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Duvernay
Duvernay is located in Alberta
Duvernay
Duvernay
Location in Alberta
Duvernay is located in Canada
Duvernay
Duvernay
Location in Canada
Country Canada
Province Alberta
Region Central Alberta
Census division 10
Municipal district County of Two Hills No. 21
Government
 • Type Unincorporated
Population
 (1991)
 • Total 26
Time zone UTC−07:00 (MST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC−06:00 (MDT)
Area code(s) 780, 587, 825

Duvernay is a hamlet in central Alberta, Canada within the County of Two Hills No. 21. It is located 1.6 km (1.0 mi) north of the intersection of Highway 36 and Highway 29 along the south bank of the North Saskatchewan River, approximately 53 km (33 mi) southwest of St. Paul. The hamlet of Brosseau is located immediately across the river along the north bank.

The hamlet has the name of Ludger Duvernay. The Duvernay Formation, a stratigraphical unit of the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin was named for the hamlet.

Demographics

Duvernay recorded a population of 26 in the 1991 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada.

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