Drayton Valley, Alberta
The town has a land area of 12.27 km2 (4.7 sq mi) and a population density of 561.6 /km2 (1,454.5/sq mi). Drayton Valley s main attraction is the Omniplex, a community sports centre which specializes in ice hockey, ringette, and curling. The arena also supports soccer, baseball and rodeo. The town also has a public swimming pool, a ski hill and the Drayton Valley Golf and Country Club. Drayton Valley has five public, two Catholic schools, and one outreach school.It is part of the Brazeau County, Alberta, is placed along the Cowboy Trail and is part of the oil region. Prior to the 1953 oil boom, the community of Drayton Valley was sparsely-populated. Drayton Valley was incorporated as a village in 1956 and become officially a town in 1957.
In recent years, Drayton Valley has been experiencing growing drug problems In 2006, Drayton Valley had a population of 6,893 living in 2,619 dwellings, a 13.2% increase from 2001. Drayton Valley is a town in central Alberta, Canada.
The main economic activities were farming, trapping, and logging. It is located 133 kilometres (83 mi) south-west of Edmonton.
The public schools and outreach school of Drayton Valley belongs to the Wild Rose School Division whilst the Catholic schools are part of St. A new Christian radio station, CIDV-FM, is set to launch in 2009. .
Thomas Aquinas Catholic School Division. Drayton Valley is served by one weekly newspaper, the Drayton Valley Western Review and one radio station, CIBW-FM.
