Beaver Mines

History

The community was formed with the opening of a coal mine in the early 1900s. At one time Beaver Mines had over 1,500 residents. Because of the requirement for steel (rail tracks) during the wars and the reduction in the need for coal, the coal mines eventually closed and the community residents moved away. The last mine shut down its operations in 1971 and currently the mine site and many of the building foundations are on private land. For the past 30 years Beaver Mines has been considered a ghost town and has had numerous write-ups in ghost town books.

Contemporary issues

Currently, due largely to the expansion of Castle Mountain Resort and the growth of Calgary to the north, the hamlet has begun to grow again as a popular recreational destination.

Climate

Beaver mines has a humid continental climate (Dfb) with mild to warm summers and cold, snowy winters with heavy snowfall for 8 months of the year. Late Spring and early Summer tends to be the wettest time of the year.{{Weather box | Jan record high C = 13.3 | Feb record high C = 16.5 | Mar record high C = 22 | Apr record high C = 30.6 | May record high C = 30 | Jun record high C = 32.2 | Jul record high C = 35.6 | Aug record high C = 33.9 | Sep record high C = 35 | Oct record high C = 28.3 | Nov record high C = 23.9 | Dec record high C = 21.1 | Jan record low C = −45.6 | Feb record low C = −43.3 | Mar record low C = −39.4 | Apr record low C = −27.8 | May record low C = −20.6 | Jun record low C = −3.9 | Jul record low C = −3.5 | Aug record low C = −7.0 | Sep record low C = −11.7 | Oct record low C = −29.4 | Nov record low C = −38.3 | Dec record low C = −44.4

Demographics

of Beaver Mines

|1981|30 |1986|47 |1991|54 |1996|60 |2001|65 |2006|71 |2011|80 |2016|82 |2021|85

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Beaver Mines had a population of 85 living in 43 of its 64 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 82. With a land area of 0.66 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.

As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Beaver Mines had a population of 82 living in 36 of its 59 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2011 population of 80. With a land area of 0.66 km2, it had a population density of in 2016.

References

References

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