Talk:Redwater, Alberta

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Redwater is a pretty small town North of Edmonton, but it deserves a robust Wiki entry due to it's current and future economic importance to Alberta. Many people (local and not-so-local) believe that this town is poised for a spectacular boom. Em3rald 19:34, 30 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Suggestions[edit]

The Industries section could be subdivided into existing and future developments because as of March 2006, there have been a large number of very large industrial projects announced for the area. Em3rald 19:34, 30 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Since Redwater is in Canada, it would be a great idea to have this translated into French. I am not bilingual, so I can't do it myself, otherwise I would. 66.18.221.110 03:10, 31 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Comments[edit]

I have added a large amount of information to this article. I am by no means a veteran wikipedian, so please feel free to edit, hack, and slash. I am trying to follow at least SOME form of template, but I haven't quite figured out how to fully incorporate the official template system into my articles. Em3rald 19:34, 30 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Population in the 1950s[edit]

I have removed the following from the article as it contains a gross over-approximation of the town's population in the 1950s.

The 1948 discovery of oil in the area transformed the sleepy hamlet of about 160 people into a booming town of over 4000 people at the peak of the oil boom in the 1950s. The population has declined since to around 2000.

Notwithstanding the town's website states "Redwater grew from a hamlet of 160 people to approximately 4000 during the oil boom", a review of the more reliable sources of the annual "official population list" published by Alberta Municipal Affairs and the 1951 and 1956 federal censuses indicate that its population did not surpass 1,400 people in the 1950s. It is difficult to deem the approximation of 4,000 to be credible when two other credible sources, publishing census counts, report the population throughout the decade being a fraction of the approximation.

I will re-add some of the information from the deleted content back to the article shortly (with references). Hwy43 (talk) 04:37, 29 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]