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History of the Town's Name
Robert Ingersoll Mayer (circa 1881-1937), a civil engineer for the Chicago Northwestern Railroad who hailed originally from Indianapolis, moved to Alberta with his wife, Emma, in 1908. They homesteaded along the Little Paddle River northwest of Edmonton and accepted the invitation of Peter Gunn, Member of the Legislative Assembley (and for whom the hamlet of Gunn was named), to operate the post office. Gunn first proposed the name Mayerville for the post office, and when that was rejected he changed it to Mayerthorpe, adding a suffix understood to mean village or hamlet (or else the name of a local teacher). With the approach of the Canadian Northern Railway in 1919, settler Leo Oscar Crockett (circa 1884-1965), a U.S. navy veteran, subdivided and promoted the townsite of Little Paddle about five kilometres east of the Mayers' post office. Crockett resisted the call to rename the settlement "Crockett," and when the Mayers' post office closed in 1921 and a new one opened in the townsite, Little Paddle became Mayerthorpe. Bob Mayer moved to Edmonton in 1922 and worked there as a railway bridgeman until his death. Crockett remained in Mayerthorpe, where his namesake son later became mayor. Both Mayer and Crockett are buried in Edmonton. Mayerthorpe was incorporated as a village in 1927 and as a town in 1961.
Accommodations in Mayerthorpe & Area:
IN TOWN:
Haven Inn
4605 Crockett Street
Tel: 780-786-2231
Hub Hotel
5022 Crockett Street
Tel: 780-786-2688
BED & BREAKFASTS IN AREA:
Bar D6 Country Retreat
Tel: 780-786-2905
Ohlers' Acres
Tel: 780-785-3700
Lakeview Guest Ranch
Tel: 780-785-3270
Touchstone Farms Bales & Breakfast
Tel: 780-786-4337
Where Paths Cross Bed & Breakfast
Tel: 780-786-4972
CAMPGROUNDS:
Mayerthorpe Golf & Country Club
There is an adjacent campground that has 28 well developed spots for rent.
Tel: 780-786-4737
Sangudo and Rangeton Park also have camping spots.
Meeting Facilities & Halls:
Diamond Centre
The Diamond Centre Community Hall including stage and kitchen, has a seating capacity of 500 people. . To book this facility for any event please contact Charlotte at 780-786-4044.
The Royal Canadian Legion
The Legion has three rooms for rent as well as the lounge. The auditorium and bingo hall both have a capacity of 150. The meeting room downstairs has a capacity of 40 and the lounge's capacity is 50. To rent any of these rooms or the lounge contact the legion at 780-786-2470.