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Claresholm is a small community located about midway between Calgary and Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada along Highway 2. The location was originally a watering stop for steam engines on the Canadian Pacific Railway line along the Macleod Trail. The first settlers arrived in 1902, and the village was established in 1903. Claresholm was incorporated as a town in 1905, when Alberta became a province of Canada.

Population: 3,622 (2005)

One of the Famous Five involved in the Persons Case, Louise McKinney, lived in Claresholm.

RCAF Station Claresholm was established near the town in 1941 to train pilots for service in World War II. The station was reopened for a period in the 1950s to train NATO pilots.

Claresholm is a great place to live and visit, and it prides itself on the friendliness of its residents, its retail services and industrial facilities. It is a thriving community of over 3,600 people. Claresholm’s traditional roles of agricultural service centre and industrial airport have been diversified in the last few years by the growth of the health care sector of the economy. It offers excellent recreation with an 18-hole golf course, swimming pool, curling and skating rinks, and an active agriplex.

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