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Beaver Lake (Alberta)
Beaver Lake is a lake in Alberta, Canada. - Lakes in Alberta - University of Alberta Press, 1990 It is located just southeast of the hamlet of Lac La Biche, Alberta
Lac La Biche ( ) is an List of communities in Alberta#Urban service areas, urban service area in Lac La Biche County within Northern Alberta, northeastern Alberta, Canada.
It is approximately northeast of the provincial capital, Edmonton. Pre ... . It is the source of Beaver River whose waters flow east to Hudson Bay. Just to the north-west of Beaver Lake is t ...
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Lac La Biche County
Lac La Biche County is a List of specialized municipalities in Alberta, specialized municipality within Division No. 12, Alberta, Division No. 12 in northern Alberta, Canada. It was established through the amalgamation of the Lac La Biche, Alberta, Town of Lac La Biche and Lakeland County in 2007. History Lac La Biche County was originally established as a List of municipal districts in Alberta, municipal district on August 1, 2007 through the amalgamation of Lakeland County with the Town of Lac La Biche. Its predecessor municipal district, Lakeland County, was originally incorporated on July 1, 1998, formed from the northwestern part of the Municipal District of Bonnyville No. 87. Lac La Biche County converted from municipal district status to specialized municipality status on January 1, 2018. Geography Lac La Biche County is in northeast Alberta. It borders the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, Regional Municipality (RM) of Wood Buffalo to the north; the Municipal Dist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Lac La Biche, Alberta
Lac La Biche ( ) is an List of communities in Alberta#Urban service areas, urban service area in Lac La Biche County within Northern Alberta, northeastern Alberta, Canada. It is approximately northeast of the provincial capital, Edmonton. Previously incorporated as a town, Lac La Biche amalgamated with Lakeland County to form Lac La Biche County on August 1, 2007. Between 2007 and 2017, it was designated as a hamlet within Lac La Biche County. Etymology The indigenous peoples of the area refer to the lake as Elk Lake (, ). The earliest Europeans translated this name into English as "Red Deer Lake" and in French language, French as "" ("lake of the Deer, doe"). Over time, the French name came to be used in English as well. History Historic voyageur highway Lac La Biche was on the historical voyageurs, voyageur route that linked the Athabaskan region to Hudson Bay. David Thompson (explorer), David Thompson and George Simpson (administrator), George Simpson used the fur t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Beaver River (Canada)
Beaver River is a large river in east-central Alberta and central Saskatchewan, Canada. It flows east through Alberta and Saskatchewan and then turns sharply north to flow into Lac Île-à-la-Crosse on the Churchill River which flows into Hudson Bay. Beaver River has a catchment area of in Alberta,Environment Alberta - River basins where it drains the lake system in . The total length is . It was first documented on the Turnor map of 1790, and then confirmed on the Harmon map of 1820. Basin and course East of the |
Alberta
Alberta is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Canada. It is a part of Western Canada and is one of the three Canadian Prairies, prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to its west, Saskatchewan to its east, the Northwest Territories to its north, and the U.S. state of Montana to its south. Alberta and Saskatchewan are the only two landlocked Canadian provinces. The eastern part of the province is occupied by the Great Plains, while the western part borders the Rocky Mountains. The province has a predominantly humid continental climate, continental climate, but seasonal temperatures tend to swing rapidly because it is so arid. Those swings are less pronounced in western Alberta because of its occasional Chinook winds. Alberta is the fourth largest province by area, at , and the fourth most populous, with 4,262,635 residents. Alberta's capital is Edmonton; its largest city is Calgary. The two cities are Alberta's largest Census geographic units ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its Provinces and territories of Canada, ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, making it the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, second-largest country by total area, with the List of countries by length of coastline, world's longest coastline. Its Canada–United States border, border with the United States is the world's longest international land border. The country is characterized by a wide range of both Temperature in Canada, meteorologic and Geography of Canada, geological regions. With Population of Canada, a population of over 41million people, it has widely varying population densities, with the majority residing in List of the largest population centres in Canada, urban areas and large areas of the country being sparsely populated. Canada's capital is Ottawa and List of census metropolitan areas and agglomerations in Canada, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
List Of Lakes In Alberta
This is a list of lakes of Alberta, Canada. Most of Alberta's lakes were formed during the last glaciation, about 12,000 years ago. There are many different types of lakes in Alberta, from glacial lakes in the Canadian Rockies to small shallow lakes in the prairies, brown water lakes in the northern boreal forest and muskeg, kettle holes and large lakes with sandy beaches and clear water in the central plains. Distribution of the lakes throughout the province of Alberta is irregular, with many water bodies in the wet boreal plains in the north, and very few in the semi-arid Palliser's Triangle in the southeast. __TOC__ River basins Most of Alberta's waters are drained in a general north or northeastern direction, with six major rivers forming four major watersheds collecting the water and removing it from the province: [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
