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AWI Infrastructure

Much of the early social infrastructure of rural Alberta was either financed, built, or maintained by the Alberta Women's Institutes, including libraries, community halls, recreation centres, hospitals, nurse's homes, arenas, cemeteries, and rest rooms. This was their largest contribution to rural infrastructure, along with an impressive catalogue of such intangibles as scholarships, and playground and farm safety programs.

The following list of WI branches that were responsible for infrastructure in their communities has been compiled from information contained in rural histories lodged with the Provincial Archives and from WI histories. It is intended to be indicative rather than exhaustive.

Libraries/ Travelling Libraries:

Argyle Balmoral Bancroft Berwyn Bon Accord Boyle Brightwood Calgary Cereal Clearview Coaldale Colchester Conquerville Creighton Delburne Didsbury Dinton Duffield Eagle Valley Fort Saskatchewan Glendale Good Deeds Grande Prairie

Griffin Creek Grimshaw Independence Innisfail LeducLone Pine Lougheed Mannville Milk River Millet Munson New Dayton North Red Deer / Lacombe Olds Onoway Rush Centre St. Albert Sedgewick Stony Plain Tofield Tomahawk Wabamun Wandering River Warner

Community Halls / Recreation Centres / Club Rooms:

Aldersyde Barons Belvedere Bon Accord Boyle Busby Delia  (Majestic-Farrell Lake?) Delburne Didsbury Dinton Fort Saskatchewan Griffin Creek Hattonford Hillsdown Hillsdown-Valley Hilltop Independence Innisfail Kanata Kinsella Langdon Lochearn

Lone Pine Lousana Lyalta Millarville Millet Minburn Molde  (Valhalla Busy Bees) Munson Onoway Penhold Reid Hall Rockyview Round Hill St. Albert Sedgewick Sibbald Stony Plain Sylvan Lake Tofield Walsh Westoe

Maternity Homes/Cottage Hospitals/Nurses' Home/Doctor's Office:

Berwyn Creighton Kinuso Peace River Sedgewick Sexsmith (Waterhole) Fairview

Arenas/Curling Rinks/Recreation Grounds/Parks/Playgrounds:

Blackfalds Coaldale Dinton Fairview Glendon Sibbald Stony Plain

Rest Rooms:

Angus Ridge Argyle Barons Bashaw Berwyn Better Days Bow Island Carmangay Cereal (Prairie Circle) Champion Coaldale Creighton Delburne Didsbury Golden Deeds Grande Prairie Griffin Creek Grimshaw Happy Centre Hilltop Hughenden

Irma Islay Lacombe Lethbridge Lone Pine Mannville Millet Munson Nightingale Olds Onoway Peace River Sedgewick Spirit River Stony Plain Strathmore Tofield Viking Vulcan Youngstown

Development / Maintenance of Cemeteries:

Botha Cereal Colchester Fort Saskatchewan Grimshaw Hughenden Irma Kinsella Lougheed Mahaska Millet

Minburn Munson New Dayton Quinte Redlandview Round Hill Sedgewick Sibbald Taber Viking (Rosegarland) Warner

Pier:

• Sylvan Lake

Swimming Pool:

• Drayton Valley

Gravel Streets:

• Bruce

Museum:

• Echo Hills

Home and School:

• Sibbald