Editing Vulcan, Alberta (section)

== History ==
{{stack|[[File:Elevators of Vulcan, Alberta. after 1920.jpg|thumb|View of the row of grain elevators in Vulcan, Alberta. After 1920.|alt=View of the row of grain elevators in Vulcan after 1920]]}}
Vulcan was named by a surveyor for the [[Canadian Pacific Railway]] after the Roman God of Fire – [[Vulcan (mythology)|Vulcan]]. Originally, all the streets of Vulcan were named after gods and goddesses of the classical world such as [[Juno (mythology)|Juno]], [[Mars (mythology)|Mars]], and [[Jupiter (mythology)|Jupiter]].{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}

The community was incorporated as a village on December 23, 1912, and then as a town on June 15, 1921.<ref name="incorporation">{{cite web | url=http://www.municipalaffairs.alberta.ca/cfml/MunicipalProfiles/index | title=Location and History Profile: Town of Vulcan | publisher=[[Alberta Municipal Affairs]] | date=May 5, 2015 | access-date=May 7, 2015}}</ref> In July 1927, a major [[tornado]] destroyed many homes and the new [[curling]] rink in the town. That tornado was made famous when a photograph of it approaching Vulcan was used for the "tornado" article in ''[[Encyclopædia Britannica]]''.<ref>{{cite book |title=Encyclopaedia Britannica: A New Survey of Universal Knowledge |date=1962 |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zNnfqsk7uR4C&q=%22Tornado+approaching+Vulcan%22 |language=en}}</ref>{{rp|302}}

The first newspaper to serve the area was ''The Vulcan Review'', which began in 1912<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/VR_19120319/mode/2up|title=Vulcan Review|date=March 19, 1912|website=Internet Archive|access-date=2020-01-25}}</ref> and was published for one year. ''The Vulcan Review'' was followed by the ''Vulcan Advocate'' in 1913, which is still being published today<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vulcanadvocate.com/|title=The Vulcan Advocate|access-date=2020-01-25}}</ref> as member of Sun Media Community Newspapers part of [[Postmedia Network]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Vulcan Advocate |url=https://www.vulcanadvocate.com/ |access-date=2023-03-08 |website=vulcanadvocate |language=en-CA}}</ref>{{stack|[[File:Vulcan elevator row 1960s.jpg|thumb|left|Vulcan elevator row in the 1960s]]}}Vulcan once had nine [[grain elevator]]s, more than any other location west of [[Winnipeg]], making it the largest [[grain trade|grain shipping]] point at that time.{{citation needed|date=November 2010}} Due to the changing economics of the agricultural industry, the original elevators were taken down one by one. Today, Vulcan has only one of the "prairie skyscrapers" left that once could be seen miles away. Although not original, this last wooden elevator was built in the 1980s.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}

A [[British Commonwealth Air Training Plan]] air force base, [[RCAF Station Vulcan]], was located {{Convert|5.7|NM|lk=in}} southwest<ref>{{CFS}}</ref> of the town during the [[Second World War]]. Many of the old hangars still exist and the runways can still be seen. It is now operated as [[Vulcan/Kirkcaldy Aerodrome]] and some of the old runways are still in use. There is a second airport, [[Vulcan Airport]].{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}

In 2015 the town council voted to form Heritage Advisory Board Committee to manage the historical sites in Vulcan County.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.vulcanadvocate.com/2015/04/24/preserving-vulcans-heritage/wcm/a0665b41-85df-e747-6acc-50b1ae8e370a|title=Preserving Vulcan's heritage|date=2015-04-24|work=The Vulcan Advocate|access-date=2020-01-25}}</ref>