fort mcmurray, alberta

Fort McMurray is a town in the northeastern part of Canada's western province of Alberta, in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, Alberta.

Location

Fort McMurray is located at , 370 m above sea level. It is 435 km northeast of Edmonton on Highway 63, about 60 km west of the Saskatchewan border, nestled in the boreal forest at the confluence of the Athabasca River and the Clearwater River. Fort McMurray is the largest Community in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo

Population

The population of Wood Buffalo (2001 census) is 41,466, with the majority of that located within the immediate area of Fort McMurray, which used to have city status until it was incorporated into Wood Buffalo a few years ago.

Climate

The average temperature at Fort McMurray is -19.8°C in January and +16.6°C in July. Its annual rainfall amounts to 334.5 mm, its snowfall is 172.0 cm.

Economics

Fort McMurray is considered the heart of one of Alberta's (and Canada's) major hubs of oil production, located near the Athabasca Tar Sands. Besides the tar sands, its industries rely on natural gas and pipeline sectors, forestry and tourism. Two of the oil mining companies are Syncrude and Suncor.

History

Fort Chipewyan is Alberta's oldest settled community. Over 200 years ago, Peter Pond and the voyageurs of the Northwest Trading Company traveled this area in search of furs.

Municipality

In addition to Fort McMurray, The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo consists of ten smaller communities: Anzac, Draper, Fort Chipewyan, Fort Fitzgerald, Fort MacKay, Gregoire Lake Estates, Janvier, Mariana Lakes and Saprae Creek Estates.

External links

http://www.woodbuffalo.ab.ca/ Municipality's Website
http://www.mymcmurray.com A popular community website
http://members.shaw.ca/jannadem/home.htm Jan Nademlejnsky's Ultralight Flying and Aerial Photos from Fort McMurray
http://www.altech.ab.ca/sar/home.htm Fort McMurray Search and Rescue
http://www.fmmha.com/ Fort McMurray's minor hockey association
http://www.oilbarons.com Fort McMurray's Junior A hockey team's website the Oilbarons

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