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Chipman

Back row: C. C. Chipman, Premier A. C. Rutherford, Lt. Gov. Bulyea; front row: Albert Lacombe and Lord Strathcona at Edmonton, 1909. (PAA OB.8467)

Back row: C. C. Chipman, Premier A. C. Rutherford, Lt. Gov. Bulyea; front row: Albert Lacombe and Lord Strathcona at Edmonton, 1909. (PAA OB.8467)

Category : Village
 

The CNoR opened a station here in 1905, and the Chipman post office opened the next year. It was named for Clarence C. Chipman, who was at one time the commissioner of the HBC and was active in the company until 1911. Chipman was established as a village in 1913.

National Topographic System (NTS) : 83 H/10
 
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Concise Place Names of Alberta

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