Tangent is a hamlet in northern Alberta, Canada within Birch Hills County,[2] located along Alberta Highway 740, approximately 98 kilometres (61 mi) northeast of Grande Prairie. It was named by surveyors due to the formation of a tangent (straight-section) in the rail track that ran from Edmonton to Dawson Creek.
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Coordinates: 55°47′55″N 117°40′44″W | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Alberta |
Region | Northern Alberta |
Census division | 19 |
Municipal district | Birch Hills County |
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• Type | Unincorporated |
• Governing body | Birch Hills County Council |
Population (1991)[1] | |
• Total | 39 |
Time zone | UTC−07:00 (MST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−06:00 (MDT) |
Area code(s) | 780, 587, 825 |
On June 18, 1928, John Yaremko chose to settle at the current location of the hamlet, later joined by Albert Purcha and his family. The spring of 1929 brought a large group of settlers under the recruitment of Father Josephat Hamelin. In May, a general store was built, and a post office erected in the winter of that same year. Natural gas was discovered in the 1950s, opening up a new industry alongside agriculture and animal husbandry.
Today, Tangent is an agricultural community made up of mostly Franco-Albertans descended from the settlers that followed Father Hamelin, Eastern European Canadians, and Anglo-Canadians.
Tangent recorded a population of 39 in the 1991 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada.[1]
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