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Duhamel is a hamlet in the central Alberta, Canada within Camrose County. It is located on Highway 21, approximately southeast of Edmonton and southwest of Camrose, Duhamel's closest major trading centre. == History == A early trading post was situated 2-3 miles northwest of the hamlet's current site, directly on a well-used ford of the Battle River. The trading post was a key point for exchange between the First Nations people, fur traders, and the Hudson's Bay Company. The settlement that grew around the post took the names Battle River Crossing and Selvais's settlement or Abram's settlement after Abram Selvais, a prominent settler and freighter. It was also known as Laboucane after the Laboucane brothers and their families who were also among of the first local residents.〔Edmonton Bulletin, September 23, 1882〕 A church was built in 1883 for the service of Father Bellevaire and visited by Bishop Grandin who named the settlement after Joseph-Thomas Duhamel. Around 1886, the post was moved to the site where Highway 21 now crosses the river (). In 1910, Duhamel moved to its present location on the newly constructed Grand Trunk Pacific rail line from Tofield to Calgary. The Duhamel/Battle River rail bridge was one of the largest wooden rail bridges ever constructed, at 3,972 feet (1210 m) in length and 120 feet (32 m) in height. 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「Duhamel, Alberta」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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