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Wetaskiwin

Also known as Wetaskiwin, Alberta, Wetaskiwin, AB

Key facts

Settlement.name: Wetaskiwin
Settlement.official_name: City of Wetaskiwin
Settlement.settlement_type: City
Settlement.motto: "Pacem Volo Bellum Paro"
Settlement.image_skyline: Reynolds-Alberta Museum 2005-09-06.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Reynolds-Alberta Museum in Wetaskiwin
Settlement.image_flag: Wetaskiwin flag.png
Settlement.image_shield: Wetaskiwin-coa.png
Settlement.image_map: CAN AB 0347 Wetaskiwin CITY Map.svg
Settlement.map_caption: City boundaries
Settlement.pushpin_map: Canada Alberta#Canada#CAN AB Wetaskiwin
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Alberta##Location in Canada##Location in the County of Wetaskiwin
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Canada
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Alberta
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Planning region
Settlement.subdivision_name2: North Saskatchewan

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Official website

Home | City of Wetaskiwin

The official website for City of Wetaskiwin.

wetaskiwin.ca →

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Wikidata facts

Population: 12594
Area: 18.31
Elevation: 760
Official website: www.wetaskiwin.ca
Image: Reynolds-Alberta Museum 2005-09-06.jpg

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Commons category: Wetaskiwin
inception: 1892-00-00

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Contents

History
Geography
Climate
Demographics
Ethnicity
Language
Religion
Crime
Features and attractions
Water tower
Peace cairn
Manluk Centre
City Hall
By-the-Lake Park
Politics
Infrastructure
Media
Education
Notable people
Notes
References
External links

Wetaskiwin ( ) is a city in the province of Alberta, Canada. The city is south of the provincial capital of Edmonton. The city name comes from the Cree word , meaning "the hills where peace was made".

Wetaskiwin is home to the Reynolds-Alberta Museum, a museum dedicated to celebrating "the spirit of the machine" as well as the Wetaskiwin and District Heritage Museum, which documents the pioneer arrival and lifestyle in Wetaskiwin's early years. Southeast of Wetaskiwin, the Alberta Central Railway Museum acknowledges the impact that the railway had on Central Alberta.