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Masinasin, Alberta
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Masinasin |
| settlement_type | Unincorporated community |
| image_skyline | File:Postmaster Mrs. Elizabeth Blust at the Masinasin Post Office (4454801345).jpg |
| image_caption | Masinasin Post Office; a converted granary. |
| pushpin_map | CAN AB Warner#Canada Alberta |
| pushpin_map_caption | Location in County of Warner##Location in Alberta |
| coordinates | |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | Canada |
| subdivision_type1 | Province |
| subdivision_name1 | Alberta |
| subdivision_type2 | Region |
| subdivision_name2 | Southern Alberta |
| subdivision_type3 | Planning region |
| subdivision_name3 | South Saskatchewan |
| subdivision_type4 | Municipal district |
| subdivision_name4 | Warner |
| established_title2 | Founded |
| established_date2 | 1890s |
| leader_title2 | Governing body |
| leader_name2 | Warner County Council |
| leader_title3 | MP |
| leader_name3 | Glen Motz |
| leader_title4 | MLA |
| leader_name4 | Grant Hunter |
| elevation_footnotes | |
| population_density_km2 | auto |
| timezone | MST |
| utc_offset | −7 |
| timezone_DST | MDT |
| utc_offset_DST | −6 |
| postal_code_type | Postal code span |
| postal_code | TOK |
| area_code | +1-403 |
| blank_name | Highways |
| blank_info | Highway 500 |
| Highway 501 |
Highway 501
Masinasin is a former community in Alberta, Canada within the County of Warner No. 5. It is located 1 km off Highway 501 on Range Road 133, approximately 31 km east of the Town of Milk River and 18 km north of the Canada–US border and Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park. All that remains of the former community is a small alternative school with baseball diamonds and the overgrown Pioneer Cemetery, approximately 3 km to the southeast on Highway 500.
Masinasin is a Cree name meaning 'Writing on Stone', referring to figures and writing cut in the sandstone banks of Milk River.
Climate
Masinasin experiences a semi-arid, continental climate (Köppen climate classification BSk). | Jan record high C = 17 | Feb record high C = 24 | Mar record high C = 23 | Apr record high C = 31.5 | May record high C = 33.5 | Jun record high C = 37 | Jul record high C = 39 | Aug record high C = 41 | Sep record high C = 37 | Oct record high C = 31 | Nov record high C = 24 | Dec record high C = 17.5 | year record high C = 41 | Jan record low C = −39 | Feb record low C = −36.5 | Mar record low C = −35 | Apr record low C = −18.5 | May record low C = −6.5 | Jun record low C = −1.5 | Jul record low C = 2 | Aug record low C = −1.5 | Sep record low C = −8 | Oct record low C = −27 | Nov record low C = −34.5 | Dec record low C = −41 | year record low C = −41
Education
The Milk River Valley School District No. 2024 was formed on August 24, 1909. The Milk River Valley school was a one room schoolhouse that once stood at township 15 - 2 - 13 - W4. Originally named Milk River Valley, the name was changed to Masinasin in 1941, when several area school districts were centralized and moved to Masinasin.
References
Milk River
References
- [https://www.flickr.com/photos/stirlingab/sets/72157621973202557/ Masinasin Cemetery - Photos]
- "Climatic Regions [Köppen]". Natural Resources Canada.
- [[Environment Canada]]—[http://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_normals/results_1981_2010_e.html?searchType=stnName&txtStationName=masin&searchMethod=contains&txtCentralLatMin=0&txtCentralLatSec=0&txtCentralLongMin=0&txtCentralLongSec=0&stnID=2347&dispBack=1]. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
- [http://ww2.glenbow.org/search/archivesSchoolResults.aspx Milk River Valley/Masinasin S.D. No. 2024] {{webarchive. link. (2011-07-27 - Glenbow Archives)
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