Arrowwood | |
Official Name: | Village of Arrowwood |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Mapsize: | 180px |
Pushpin Map: | Alberta |
Pushpin Label Position: | none |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Arrowwood in Alberta |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Alberta |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Southern Alberta |
Subdivision Type3: | Census division |
Subdivision Name3: | 5 |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipal district |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Colin Bexte |
Leader Title1: | Governing body |
Leader Name1: | Arrowwood Village Council |
Leader Title3: | MLA |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Title1: | Incorporated[1] |
Established Date1: | |
Established Title2: | • Village |
Established Date2: | May 13, 1926 |
Area Footnotes: | (2021) |
Area Land Km2: | 0.75 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 188 |
Population Density Km2: | 250.8 |
Timezone: | MST |
Utc Offset: | −7 |
Timezone Dst: | MDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | −6 |
Coordinates: | 50.7363°N -113.1441°W |
Elevation M: | 930 |
Blank Name: | Highways |
Blank Info: | Highway 547 |
Arrowwood is a village in Vulcan County, Alberta, Canada. It is located on Highway 547, approximately 60km (40miles) east of Okotoks.
The community takes its name from nearby East Arrowwood Creek.[2]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Arrowwood had a population of 188 living in 74 of its 78 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 207. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.[3]
In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Arrowwood recorded a population of 207 living in 72 of its 79 total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 188. With a land area of 0.75km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[4]
The village is governed by a village council consisting of a mayor and two councillors, and is administrated by a village administrator. Municipal elections are held every four years.
The Canadian-American actress Joyce Meadows was born in Arrowwood but left the village in her early childhood.
Book: Arrowwood Story (Mistsa-Katpiskoo): In the Shadow of the Buffalo Hills. 1964. 2013-05-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20170303182855/http://www.ourfutureourpast.ca/loc_hist/toc.aspx?id=7553. 2017-03-03. dead.