Mormon colonies in Canada

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Mormon_colonies_in_Canada

GPTKB entity

Statements (55)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:settlement
gptkbp:CardstonAlbertaTempleDedicatedIn	1923
gptkbp:CardstonAlbertaTempleSignificance	first LDS temple built outside the United States
gptkbp:CardstonFoundedBy	gptkb:Charles_Ora_Card
gptkbp:CardstonFoundedIn	1887
gptkbp:CardstonPopulation2021	3,585
gptkbp:culturalSignificance	gptkb:LDS_Church
gptkbp:establishedIn	1887
gptkbp:firstColonyFounded	gptkb:Cardston
gptkbp:foundedBy	Mormon pioneers members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
gptkbp:heritageDesignation	Stirling Agricultural Village National Historic Site
gptkbp:historicalSignificance	helped develop southern Alberta
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Mormon colonies in Canada
gptkbp:language	English
gptkbp:locatedIn	gptkb:Alberta gptkb:Canada
gptkbp:MagrathFoundedIn	1899
gptkbp:MagrathPopulation2021	2,374
gptkbp:mainEconomicActivity	livestock ranching irrigation agriculture sugar beet farming
gptkbp:notableBuilding	gptkb:Cardston_Alberta_Temple
gptkbp:notableEvent	arrival of Mormon pioneers in 1887 dedication of Cardston Alberta Temple in 1923
gptkbp:notableFor	gptkb:Leavitt gptkb:Raymond gptkb:Taylorville gptkb:Cardston gptkb:Glenwood gptkb:Kimball gptkb:Stirling gptkb:Magrath Welling Hill Spring Woolford Beazer Spring Coulee
gptkbp:notablePerson	gptkb:Charles_Ora_Card gptkb:John_W._Taylor gptkb:Thomas_E._Ricks gptkb:Edward_J._Wood gptkb:Jesse_Knight
gptkbp:population	predominantly Mormon in early years
gptkbp:purpose	refuge from anti-polygamy laws in the United States
gptkbp:RaymondFoundedIn	1901
gptkbp:RaymondPopulation2021	4,199
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints gptkb:Mormon_colonies_in_Mexico gptkb:Mormon_Trail
gptkbp:StirlingFoundedIn	1899
gptkbp:StirlingPopulation2021	1,164
gptkbp:StirlingSignificance	best-preserved example of Mormon agricultural village in Canada
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Mormon_colonies_in_Mexico
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7