Skiff, Alberta

Hamlet in Alberta, Canada

49°30′09″N 111°47′28″W / 49.50250°N 111.79111°W / 49.50250; -111.79111CountryCanadaProvinceAlbertaRegionSouthern AlbertaCensus division1Municipal district County of Forty Mile No. 8Government

• Governing bodyCounty of Forty Mile No. 8 CouncilElevation

946 m (3,106 ft)Population

(1991)^[1]

• Total10Time zoneUTC−7 (MST) • Summer (DST)UTC−6 (MDT)Postal code span

T0K 2B0

Area code+1-403HighwaysHighway 61

Skiff is a hamlet in southern Alberta, Canada within the County of Forty Mile No. 8.^[2] It is located on Highway 61, also known as the historic Red Coat Trail, approximately 75 km (47 mi) southeast of Lethbridge.

Demographics

Skiff recorded a population of 10 in the 1991 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada.^[1]

Notable people

Earl W. Bascom (1906-1995), rodeo pioneer, inventor, "Father of Modern Rodeo," cowboy artist and sculptor, Hollywood actor, hall of fame inductee, worked on the Hat L Ranch near Skiff

Skiff Meteorite

Skiff farmer Bill Nemeth found a meteorite in the ground on his farm (NE1/4-31-3-4-W4) in 1966. 12 years later, he sold it to the U of A Geology department. The date of its landing is unknown, but evidence says it was not very old, geologically speaking.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b "91 Census: Unincorporated Places — Population and Dwelling Counts" (PDF). Statistics Canada. June 1993. Retrieved September 25, 2021.
^ "Specialized and Rural Municipalities and Their Communities" (PDF). Alberta Municipal Affairs. January 12, 2022. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
^ Anthony Whyte, The Meteorites of Alberta (2009)