RIDGEVALLEY

Located approximately 69 km east of Grande Prairie, Alberta, on Highway 43 and 3km south on Ridgevalley Road, is the Hamlet of Ridgevalley. The Ridgevalley community has a population of about 100 people.

The main street, Ridgevalley Road, brings you right to the centre of the Hamlet that includes a mixture of homes, businesses, churches and schools.
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In 1931, the Mennonite community established the Ridge Valley School District. The name of the community came from that name and Ridgevalley was declared a hamlet in 1992.

It wasn't long after the first school was built, that many homes were built nearby also bringing a handful of businesses adding to the population. Ridgevalley is a hamlet in the Crooked Creek Area and many remember the Crooked Creek Store located along Highway 43. A large percentage of the population in the community is Mennonite. Located 10km south of Ridgevalley is a Hutterite Colony known for their market gardens and dairy operations.

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The East Smoky Gas Co-op is located on the Ridgevalley Road in the centre of the Hamlet of Ridgevalley. It was originally an Egg Grading Station where farmers in the area came to grade their eggs for market. In 1973 the Gas Co-op was incorporated to bring natural gas to the farming community. The East Smoky Gas Co-op employs about 6 people and provides natural gas to customers in the Valleyview and Debolt area covering 1,800 km of pipeline.

Ridgevalley also has a few businesses that are home based operations. There are bed and breakfasts, a fabric store, Sunrise Memorials / Sign Shop and welding shop, all located within the area.

The main industry of the Ridgevalley area is Agriculture which includes cattle, grain and chicken farms. Near the community you can usually see the rolling prairie fields planted with grain as they turn to gold each fall.

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