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Berwyn

Category : Village
 

This new settlement was named in 1922, marking the end of steel for a few years on the Central Canada Railway. The post office was established the same year, with the first postmaster being E.T. Williamson. Before 1922 a settlement was located three miles east and was called Bear Lake. The name Berwyn was suggested by a Welsh railroad official, after the Berwyn Hills or Berwyn Range, a volcanic outcrop of mountains in eastern Wales. The name is apparently derived from the Welsh bar (summit) and gwyn or wyn (white) indicating a snow-covered mountain.

Approximately 10 km south-west of Grimshaw.

Location Name : Grimshaw
National Topographic System (NTS) : 84 C/4
 
Sub Section | Section | Township | Range | Meridian
31-82-24-W5
 
Latitude (N) | Longitude (W)
56° 09' N 117° 44' W
 
The content above is directly derived from :
Place Names of Alberta - Volume IV
Northern Alberta

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