Cheadle, Alberta

Cheadle is a hamlet in Alberta, Canada, within Wheatland County. It is located on Highway 24, 2km south of the Highway 1 and approximately 35km east of the City of Calgary. The Cheadle Airport is located 7. 4km northwest of Cheadle. It is a 1200m turf airstrip run by G. Jackson. HistoryThe 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. 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. " The ties had been strung the night before.

Cheadle is a hamlet in Alberta, Canada, within Wheatland County. It is located on Highway 24, 2km south of the Highway 1 and approximately 35km east of the City of Calgary. The Cheadle Airport is located 7. 4km northwest of Cheadle. It is a 1200m turf airstrip run by G. Jackson. HistoryThe 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. 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. " The ties had been strung the night before.