Hasler
The community of Hasler is located on the flats along the Pine River flanked by mountains to the north and south. Bowlder Creek and Commotion Creek come off the northern mountains and Johnson, Hasler, Goodrich, and Young creeks come off the southern mountains. Highway 97 runs along the north side of the river but a road and the rail line cross the river near the confluence of Hasler Creek and the Pine River. Some of the flats area is cleared for agricultural development and is designated as being within the Agricultural Land Reserve.
After an initial settlement by homesteaders, development along the flats was driven by extraction of oil and coal near Commotion Creek. The region’s first well was constructed in 1940, and a coal seam was discovered by a local trapper just a year earlier. A bridge over the Pine River was built in 1945 to access the coal. After the Northern Alberta Railway switched to oil burning engines and stopped purchasing coal, the provincial government restricted the coal’s extraction until a foreign market could be found. The John Hart Highway was opened along the Pine River in the early 1950s and the subdivision at Hasler was created in 1954. In the 1990s major industrial development came to the community. A gas processing plant and a sulfer pelletizing plant were constructed.
Community Facilities
| Facility | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Community hall | 6939 Middlemiss Sub, Plan 11046 DL 1129 | Closed |
| Solid Waste Transfer site | BLK A DL 1126, along Hasler Road |
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