18-824: French Creek may refer to: Communities [ edit ] Canada [ edit ] French Creek, Alberta French Creek (British Columbia) United States [ edit ] French Creek , former name of Frenchtown, El Dorado County, California French Creek Township, Allamakee County, Iowa French Creek, New York French Creek Township, Pennsylvania (disambiguation) French Creek, West Virginia Upper French Creek, Wisconsin Bodies of water [ edit ] United States [ edit ] French Creek (Upper Iowa River tributary) , Iowa French Creek (Lake Itasca) , Clearwater County, Minnesota Frenchs Creek , North Carolina French Creek (Black River) ,
36-565: A hamlet, which is part of the district's jurisdiction. They are Acadia ( Acadia Valley ), Bighorn ( Exshaw ), Birch Hills ( Wanham ), Clear Hills ( Worsley ), Cypress ( Dunmore ), Grande Prairie ( Clairmont ), Lac Ste. Anne ( Sangudo ), Opportunity ( Wabasca ), and Thorhild ( Thorhild ). One municipal district, Ranchland , has its offices in a provincial park, Chain Lakes Provincial Park . Thirteen municipal districts have their offices in their jurisdiction, outside
54-416: A land area of 3,169.66 km (1,223.81 sq mi), it had a population density of 2.3/km (5.9/sq mi) in 2021. In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Westlock County had a population of 7,220 living in 2,670 of its 3,009 total private dwellings, a -5.5% change from its 2011 population of 7,644. With a land area of 3,171.83 km (1,224.65 sq mi), it had
72-657: A majority of their residential buildings are on parcels of land greater than 1,850 m , apply to Alberta Municipal Affairs for municipal district status under the authority of the Municipal Government Act . Applications for municipal district status are approved via orders in council made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council under recommendation from the Minister of Municipal Affairs. As of
90-586: A population density of 2.3/km (5.9/sq mi) in 2016. The municipal government consists of a reeve and six other elected councillors who work with a permanent staff of 32. The county is within the Pembina Hills Public Schools , which formed in 1995 as a merger of three school districts. List of municipal districts in Alberta A municipal district (MD) is the most common form of all rural municipality statuses used in
108-1619: A stream in Lorain County, Ohio French Creek (Allegheny River tributary) , Pennsylvania & New York French Creek (Schuylkill River tributary) , Pennsylvania French Creek (Cheyenne River) , South Dakota French Creek (Snohomish River) , a stream in Washington French Creek (Buckhannon River) , West Virginia Worldwide [ edit ] French Creek (British Columbia) , British Columbia, Canada French Creek (Malta) , one of several inlets opening off Grand Harbour , Malta Other [ edit ] French Creek Council , Boy Scout council in Ohio and Pennsylvania French Creek Farm , in Pennsylvania French Creek Presbyterian Church , in West Virginia French Creek State Park , in Pennsylvania French Creek Wildlife Area , in Wisconsin West Virginia State Wildlife Center , previously known as French Creek Game Farm , in West Virginia See also [ edit ] French Pete Creek ,
126-788: A tributary of the South Fork McKenzie River in Lane County, Oregon Frenchman Creek (disambiguation) All pages with titles beginning with French Creek Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title French Creek . 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=French_Creek&oldid=1087295118 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
144-402: Is a list of only those rural municipalities in Alberta that are incorporated as municipal districts . Despite their names, Lac La Biche County , Mackenzie County , and Strathcona County are not listed because they are in fact incorporated as specialized municipalities , not municipal districts . The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo is likewise a specialized municipality and
162-478: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages French Creek, Alberta Westlock County is a municipal district in central Alberta , Canada that is north of Edmonton . The county was formerly known as the Municipal District of Westlock No. 92 , and was created in 1943 from the merger of five smaller municipal districts. The county lies on
180-572: The 2011 Census , Alberta's then 64 municipal districts ( Lac La Biche County has since then converted to a specialized municipality ) had a cumulative population of 451,979 and an average population of 7,062. Alberta's most populous and least populated municipal districts are Rocky View County and the MD of Ranchland No. 66 with populations of 36,461 and 79 respectively. 437 elected officials (eight mayors , 56 reeves and 373 councillors ) provide municipal district governance throughout
198-635: The Canadian province of Alberta . Alberta's municipal districts, most of which are branded as a county (e.g. Yellowhead County , County of Newell , etc.), are predominantly rural areas that may include either farmland, Crown land or a combination of both depending on their geographic location. They may also include country residential subdivisions and unincorporated communities , some of which are recognized as hamlets by Alberta Municipal Affairs . Municipal districts are created when predominantly rural areas with populations of at least 1,000 people, where
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#1732772860716216-472: The Municipal Government Act (MGA) as municipal districts and were permitted to retain the term county in their official names. More than half of the 63 municipal districts have their main administration offices, including council chambers, in a separate municipality such as a city, town, or village. This municipality (like all other cities, towns, and villages) is not part of the municipal district's jurisdiction. Nine municipal districts have their offices in
234-894: The boundary of two of Canada's largest drainage basins . The northern and western sectors of the county are drained by the Pembina River which flows north to meet the Athabasca River , which drains into the Arctic Ocean via the Mackenzie River . The southern and eastern sections drain into the Sturgeon River which joins the North Saskatchewan and eventually empties via the Nelson River into Hudson Bay . A 1986 federal map shows
252-554: The county term in the official names of 47 municipal districts (and three specialized municipalities ) has partially led to a common belief that a county is its own separate municipal status type, which is not the case. The other major contributor to this common belief is that a county was once a former municipal status type in Alberta prior to the County Act being repealed in the mid-1990s. Those municipalities that were once officially incorporated as counties were continued under
270-682: The area as being the north-western edge of the Eastern Alberta Plains . Specifically, the county includes parts of the Edmonton Plain (and its subdivision Westlock Plain), as well as the Tawatinaw Plain , and is bounded on the northwest by the Athabasca Valley . The county also lies within the apen parkland : a transitional biome between the boreal forest of Canada to the north and the prairie to
288-507: The boundaries of a city, town, or village. They are Brazeau ( Drayton Valley ), Lacombe (between Gull Lake and Lacombe ), Mountain View ( Didsbury ), Newell ( Brooks ), Northern Sunrise ( Peace River ), Paintearth ( Castor ), Parkland ( Stony Plain ), Peace ( Berwyn ), Red Deer ( Red Deer ), Saddle Hills ( Spirit River ), Wheatland ( Strathmore ), Willow Creek ( Claresholm ), and Woodlands ( Whitecourt ). The below table
306-420: The province. An order in council to incorporate any municipality must give the municipality an official name. Of Alberta's 63 municipal districts, 16 still have municipal district in their official names, while 47 of them have branded themselves as a county in their official names. Twenty-five of Alberta's municipal districts retain a numerical designation (e.g. "No. 8") in their official names. The use of
324-513: The south. The following urban municipalities are surrounded by Westlock County. The following hamlets are located within Westlock County. The following localities are located within Westlock County. In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada , Westlock County had a population of 7,186 living in 2,680 of its 3,134 total private dwellings, a change of -0.5% from its 2016 population of 7,220. With
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