17-438: Edson may refer to: Places [ edit ] Canada [ edit ] Edson, Alberta United States [ edit ] Edson, Kansas , an unincorporated community Edson, South Dakota , a ghost town Edson, Wisconsin , a town Edson (community), Wisconsin , an unincorporated community People [ edit ] Given name [ edit ] Édson ,
34-1273: A Brazilian given name, often written as Edson Edson (footballer, born 1977) , Brazilian footballer Edson (footballer, born 1987) , Brazilian footballer Edson (footballer, born 1990) , Brazilian footballer Edson (footballer, born 1991) , Brazilian footballer Edson (footballer, born 1998) , Brazilian footballer Edson Álvarez (born 1997), Mexican footballer Edson Arantes do Nascimento (1940–2022), Brazilian footballer, better known by his nickname Pelé Edson Braafheid (born 1983), Dutch footballer Edson Buddle (born 1981), American soccer player Edson Minga (born 1979), Congolese born Hong Kong footballer Edson B. Olds (1802–1869), American politician Edson Olf (born 1986), Dutch politician Edson A. Putnam (1832–1917), American politician Edson Warner (1930–2019), Canadian sports figure Edson White (1849–1928), American Seventh-day Adventist and publisher Surname [ edit ] Allan Edson (1846–1888), Canadian painter Billy Edson (1874–1965), football player, lawyer, and politician in Iowa C. L. Edson (1881–1975), American newspaper columnist, humorist, and poet Carroll A. Edson (1891–1986), early leader in
51-520: A population density of 284.5/km (737.0/sq mi) in 2021. In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Town of Edson recorded a population of 8,414 living in 3,359 of its 3,762 total private dwellings, a -0.7% change from its 2011 population of 8,475. With a land area of 29.72 km (11.47 sq mi), it had a population density of 283.1/km (733.2/sq mi) in 2016. The Town of Edson's 2012 municipal census counted
68-545: A population of 8,646. Edson lies in the McLeod River valley, immediately east of the Canadian Rockies foothills. The surrounding landscape consists of primarily taiga forest with sand hills and muskeg . The town is located at an altitude of 925 metres (3,035 ft). Two provincial parks are located west of Edson: Sundance Provincial Park along Sundance Creek and Obed Lake Provincial Park surrounding
85-777: A rifle range at Camp Pendleton, near Oceanside, California USS Edson , a destroyer of the United States Navy Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Edson . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Edson&oldid=1188334818 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with given-name-holder lists Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Hidden categories: Short description
102-549: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Edson, Alberta Edson is a town in west-central Alberta , Canada. It is located in Yellowhead County , 192 kilometres (119 mi) west of Edmonton along the Yellowhead Highway and 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) east of the intersection with Highway 47 . The town was founded as Heatherwood, but
119-609: Is located in RCMP Centennial Park, a large park at the centre of town created in 1974 to honour the 100th anniversary of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Alberta. The park, run by the Town of Edson, also contains an event pavilion, a Canadian National Railway caboose , a preserved RCAF Lockheed T-33 Silver Star aircraft, and giant squirrel statue that depicts the town's mascot, "Eddie
136-777: The Boy Scouts of America; co-founder of the Order of the Arrow scouting honor society Charles Edson (1864–1936), American composer Evelyn Edson (born 1940), American medievalist and historian of cartography Fanny Carter Edson (1887–1952), American geologist Franklin Edson (1832–1904), 85th Mayor of New York Gary R. Edson , president of Conservation International Gus Edson (1901–1966), American cartoonist (originally "Edelstein") Hilary Edson (born 1965), American soap opera actress Hiram Edson (1806–1882), pioneer of
153-652: The Seventh-day Adventist Church J. T. Edson (1928–2014), English author of American Westerns Jerrod Edson (born 1974), Canadian novelist Job A. Edson (1854–1928), president of the Kansas City Southern Railway John Joy Edson , American banker Katherine Philips Edson (1870–1933), American labor and women's rights activist Lewis Edson (1748–1820), early American composer Marcellus Gilmore Edson (1849–1940), Canadian pharmacist who
170-550: The Squirrel". Edson is connected to the Yellowhead Highway from east to west and to Coal Valley via Highway 47 to the south. Via Rail 's The Canadian calls at the Edson railway station twice per week in each direction as a flag stop. Edson has one weekly paper, The Weekly Anchor , published every Monday. A second paper, Edson Leader , was established in 1911 before ceasing publication in 2020. On 15 October 2019,
187-453: The Town of Edson on 1 January 1984. In 2023, Edson was evacuated due to wildfires , a few weeks later, Edson declared another state of emergency due to floods. In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada , the Town of Edson had a population of 8,374 living in 3,386 of its 3,768 total private dwellings, a change of -0.5% from its 2016 population of 8,414. With a land area of 29.43 km (11.36 sq mi), it had
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#1732766148931204-687: The Yellowhead Highway carries some of the heaviest traffic flow in Alberta and has been declared the second Trans-Canada Highway . In the 1970s, a revitalized coal industry launched the Cardinal River Coal and Luscar Sterco mines in the area. In the 1980s Pelican Spruce Mills (now Weyerhaeuser Company Limited) and Sundance Forest Industries (now Edson Forest Products a division of West Fraser Timber ) became two of Edson's major employers. The former hamlets of Glenwood and Grande Prairie Trail were annexed from Yellowhead County by
221-509: The name was changed around 1911 in honour of Edson Joseph Chamberlin , vice-president of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway . When Edson was declared the local rail centre, smaller communities such as Rosevear (abandoned), Wolf Creek, Carrot Creek and Niton Junction fell into a decline that continues today. In the 1950s, upgrading of Highway 16 caused a dramatic increase in private, commercial and industrial traffic. Today,
238-578: The three Obed Lakes. Due to Edson's high elevation, the community experiences a subarctic climate ( Köppen climate classification Dfc ). The highest temperature ever recorded in Edson was 38.9 °C (102 °F) on 30 June 2021, with the humidex reaching 41. The coldest temperature ever recorded was −48.3 °C (−55 °F) on 22 January 1943, and 14 January 1950. Summers in Edson are generally mild to warm with chilly nights and moderate precipitation. Winters are long and severely cold with relatively high snowfall, higher than surrounding areas due to
255-725: The town was granted a coat of arms by the Canadian Heraldic Authority , while the announcement of the Letters Patent was made on 28 March 2020, in Volume 154, page 692 of the Canada Gazette . Lewis Edson Lewis Edson (22 January 1748 – 1820 in Woodstock, New York ) was one of the first American composers . He began working as blacksmith , but soon after became a singing master and
272-516: The town's high elevation. The main industries that drive the local economy are resource based – coal, oil, natural gas and forestry products. Edson was home to Canada's largest slo-pitch tournament until 2017. The Galloway Station Museum, established in 1981, explores the history of Edson and the surrounding area. It contains an original Canadian Northern Railway station used by several communities around Edson as well as large modern gallery spaces, an archives and public events space. The museum
289-675: Was the first person to patent peanut butter Margaret Edson (born 1961), American playwright Merritt A. Edson (1897–1955), U.S. Marine Corps General Mike Edson (born 1942), British Church of England clergyman Norman Lowther Edson (1904–1970), New Zealander biochemist Rich Edson (born 1981), American journalist Richard Edson (born 1954), American actor Russell Edson (1935–2014), American poet, novelist, writer and illustrator Susan Ann Edson (1823–1897), American doctor and personal physician to James A. Garfield William Alden Edson (1912–2012), American scientist and engineer Other [ edit ] Edson Range ,
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