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Settlement in Alberta, Canada

Brocket is located in AlbertaBrocketBrocketclass=notpageimage| Location of Brocket in Alberta

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

The community takes its name from Brocket Hall, in England.

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.

References

  1. Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 25.
  2. "New lodge to promote and protect Piikani ways | Pincher Creek Echo". Archived from the original on March 12, 2014. Retrieved March 12, 2014.

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


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