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
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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
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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
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- 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
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Maternity Homes/Cottage Hospitals/Nurses' Home/Doctor's Office:
- Berwyn
- Creighton
- Kinuso
- Peace River
- Sedgewick
- Sexsmith
- (Waterhole) Fairview
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Arenas/Curling Rinks/Recreation Grounds/Parks/Playgrounds:
- Blackfalds
- Coaldale
- Dinton
- Fairview
- Glendon
- Sibbald
- Stony Plain
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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
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- Irma
- Islay
- Lacombe
- Lethbridge
- Lone Pine
- Mannville
- Millet
- Munson
- Nightingale
- Olds
- Onoway
- Peace River
- Sedgewick
- Spirit River
- Stony Plain
- Strathmore
- Tofield
- Viking
- Vulcan
- Youngstown
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Development / Maintenance of Cemeteries:
- Botha
- Cereal
- Colchester
- Fort Saskatchewan
- Grimshaw
- Hughenden
- Irma
- Kinsella
- Lougheed
- Mahaska
- Millet
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- Minburn
- Munson
- New Dayton
- Quinte
- Redlandview
- Round Hill
- Sedgewick
- Sibbald
- Taber
- Viking (Rosegarland)
- Warner
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Pier:
Swimming Pool:
Gravel Streets:
Museum:
Home and School:
