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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.
Fort McMurray Wildfire: Alberta and Saskatchewan: Largest fire evacuation in Alberta history (88,000 on 3 May, a further 8,000 on 16 May). Over 2,400 homes and buildings destroyed. Costliest disaster in Canadian history. [65] [66] 2016: 19,800 acres (8,000 ha) 2016 Great Smoky Mountains wildfires: Tennessee: Began in late November 2016.
Gregoire Lake 176 is an Indian reserve of the Fort McMurray First Nation in Alberta, located within the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo. [3] It is 35 kilometres southeast of Fort McMurray. [1] In the 2016 Canadian Census, it recorded a population of 191 living in 62 of its 74 total private dwellings. [2]
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The wildfire burning near Fort McMurray on May 1, 2016. On May 1, 2016, a wildfire began southwest of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada.On May 3, it swept through the community, forcing the largest wildfire evacuation in Alberta's history, with upwards of 88,000 people forced from their homes.
Fort McMurray #468 First Nation reserves of ca. 31 km 2 (12 sq mi) include: Clearwater 175 is located on the Clearwater River 11 km (6.8 mi) southeast of Fort McMurray. It is not populated. Gregoire Lake 176 located 35 km (22 mi) southeast of Fort McMurray is the largest of the four and the most populated. The population was 191 in 2016 and 274 ...
On the afternoon of 23 September, Union forces engaged Confederate forces five miles south of Athens, near Tanner, where they were destroying a railroad trestle. Forrest's Confederate forces moved towards Athens. That evening the Confederate forces gained control of the town, and the Union forces had retreated within Fort Henderson.
Fort McMurray initially served under the Ministry of War Transport, along with the other Fort ships, where she was operated and managed by Morel Ltd. of Cardiff.She joined several convoys transporting cargo across the Atlantic Ocean to the United Kingdom and the Mediterranean, with stops at Glasgow, Alexandria, and Bizerte.