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Black Diamond

Town
82 J

Approximately 22 km south of Calgary.

The post office opened on this site in 1907, and was run by H. Arnold. The name was taken from the nearby Black Diamond Coal Mine run by Addison McPherson. It was incorporated as a town in 1956.