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Landry Heights
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Landry Heights is located in Alberta
Landry Heights
Landry Heights
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Landry Heights is located in Canada
Landry Heights
Landry Heights
Landry Heights (Canada)
Coordinates: 55°02′36″N 118°54′34″W / 55.04333°N 118.90944°W / 55.04333; -118.90944
CountryCanada
ProvinceAlberta
RegionNorthern Alberta
Census division18
Municipal districtMunicipal District of Greenview No. 16
Government
 • TypeUnincorporated
 • Governing bodyMunicipal District of Greenview No. 16 Council
Population
 (1991)[1]
 • Total
114
Time zoneUTC−07:00 (MST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−06:00 (MDT)
Area codes780, 587, 825

Landry Heights is a hamlet in northern Alberta, Canada within the Municipal District of Greenview No. 16.[2] It is located approximately 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) west of Highway 40 and 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) southwest of Grande Prairie.

Toponymy

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Landry Heights is named after Dale Landry, who purchased 320 acres of land in the area and subdivided them for sale in the 1970s.[3][4]

Geography

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Landry Heights is 3 kilometres away from O'Brien Provincial Park.[5] Some residential lots within the hamlet border the Wapiti River.[5]

History

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Immigrant settlers first established a presence in Landry Heights around the year 1931.[3] Residents cut a road to the settlement themselves, which is located atop a steep hill.[3] The route was dangerous, owing to its narrow width and hairpin turns.[3][6] In the 1960s, resident Albin Jacobson voluntarily drained the road every spring using a spade.[6] The road was rebuilt in 1964.[3][6]

In the early 1960s, John "Dale" Armont Landry (1937 – 2008) and his wife Mona relocated with their children to Grovedale for work.[6][7] In 1966, the Landry family purchased an acre of land in the area that would become Landry Heights from Enos Kyle, who ran a coffeehouse atop the hill.[3][6] The next year, Landry began a contracting business based in Grovedale.[6][7]

In 1974, Landry bought an additional 320 acres of land from Albin and Art Jacobson.[6][7] He received approval to subdivide this land in the fall of 1976.[3][4][7][8] Plots became available for purchase the next year.[4][9][10] Upon Landry's death in 2008, residents of Grovedale recalled that Landry often sold land he owned to his employees for "next to nothing," to assist them financially.[8]

Landry Heights, named after Dale, became a hamlet in 1980.[4][10]

Governance

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Landry Heights falls within the Municipal District of Greenview No. 16.[2] The hamlet primarily consists of self-serviced lots.[5]

Amenities

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As of 2022, residents can access postal, grocery and fire services through nearby Grovedale, which is around 5 kilometres away.[5][11] The proximity of Landry Heights to O'Brien Provincial Park provides access to outdoor recreation.[12]

Demographics

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Landry Heights recorded a population of 114 in the 1991 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada.[1] As of 2022, Landry Heights comprises around 50 residential lots.[5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "91 Census: Unincorporated Places — Population and Dwelling Counts" (PDF). Statistics Canada. June 1993. Retrieved September 25, 2021.
  2. ^ a b Alberta Municipal Affairs (April 1, 2010). "Specialized and Rural Municipalities and Their Communities" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on February 29, 2012. Retrieved June 24, 2010.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Nutting, Mary (September 1, 2011). "Explore the History of Grovedale" (PDF). Telling Our Stories. 2 (4). South Peace Regional Archives: 8 – via South Peace Archives. [T]he hill road dating from 1964 [was] built by the settlers themselves around 1931, wound back and forth on this narrow ridge, over treacherously steep banks and hair pin curves. At the top... is the hamlet of Landry Heights. In 1966 Dale Landry bought an acre of land from Enos Kyle who owned a coffee shop at the top of this hill. They later purchased two quarters of land, and Landry Heights subdivision was approved in 1976.
  4. ^ a b c d Aubrey, Merrily K., ed. (2006). Concise place names of Alberta. Calgary: University of Calgary Press. p. 184. ISBN 978-1-55238-210-3.
  5. ^ a b c d e Greenview, MD (2022). "Welcome to Landry Heights". Greenview Visitor Guide (PDF). Municipal District of Greenview No. 16. p. 62.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g Landry, Mona (1981). "The Dale Landry Family". In Yates, Joan G. (ed.). Along the Wapiti. p. 200 – via Edmonton Public Library.
  7. ^ a b c d Rhyno, Crystal (August 7, 2008). "Grovedale mourns Landry". Grande Prairie Daily Herald-Tribune. p. 3.
  8. ^ a b An Introduction to Alberta Land Titles. Edmonton: Government of Alberta. May 13, 2015. p. 4. [S]ections were further divided into quarter sections, each containing approximately 160 acres (64.7 hectares)...
  9. ^ Sanders, Harry M. (2003). Story Behind Alberta Names: How Cities, Towns, Villages, and Hamlets got their Names. Red Deer Press. p. 188.
  10. ^ a b Aubrey, Merrily K. (1996). Place Names of Alberta. Volume IV. Northern Alberta. University of Calgary Press. p. 118 – via University of Calgary Digital Collections.
  11. ^ Smith, Kim (November 21, 2015). "House destroyed in fire near Grande Prairie". CTVNews. Retrieved November 16, 2025.
  12. ^ "Information & Facilities Information & Facilities - O'Brien Provincial Park | Alberta Parks". www.albertaparks.ca. Retrieved November 16, 2025.