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Hinton summary
Hinton is a town in west-central Alberta, Canada. It is located in Yellowhead County, 81 kilometres (50 mi) northeast of Jasper and about 284
kilometres (176 mi) west of Alberta's capital city, Edmonton, at the intersection of Yellowhead and Bighorn Highway, in the Athabasca River valley.
The town of Hinton was named for William D. Hinton, Vice President and General Manager of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway. The community was
officially recognized in 1928.
The exact location of the town of Hinton has changed thirteen times in its history, its sites scattered along a line some twelve kilometres (7.5 mi)
in length. The original location was along Hardisty Creek, where an aboriginal group from the Jasper area had left members stricken with smallpox
while the rest of the group travelled to Lac Ste. Anne to find medical aid for the smallpox epidemic which was ravaging the indigenous population in
Alberta. The area was thus dubbed Cache Picote (Smallpox Camp) in 1870.
Jack Gregg established a trading post at Prairie Creek in 1888 to serve travellers along the Jasper trail. The creek is now known as Muskuta Creek
after an incorrect interpretation of the Cree name by white settlers. The construction of the railroad saw the establishment of a construction camp
at Prairie Creek in 1908. The Canadian Northern Railway also established a station called Bliss, 8 km from Prairie Creek, in 1914. In 1915, Dalehurst
became the postal station for Hinton. Entrance, another important centre to Hinton, served as its communications centre. Entrance was so named due to
its location at the entrance to Jasper National Park.
The Canadian Northern Railway became an aggregating force as settlements grew around the operations of this company. The company, however, abandoned its
track in 1926.
The population of Hinton experienced a boom during the 1930s when American entrepreneur Frank Seabolt and two partners opened the Hinton coal mine in 1931.
Shortly thereafter, a recession caused the population to dwindle to fewer than 100 people, but the town rebounded in 1955 with the opening of a pulp mill.
The mill brought rapid construction to Hinton and to the neighbouring village of Drinnan, and the two communities amalgamated in 1958 to form the present
municipality of Hinton.
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