Cayley, Alberta
About Cayley, Alberta
Cayley is a hamlet in southern Alberta, Canada within the Municipal District (M. D. ) of Foothills No. 31. It is also recognized as a designated place by Statistics Canada. Cayley is approximately 73km south of Calgary, 13km south of High River and 1. 2km west of Highway 2 on Range Road 290 (former designated as Highway 2A). It is located within Alberta Census Division No. 6. HistoryThe community was named for the Hon. Hugh St. Quentin Cayley, a barrister and the publisher of the Calgary Herald in 1884, who also represented Calgary in the Northwest Territories legislature from 1886 to 1894. The hamlet originally contained at least seven grain elevators; all have been demolished. Cayley is also home to a Hutterite colony and a colony school; in 2001, two Cayley Colony girls were the first students from an Alberta colony school to write provincial diploma exams and graduate from high school. Incorporation historyPreviously incorporated as a village on August 4, 1904, Cayley dissolved to hamlet status on June 1, 1996.
Cayley, Alberta Description
Cayley is a hamlet in southern Alberta, Canada within the Municipal District (M. D. ) of Foothills No. 31. It is also recognized as a designated place by Statistics Canada. Cayley is approximately 73km south of Calgary, 13km south of High River and 1. 2km west of Highway 2 on Range Road 290 (former designated as Highway 2A). It is located within Alberta Census Division No. 6. HistoryThe community was named for the Hon. Hugh St. Quentin Cayley, a barrister and the publisher of the Calgary Herald in 1884, who also represented Calgary in the Northwest Territories legislature from 1886 to 1894. The hamlet originally contained at least seven grain elevators; all have been demolished. Cayley is also home to a Hutterite colony and a colony school; in 2001, two Cayley Colony girls were the first students from an Alberta colony school to write provincial diploma exams and graduate from high school. Incorporation historyPreviously incorporated as a village on August 4, 1904, Cayley dissolved to hamlet status on June 1, 1996.