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Cheadle is a hamlet in Alberta, Canada, within Wheatland County. It is located on Highway 24, south of the Highway 1 and approximately east of the City of Calgary. Cheadle provides quick vehicle access to both northern and southern Calgary via Highway 564 (Country Hills Boulevard N.E.), Highway 1 (16 Avenue N.E.), Highway 560 (Glenmore Trail S.E.), and Highway 22X (Marquis of Lorne Trail S.E.). Approximately half of Cheadle's residents are employed within the City of Calgary. == History == The Canadian Pacific Railway named the community ''Cheadle'' for Dr. Walter Butler Cheadle of Milton and Cheadle explorers who traveled across the prairies and Rocky Mountains in the 1860s.〔(Alberta Community Profile )〕 Dr. Cheadle and Lord Milton were co-authors of the book "The North-West Passage by Land" (London, 1865), which described their expedition in considerable detail. A record was made when laying the railroad tracks between Strathmore and Cheadle when the railway was built. "In one hour a mile of steel was laid. And, at the end of the ten-hour working day, the rails were laid to Cheadle, nine miles and 300 feet for a record."〔Tom Moore in the Albertan, 1963, "Sketches of Early Calgary"〕 The ties had been strung the night before. There was just one minor building in Cheadle when the early ranchers and homesteaders began to arrive in the late 1890s. It was a post office, store, and boarding home, run by Mrs. Florence Belwer for the C.P.R. section-men. Cheadle began to grow in the years 1906-1916 to a hardware store, barbershop, blacksmith, restaurant, pool hall, dance hall, three grocery stores, water tank, C.P.R. station and section houses, stockyards, lumberyard, two grain elevators, and several residences. The C.P.R. had once planned to locate Ogden Shops in Cheadle. The arrival of the automobile and another C.P.R. line from Gleichen to Calgary, through Carseland and Dalemead, along with the building of the C.N.R. through Lyalta and Ardenode, quickly halted the growth of Cheadle. A lack of directional sign along Highway 1, indicating Cheadle's location, also contributed to the hamlet's demise. Most travelers became completely unaware of Cheadle's existence, and it was often missed from Alberta maps. At one time grain was hauled to Cheadle from Carseland. The transport teams ate and rested in Cheadle before returning. This all brought much of the business to Cheadle and raised the total number of grain elevators to 3. By 1971, Cheadle's post office and grocery store closed. It was purchased by Fritz Gosteli, a local acreage owner originally from Switzerland, who transformed the building into a two-story single family residence. There were two main businesses at that time; Risdon's Tomato Enterprise and Ken Hendry's Manufacturing, which was built two years prior. There were only a few residents at that time: Ken & Leona Hendry, Leon & Kay Risdon and family, Tommy Kildea, Doug & Kathy Davies and family, Fritz & Christine Gosteli and family, Mr. & Mrs. H. V. Iles, Dietrich & Regina Volkmann. Between Cheadle and Highway 1 there was Ken and Bev Jones and family, Mr. & Mrs. M. Landru and family, and Mr. & Mrs. H. McElroy and family, and Mr. & Mrs. E. A. Cobb.〔"Trails to the Bow, Carseland and Cheadle Chronicles", Calgary, Printed by D. W. Friesen, 1971, ISBN 0-919212-04-2 - Page 111 - 113 (1971)〕 By 1985, Cheadle lost the last of its grain elevators as well as train and tracks that ran past. The hamlet shrank into ghost town status as no stores or shops were left in existence. But soon after, more houses were built and residents slowly migrated back into the community. In 2000, residential home development expanded in central Cheadle while some later developments followed on the east side after 2005. There has been a recent surge of Calgary and Strathmore residents, moving to the rural communities in the area. This growing trend will likely cause Cheadle's population to expand over the next few years.〔(Hamlet of Cheadle ) - official web site〕 Residential lots, for new home construction, are currently available in East Cheadle (along Cousins Street) and West Cheadle (along the south side Railway Avenue). Many residents hope for the eventual arrival of a new general store and gas station, in order to avoid driving to Strathmore for minor goods and services. In recent years, the Cheadle Community Association has been working hard to resurrect the hamlet and make it an attractive place to live. Until the hamlet one day reaches a population sufficient enough for incorporation, efforts for community improvement will continue to be a challenge. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cheadle, Alberta」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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