Forestburg is a village located in east-central Alberta, Canada. The rich farmland of the area was first settled by Europeans in 1905. Soon after the first of many “gopher hole” mines, homesteaders were soon coal mining on the banks of the Battle River in 1907.
Forestburg’s economy is based on agriculture, coal mining, oil and gas activity, and power generation. Forestburg has a variety of retail and services, with major employment by Atco Power Ltd. and Westmoreland Coal. The village is the headquarters of the Battle River Railway, a co-operative railway established in 2009.[4]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Forestburg had a population of 807 living in 373 of its 417 total private dwellings, a change of -8.3% from its 2016 population of 880. With a land area of 4.04 km2 (1.56 sq mi), it had a population density of 199.8/km2 (517.4/sq mi) in 2021.[3]
Forestburg Council
Forestburg is governed by a Mayor and four Councillors for a four(4) year term.
Mayor: Dwayne Giroux
Deputy Mayor: Devon McNabb
Councillors: Elaine Fossen, Dayna Oberg, and Blaise Young
Messages for Council members may be left with the Village Office at 780-582-3668 or by emailing or mail to:
P.O. Box 210 Forestburg, AB T0B 1N0
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Info from Wikipedia & Village of Forestburg website.