Abee is a
hamlet
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in
Alberta
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, Canada within
Thorhild County
Thorhild County is a municipal district located in the central part of northern Alberta, Canada, in Census Division 13. It was incorporated in 1955. It changed its name from the ''County of Thorhild No. 7'' to ''Thorhild County'' on March 20, ...
. It is located on the
Canadian National Railway
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CN is Canada's largest railway, in terms of both revenue a ...
and
Highway 63, approximately northeast of
Thorhild and south of
Boyle
Boyle may refer to:
Places United States
* Boyle, Kansas, an unincorporated community
* Boyle, Mississippi, a town
*Boyle County, Kentucky
*Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, a neighborhood
Elsewhere
* Boyle (crater), a lunar crater
* 11967 Boyle, ...
. It has an elevation of .
History
The hamlet was named for A.B. Donley, lumber company manager. Harry Buryn found the
Abee meteorite, which is only example in the world of an EH4 impact-melt breccia meteorite, in June 1952 in his wheat field.
Abee Enstatite Chondrite
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Demographics
The population of Abee according to the 2009 municipal census conducted by Thorhild County is 27.[
]
See also
*List of communities in Alberta
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*List of hamlets in Alberta
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References
Hamlets in Alberta
Thorhild County
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