Brocket, Alberta

Brocket
Location of Brocket in Alberta

Brocket is a settlement in Peigan 147, in southern Alberta located on the Highway 3, between Pincher Creek and Fort Macleod. It is the main community on the Piikani Nation reserve.

In April 2010, the Buffalo Skull Lodge opened in Brocket housing Piikani Traditional Knowledge Services, which works to preserve Piikanissini, the traditional way of life of the Piikani people.[1]

Demographics

According to the 2001 federal census, the population of Brocket was 1,537.

References

  1. http://www.pinchercreekecho.com/2010/04/07/new-lodge-to-promote-and-protect-piikani-ways

See also

Coordinates: 49°32′49″N 113°45′2″W / 49.54694°N 113.75056°W / 49.54694; -113.75056 (Brocket)


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