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Grande Prairie is a city in northwestern Alberta, Canada, within the southern portion of an area known as Peace River Country. It is located at the intersection of Highway 43 (part of the CANAMEX Corridor ) and Highway 40 (the Bighorn Highway), approximately 456 km (283 mi) northwest of Edmonton .
The number of climate change–related events, such as the 2021 British Columbia Floods and an increasing number of forest fires, has become an increasing concern over time. [56] Canada's annual average temperature over land warmed by 1.7 degrees Celsius between 1948 and 2016.
Temperature Location Temperature 2024 Lytton, British Columbia: 42.5 °C (109 °F) Keg River, Alberta and Old Crow, Yukon: −51.5 °C (−61 °F) 2023 Lytton, British Columbia: 42.2 °C (108 °F) Rabbit Kettle, Northwest Territories: −53.4 °C (−64 °F) 2022 Lytton, British Columbia: 42.2 °C (108 °F) Pelly Ranch, Yukon
Southern Alberta is renowned for its cowboy culture, which developed when real open range ranching was practiced in the 1880s. [5] Canada's first rodeo, the Raymond Stampede, was established in 1902. These influences are also evident in the music of Canada's Prairie Provinces. This can be attributed partially to the massive influx of American ...
The County of Grande Prairie No. 1 is a municipal district in northwestern Alberta, Canada in Census Division No. 19. It is bounded on the south by the Wapiti River, on the east by the Smoky River and on the west by the province of British Columbia.
Grande Prairie Airport (IATA: YQU, ICAO: CYQU) is a commercial airport located 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) west northwest of Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada.It is the largest airport in the Peace River Country of northwestern Alberta and northeastern British Columbia, having served 446,000 passengers in 2014 and 436,000 in 2015, [4] ranking among the busiest regional airports in Canada.
La Glace is a hamlet in northern Alberta, Canada within the County of Grande Prairie No. 1. [2] It is located along Highway 59 between Sexsmith and Valhalla Centre and has an elevation of 735 metres (2,411 ft). The hamlet is located in Census Division No. 19 and in the federal riding of Grande Prairie-Mackenzie.
Wedgewood is a hamlet in northern Alberta, Canada within the County of Grande Prairie No. 1. [2] It is immediately adjacent to the City of Grande Prairie on the west side of Resources Road (Range Road 60), approximately 2.4 kilometres (1.5 mi) east of Highway 40 and 0.8 kilometres (0.50 mi) north of Highway 668.