Lodgepole, Alberta
Lodgepole is a small hamlet in central Alberta, Canada, in Brazeau County. It is about 31 kilometres west of Highway 22 and 131 kilometres southwest of Edmonton.
Lodgepole began as a town on July 1, 1956. It had 508 people in 1961, but the population fell to 207 by 1966. The town was dissolved in 1970 and became a hamlet.
On October 17, 1982, a sour gas well about 20 kilometres west of Lodgepole blew out and burned for 67 days before it was capped.
In the 2021 census, Lodgepole had 117 residents living in 58 of its 70 homes, up slightly from 2016. The area is 1.74 square kilometres, giving a population density of about 67 people per square kilometre. In 2016, it had 116 people in 53 of 59 homes over 1.75 square kilometres.
Lodgepole is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST, and MDT in summer). The area codes are 780, 587, and 825.
This page was last edited on 3 February 2026, at 02:21 (CET).