The new name was derived from Lovettville, a defunct coal mining town in the vicinity.

The settlement took its name from H. A. Lovett, President of North American Collieries, a mining company in the area.

[1] The river forms in the foothills south of Coalspur, Alberta.

It passes through an active coal mining area and a few minor natural gas fields, as well as former coal mining towns that are now ghost towns.

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