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The park is located in central Alberta about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) northeast of Fort Assiniboine and about fifty kilometres (31 mi) northwest of Barrhead.The Athabasca River forms the eastern boundary of the park and Highway 661 forms the northern. [2]
Fort McMurray (/ m ə k ˈ m ʌr i / mək-MURR-ee) is an urban service area in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo in Alberta, Canada. [10] [11] It is located in northeast Alberta, in the middle of the Athabasca oil sands, surrounded by boreal forest. It has played a significant role in the development of the national petroleum industry.
Red Earth Creek is a hamlet in Alberta, Canada within the Municipal District of Opportunity No. 17. [2] It is located east of Highway 88, between the town of Slave Lake and the hamlet of Fort Vermilion, and has an elevation of 520 metres (1,710 ft). This hamlet is in Census Division No. 17 and in the federal riding of Fort McMurray-Athabasca.
Kakwa Wildlands Park, Kakwa Provincial Park and Willmore Wilderness Park comprise the first interprovincial park shared between Alberta and British Columbia. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Access to the park is via Highway 40 , through the hamlet of Grande Cache , and the four staging areas: Sulphur Gates, Cowlick Creek, Berland River and Rock Lake. [ 3 ]
Cadomin / ˈ k æ d əm ɪ n / is a hamlet in west-central Alberta, Canada, within Yellowhead County. [2] It is along the McLeod River in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, approximately 50 kilometres (31 mi) south of Hinton near the Bighorn Highway. It is served by a spur of the Canadian National Railway. [3]
Alberta is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. [2] Located in Western Canada, the province has an area of 661,190 km 2 (255,290 sq mi) and is bounded to the south by the United States state of Montana along 49° north for 298 km (185 mi); to the east at 110° west by the province of Saskatchewan for 1,223 km (760 mi); and at 60° north the Northwest Territories for 644 km ...
The inspiration for the Dominion Land Survey System was the plan for Manitoba (and later Saskatchewan and Alberta) to be agricultural economies. With a large number of European settlers arriving, Manitoba was undergoing a large change so grasslands and parklands were surveyed, settled, and farmed. [3]
DeBolt is located in Peace Country, 58 km (36 mi) east from Grande Prairie and 54 km (34 mi) west of Valleyview along Highway 43.It lies in the Smoky River valley, at an elevation of 640 m (2,100 ft).