Alberta Women's Institutes Branch Pages
Each of the AWI branches identified by this project has been given its own page, on which you will find dates for inception and closure, where available. Please note that, given the nature of the historical sources, there are often several possibilities for inception dates. Minutes and charter information can be different from one another and different again from information in rural and AWI histories. There is no one central source for this information. Where there is a discrepancy, we have provided the source for the dates we are using.
Each of the branch pages is linked to a map of Alberta and may also contain an outline of significant facts about the branch, stories about its activities, photos, and copies of (or information about where to find) branch minutes, scrapbooks, etc. These branch pages do not attempt to provide a complete history of any given branch. Anyone interested in a more complete historical account will need to consult the primary resources listed.
If you have information that could correct any individual Branch Page, please contact Dr. Evelyn Ellerman at this email: evelynellerman@gmail.com
Choose from the list below to find out more about individual AWI branches.
A
- Abee
- Acadia
- Acadia Valley
- Advance
- Aetna
- Airdrie
- Albert
- Alberta
- Albury
- Aldersyde
- Alhambra
- Alida
- Alix
- Alliance
- Alsask
- Altario (see Wheatsheaf)
- Amber Valley
- Amisk
- Angus Ridge
- Annie Wood
- Antelope Ridge
- Antler Hill
- Argyle
- Arkona
- Armada
- Arrowwood
- Arthurville-Paulson
- Ashvale
- Athabasca
- Atkinson
- Atlee
- Avonlea
B
- Badger Flats
- Balmoral
- Bancroft
- Barich
- Barnwell
- Barons
- Barrhead
- Bashaw
- Bassano
- Battersea
- Battle Lake
- Battle River
- Bawlf
- Bearberry
- Beauty Prairie
- Beaver Flats-Serviceberry
- Beaver Lodge (Centre)
- Beaver Mines
- Beaver River
- Belloy
- Bellay
- Belvedere
- Benton Valley
- Berryvale
- Berwyn
- Beta-Vale-Serviceberry (see Berry-Vale)
- Better Days
- Big Meadow(s)
- Big Prairie
- Bilby
- Bindloss
- Bingley (Red Deer West)
- Birch Creek
- Birch Hill
- Birch Lake
- Black Diamond
- Blackfalds
- Blackie
- Blue Sky
- Bon Accord
- Bonnie Glen
- Boscombe Busy Bees
- Botha
- Bow Island
- Bow Valley
- Bowden
- Bowness
- Bowtell
- Boyle
- Brant
- Breton
- Brighton
- Brightview
- Brightwood
- Broadview
- Brocket-Hillsboro
- Brooks
- Brooksby
- Brooksley
- Brownvale
- Bruce
- Buck Lake
- Buffalo
- Buffalo Coulee
- Buffalo View
- Bulwark
- Burdett
- Burnt Lake
- Busby
- Busy Bees (see Valhalla Busy Bees)
- Byemoor
C
- Cadogan
- Cadotte Lake Cree
- Calahoo
- Calder Jubilee
- Calendula
- Calgary
- Callaghan
- Cambria
- Camrose
- Cardston
- Carmangay
- Carolside
- Carrington
- Carrot Creek
- Carstairs
- Cavendish
- Cayley
- Cedar Brae
- Central Millet
- Centre Valley
- Cereal (originally Prairie Circle)
- Cessford
- Chalmers
- Champion
- Chancellor
- Chauvin
- Cherhill
- Cherry Grove
- Cherry Point
- Chesterwold
- Chin-Cranford
- Chinook
- Clarimont
- Clarendon
- Claresholm
- Clark District
- Clayhurst
- Claysmore
- Claymore
- Clear Hills
- Clear Prairie
- Clearview
- Clemens
- Clive
- Clover Lodge
- Cluny
- Coaldale
- Coburn
- Colchester
- Coleman
- Collingwood
- Condor
- Conjuring Creek
- Conjuring Lake
- Conquerville
- Conroy
- Consort
- Cornucopia
- Coronation
- Cosmo
- Cottonwood
- Coutts
- Coutts Wild Rose (see International Wild Rose)
- Cowley
- Craigmyle
- Creighton
- Cremona
- Crooked Creek
- Crossfield
- Cumberland
- Czar
D
- Dartique
- Darwell
- Daysland
- De Winton
- Del Bonita
- Delano
- Delburne
- Delia
- Denhart
- Derbytown-Eagle Valley-Lobley (DEL)
- Devon
- Diamond
- Didsbury
- Dinosaur Park
- Dinton
- Donalda
- Dovercourt
- Dowling
- Drayton Valley
- Drumheller
- Duchess
- Duffield
- Dundee
- Dunkirk
E
- Eagle Hill
- Eagle Valley
- East Coulee
- East Didsbury
- East Glen
- East Peoria
- Eastway
- Echo Hill(s)
- Eckville
- Edith Cavell
- Edith Wahl
- Edmonton
- Edmonton-Victoria-Sturgeon
- Edson
- Edwand
- Elk Point (see Uneeda)
- Ella Jane
- Elmworth
- Elnora
- Emerald
- Endeavor
- Endiang
- Enilda
- Ensign
- Enterprise
- Entwhistle
- Equity
- Erin Lodge
- Erskine (see Kanata)
- Ethel Webster
- Etna
- Etzikom
- Eureka
- Evansburg
- Ever Ready (also known as Readymade)
- Excel (Excelsior)
F
- Fairacres
- Fairview (Waterhole)
- Falun
- Farm Hill
- Faust
- Fawcett
- Federal
- Ferintosh West
- Ferry Hill
- Ferrybank
- Five Point
- Flagstaff Hills
- Flat Lake
- Fleet
- Flying Shot
- Foothills
- Foreman
- Foremost
- Fort McMurray
- Fort Saskatchewan
- Friendly
- Fritz Hill
G
- Gadsby
- Galahad
- Garden Prairie
- Garrington (see Mary Riley)
- Gem
- Genesee
- Gerald
- Gibbons
- Gilt Edge
- Gimlet
- Gladys
- Glamis
- Gleichen
- Glen Banner
- Glendale
- Glendon
- Glengarry
- Glenleslie
- Glenwoodville
- Golden Centre
- Golden Glow
- Golden Rule
- Good Deeds
- Good Luck
- Goodfare
- Goodwill
- Gordon
- Graburn
- Grahamston
- Grande Prairie
- Grande Prairie Airport
- Granum
- Grassy Lake
- Grayburn
- Green Court
- Greenfield
- Griesbach
- Griffin Creek
- Grimshaw
- Grouard
H
- Haddock
- Half-way Grove
- Halkirk
- Hand-in-Hand
- Hand Hills
- Hanna
- Hanna Fireside
- Happy Centre
- Happy Hill
- Happy Hours
- Hardisty
- Harmattan
- Hattonford
- Hayter
- Hazeldine
- Heather Brae
- Heldar
- Hemaruka
- Hermit Lake
- Hesketh
- High Hill
- High Prairie
- High River
- High Valley
- Highland
- Highland Park
- Highland View
- Highway
- Highwood
- Hillcrest
- Hillsborough
- Hillsdown
- Hillsdown-Valley
- Hillsview
- Hilltop
- Hillydale
- Hines Creek
- Hinterland
- Hobbema
- Hogadone
- Holburn
- Holden
- Holly Springs
- Home Pals
- Hope
- Hoping
- Horn Hill
- Horseguard (Little Horseguard)
- Horseshoe Canyon
- Horse Shoe Lake
- Huallen (originally Lower Beaver Lodge)
- Hughenden
- Hughenden Village
- Hussar
- Huxley
I
- Independence
- Innisfail
- Innisfree
- International Wild Rose
- Inuvik Associated Branch
- Iola
- Ione
- Irma
- Irvine
- Islay
J
- Jackson
- James River (Bridge)
- Jasper
- Jasper Place
- Jenner
K
- Kanata
- Kelsey
- Kerndale
- Kerriemuir
- Killam
- Kimiwan
- Kinniburgh
- Kinsella
- Kinuso
- Kirkcaldy
- Kirriemuir
- Kitscoty
- Klesun Hill
- Kleskun Lake
- Knappen
- Knee Hill Valley
- Knob Hill (see Lorane)
L
- L.R.D.D.
- La Glace
- Lac la Biche
- Lacombe
- Lacombe Four Point
- Lady Alexander
- Lady Tweedsmuir
- Lake Saskatoon
- Lake View
- Lakeside
- Lanfine
- Langdon
- Lavoy
- Lea Park
- Leavitt
- Leduc
- Leedale
- Leewood
- Lens
- Leslieville
- Lethbridge
- Little Bow
- Little Buffalo
- Little Gem
- Little Horseguard (Horseguard)
- Little Red Deer Dorcas
- Little Smoky
- Lloydminster
- Lochearn (Rocky Mountain House)
- Lockhart
- Lomond
- Lone Pine
- Longview
- Lorane
- Lougheed
- Lousana
- Lower Beave Lodge (see Huallen)
- Loyalist
- Lubeck
- Lucky Strike
- Lundbreck
- Lyalta
- Lymburn
M
- MacKay (see Good Deeds)
- MacLennan
- Macleod
- Magnolia
- Magrath
- Mahaska (originally Shining Bank)
- Majestic Farrell (Lake)
- Major
- Mallaig
- Malmo
- Maloy
- Mannville
- Manola
- Manyberries
- Maple Leaf Chin Cranford
- Maple Thorpe
- Markerville-Three Point
- Mary Riley (originally Garrington)
- Marwayne
- Marwayne (originally Marwayne Young Women's Institute)
- Masinasin
- Mayerthorpe
- Mayerthorpe Town and Country
- Mayton Friendship
- Mazeppa Ladies Community Club/Mazeppa WI
- McConnell
- McHendry
- McLennan
- Meanook
- Mecheche
- Medicine Hat
- Melvin
- Merna
- Metiskow
- Mid Pembina
- Midway
- Milburn
- Milk River
- Millarston
- Millarville
- Millet
- Millicent
- Milner
- Milnerton
- Milo
- Milverton
- Minburn
- Minot
- Mirror
- Mirror Landing
- Mizpah
- Monarch
- Monitor (see Ione)
- Mossleigh
- Mountain Heights
- Mountain Park
- Mountain Valley
- Mountain View (Cardston)
- Mountain View (Didsbury)
- Muhlbach
- Muir Lake
- Mulhurst
- Munson
N
- Nacmine
- Namao
- Nampa
- Neighbourhood
- Neutral Valley
- New Dayton
- New Reign
- New West
- Newbrook
- Nightingale
- Nilrem
- Nobleford
- North End
- North Lone Pine
- North Red Deer
O
- Oak Park
- Ohaton
- Okotoks
- Old Chief
- Old Vegreville (see Wendy Brook)
- Olds
- Olds View
- Onoway
- Optimistic
- Orion
- Orton
- Oyen
P
- Pakowky
- Pancras
- Paradise Valley
- Park Lake
- Parkhill
- Parkland
- Pashley
- Patience
- Patricia
- Peace River (Crossing)
- Pearce
- Peers
- Pendryl-Poplar Valley
- Penhold
- Philo
- Pibroch
- Pickardville
- Picture Butte
- Pigeon Valley
- Pincher Creek
- Pine Cone
- Pine Creek
- Pine Grove
- Pine Lake
- Pine Valley
- Pioneer Circle
- Pleasantview
- Pollockview
- Ponoka
- Pope Lease
- Poplar Ridge
- Prairie Circle (see Cereal)
- Priddis
- Priddis-Westoe
- Primrose
- Princess Anne
- Provost (Pathlighters)
- Purple Springs
Q
- Queenstown
- Quinte
R
- Rainbow
- Rainier
- Ramsay
- Raven Valley
- Ray Lake
- Raymond
- Red Cross
- Red Deer
- Red Deer West
- Red Willow (see Rio Grande)
- Redlandview
- Redwater
- Reid Hill
- Reliance
- Reo Dennis
- Ribstone
- Richdale
- Richmond
- Ridgewood
- Rimby
- Rio Grande
- Riverside (Magrath)
- Riverside (Vegreville)
- Rocky Mountain
- Rocky Mountain House (Lochearn)
- Rockyview Royalties
- Rolling Hill
- Rollinson
- Rosalind
- Roseacre
- Rosebud Creek
- Rosedale
- Rosegarland
- Rosemary
- Rosevear
- Rosewillow
- Round Hill
- Royale
- Roydal Royalettes
- Rugby
- Rumsey
- Rush Centre
- Ryley
S
- Salt Prairie
- Saltaux
- Samis
- Sangudo
- Saultaux
- Scenic Heights
- Scollard
- Sedalia
- Sedgewick
- Seebe
- Sentinel Hill
- Service Workers
- Sexsmith
- Shady Cove
- Shakespeare
- Shepard
- Shining Bank (see Mahaska)
- Shouldice
- Sibbald
- Siebertville
- Sifton
- Silver Heights
- Smoky Lake
- Social Plains
- Sounding Creek (see Youngstown)
- South Athabasca
- South Bend
- South Drumheller
- Southern Prairie
- Spirit River
- Spirit Valley
- Spring Coulee
- Springburn
- Springdale
- Springvale
- Spruce Corner
- Spruce Coulee
- Spruce Grove
- St. Albert
- St. Eloi
- St. Paul
- Standard
- Standoff
- Stanger
- Starline
- Stavely
- Stettler
- Stone
- Stoneyhurst
- Stony Plain
- Strathmore
- Strawberry Plains
- Streamstown
- Strome
- Suffield
- Sugar Bowl
- Sullivan Lake
- Sundial
- Sundre
- Sunnybrook
- Sunnynook
- Sunrise
- Sunset Prairie
- Sunshine
- Swan Valley
- Sylvan Lake
- Symonds
T
- Taber
- Talbot
- Tees
- Tellim
- Thigh Hill
- Thorhild
- Thorncliffe
- Three Hills
- Thumbs Up
- Tide Lake
- Tindastoll
- Tofield
- Tomahawk
- Torrington
- Tripola
- Trochu
- Tumbleweed Trails
- Turin
- Turner Valley
- Twin Butte Union
- Twin Creek
- Two Hills
U
- Uncase
- Uneeda (Elk Point)
- United Prairie (was originally Warner-United Prairie)
- Unity (Dovercourt)
- Unity (Edson)
- University
- Ureka
V
- Vale View
- (Valhalla) Busy Bees
- Valleyview
- Vandyne
- Vanrena
- Vegreville
- Vegreville-Vermilion West
- Verdant Valley
- Verdant Valley Dorcas
- Vermilion
- Veteran
- Viking
- Vilna
- Vulcan
W
- Wabamun
- Wainwright
- Walsh
- Wandering River
- Wang
- Warburg
- Warner (originally Warner-United Prairie)
- Warspite
- Waskasoo
- Waskatenau
- Waterhole (see Fairview)
- Waterways
- Watt Lake
- Waverl(e)y
- Wayne
- Weisenford
- Wembley
- Wendy Brook (originally Old Vegreville)
- West Didsbury
- West Wingham
- Westbrook
- Westcott
- Westcott Junior
- Westlock
- Westoe
- Westoe Wanderers
- Westvale
- Westward
- Westward Ho
- Wetaskiwin
- Wheatsheaf (originally Altario)
- Wheaton
- White Ash
- Whitecourt
- Whitelands
- Whitelaw
- Whitemud
- Whitemud Creek
- Wide Awake
- Wide Canyon
- Wiesenford
- Wild Rose
- Wildmere
- Wildunn
- Willing Workers
- Willow Creek
- Willow Lake
- Willowdale
- Wimborne
- Winnington
- Winterburn
- Wiste
- Wizard Lake
- Wolf Creek
- Wolf Willow
- Woodbend
- Wooddale
- Woodland
- Woodvale
- Worsely
- Wrentham
- Writing on Stone
Y
Z
- Zella
- Zenith
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