- Janet, Alberta
Janet is a designated place (an unincorporated hamlet) in southern
Alberta , in the Municipal District ofRocky View .Janet is located 2 miles east of the City of
Calgary 's eastern limit at 84th Street and is 2 miles south of Highway 1A (approximately 20 kilometers or 12.4 miles east of theCalgary 's city center). Janet is primarily an industrial area and is home to some of the most important and successful transportation and logistics companies in Western Canada.When the community was first named, Janet was a siding and
flag station built by theCanadian National Railway when the railroad went through. A station was erected in 1912, and it is believed that the Harry Whittaker family was one of the first settlers here. Whittaker built a house about 0.2 km from the crossing. The Columbia Grain Co. built an elevator here in 1928 and rented it to Parrish & Heimbecker. It carried the Columbia name for many years thereafter. The precise name of Janet is unknown.Janet was for a time expected to be annexed by the city of Calgary as it negotiated with the M.D. of Rocky View to expand its boundaries in the mid-2000s. However, the annexation that went into effect on July 31, 2007 did not include the hamlet, although the hamlet is still within a proposed joint planning area and is immediately adjacent to the city limits. [http://content.calgary.ca/CCA/City+Hall/Business+Units/Development+and+Building+Approvals+and+Land+Use+Planning+and+Policy/Land+Use+Planning/Current+Studies+and+Ongoing+Activities/Annexation+Information/Annexation+Information.htm]
References
Karamitsanis, Aphrodite (1992). "Place Names of Alberta – Volume II, Southern Alberta", University of Calgary Press, Calgary, Alberta. ISBN 091981395X
Read, Tracey (1983). "Acres and Empires – A History of the Municipal District of Rocky View", Calgary, Alberta.
External links
* [http://www.gov.mdrockyview.ab.ca/ Municipal District of Rocky View's official website]
* [http://www.thinkingrockyview.com/ Rocky View Community Profile on Alberta First]
* [http://www.alberta-canada.com/westerntiger/ Calgary-Edmonton Corridor in Alberta]
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