Chinook, AlbertaChinook is a hamlet in southern Alberta, Canada within Special Area No. 3. It is located on Highway 9 approximately northeast of Brooks.Chinook was named after the Chinook wind, a "warm dry westerly wind from the Rocky Mountains."WWW specialareas.ab.caDemographicsChinook recorded a population of 38 in the 1991 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada.