mountain
    Cardston-Chief Mountain was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada.The riding was created in 1993 when the boundaries for Cardston were re-drawn after Pincher Creek-Crowsnest moved south....

  • CFSO-TV
    CFSO-TV
    CFSO channel 32 is a Canadian television station, licensed to and serving Cardston, Alberta. It is owned by Logan & Corey McCarthy.-Programming:...

  • James Gladstone
    James Gladstone
    James Gladstone was the first Status Indian to be appointed to the Canadian Senate....

  • List of communities in Alberta
  • List of towns in Alberta
  • Police Outpost Provincial Park
    Police Outpost Provincial Park
    Police Outpost Provincial Park is a provincial park in southern Alberta, Canada, located south of Cardston.The park was established on April 21, 1970. It is situated on the Canada/United States border, on the shores of Outpost Lake, at an elevation of...


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