Mount Valley, Alberta

Mount Valley is a locality in northern Alberta, Canada within the County of Grande Prairie No. 1. It is approximately 54 km (34 mi) southwest of Grande Prairie.[1]

The locality is centered on the Mount Valley Store which was established by Colonel Lyle Tennyson and Cephas Tennyson of Beaverlodge, Alberta in 1930.[2] The name is descriptive, as the location of the store was in a valley near the mountains.[1][2]

In January 1932, West End School District 4592 was organized and a log school on a stone foundation was built two miles west of the store.[3] On January 8, 1938, the Mount Valley Post Office was added to the store, now owned by the Elliott family. The postmistress was Elva Elliott Lingrell, a daughter of the family.[3]

The school closed in 1935[3] and the store and post office burned down in 1951.[2] The closing date for the post office was September 16, 1951.[4]

References
  1. Aubrey, Merrily (1996). Place Names of Alberta Volume IV (1st ed.). Calgary, Alberta: University of Calgary Press. p. 147. ISBN 1-895176-59-X.
  2. Stacey, Earl C. (1974). Beaverlodge to the Rockies Supplement (1st ed.). Beaverlodge, Alberta: Beaverlodge and District Historical Association. pp. 327–345. ISBN 0-919212-52-2.
  3. Nutting, Mary B (2010). A Grande Education (1st ed.). Grande Prairie, Alberta: South Peace Regional Archives. pp. 201–202. ISBN 978-0-9735665-0-5.
  4. "Post Offices and Post Masters". Library and Archives Canada. Government of Canada. Retrieved January 4, 2016.
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