Wainwright is a town on the prairies of
east-central Alberta, Canada.
It is located on the north side of the CN railroad, with CFB Wainwright (Western Area Training Centre -WATC-, or Denwood) located on the south side. The town lies
kilometres ( mi) south of Vermilion, in the Battle River valley, along
Highway 41, called the Buffalo Trail.
Highway 14 also passes through this town. Wainwright is kilometres ( mi)
southeast of Edmonton on Highway 14 and kilometres ( mi) west of the
Alberta-Saskatchewan border.
History
The town was originally named Denwood, but was later relocated by the Grand
Trunk Pacific Railway kilometres ( mi) west-northwest and renamed after General William Wainwright, the second
Vice-President of GTPR.
The railway is important to Wainwright. Wainwright is a divisional point on the Canadian National Railway main line.
Demographics
In 2006, Wainwright had a population of 5,426 living in 2,310 dwellings, a 6.0% increase from
2001. The town has a land area of km² ( sq mi) and a population density of /km²
(/sq mi).[1]
Education
There are six schools in the town: Blessed
Sacrament School, Wainwright Elementary School, Wainwright High
School,Blessed Sacrament Outreach School, Ecole Saint-Christophe (French), and Portage College (adult upgrading).[2]
Notable natives
See also
References
External links
Coordinates:
52°50′N,
110°52′W
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