Red Earth Creek is a
hamlet
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in
Alberta
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, Canada within the
Municipal District of Opportunity No. 17. It is located east of
Highway 88, between the town of
Slave Lake and the hamlet of
Fort Vermilion, and has an elevation of .
This hamlet is in
Census Division No. 17 and in the federal riding of
Fort McMurray-Athabasca. It is also the administrative centre of the Loon River
First Nation reserve
History
Originally the site was known as “Osseepeem” (His Creek).
The hamlet was subjected by
Treaty No. 5 by the
Saulteaux
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and
Swampy Cree
The Swampy Cree people, also known by their Exonym and endonym, autonyms ''Néhinaw'', ''Maskiki Wi Iniwak'', ''Mushkekowuk,'' ''Maškékowak, Maskegon'' or ''Maskekon'' (and therefore also ''Muskegon'' and ''Muskegoes'') or by exonyms includin ...
on September 20, 1875.
Demographics
In the
2021 Census of Population conducted by
Statistics Canada
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, Red Earth Creek had a population of 315 living in 113 of its 145 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 353. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.
As a designated place in the
2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Red Earth Creek had a population of 294 living in 111 of its 200 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2011 population of 337. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016.
Climate
See also
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List of communities in Alberta
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List of designated places in Alberta
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List of hamlets in Alberta
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References
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Hamlets in Alberta
Designated places in Alberta
Municipal District of Opportunity No. 17