Ponoka County is a municipal district in Alberta, Canada. It covers 721,396 acres and it claims to "embody the essence of rural Alberta". Ponoka County was founded on January 1, 1952. The county's first public officials were Mr. Bruce Ramsey, who directed municipal affairs, Mr. Peter McDonald as secretary-treasurer, and Mr. L.G. Saunders was head o…
Ponoka County is a municipal district in Alberta, Canada. It covers 721,396 acres and it claims to "embody the essence of rural Alberta". Ponoka County was founded on January 1, 1952. The county's first public officials were Mr. Bruce Ramsey, who directed municipal affairs, Mr. Peter McDonald as secretary-treasurer, and Mr. L.G. Saunders was head of the school system. The town gets its name from the Blackfoot word for Elk.